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200-million year old Pterosaur 'built for flying'
AFP, Published on 13/08/2018
» PARIS - Scientists on Monday unveiled a previously unknown species of giant pterosaur, the first creatures with a backbone to fly under their own power.
Turkey lira crisis highlights emerging currencies plight
AFP, Published on 13/08/2018
» PARIS - Much of the Turkish lira's plight may be homegrown, but it shares some key vulnerabilities with other emerging countries whose currencies are now also plunging as fear of contagion spreads, analysts say.
USA confirms Ryder Cup eight but door still open for Tiger
AFP, Published on 13/08/2018
» ST. LOUIS - US Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk unveiled the first eight members of his squad Monday and heaped praise upon Tiger Woods as a potential captain's pick to fill out the lineup.
No recall for Stokes as England name unchanged third Test squad
AFP, Published on 13/08/2018
» LONDON - Ben Stokes was again omitted as England named an unchanged 13-man squad on Monday for the third Test against India at Trent Bridge starting Saturday, where victory would see them clinch the series.
Why has Turkey's currency fallen so sharply?
AFP, Published on 13/08/2018
» ISTANBUL - Turkey's lira has bled value against the dollar, leaving the country under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan facing its most serious economic challenge since a financial crisis in 2001.
At least 100 security personnel killed in fight for Afghan city
AFP, Published on 13/08/2018
» KABUL - At least 100 Afghan security personnel have been killed as troops backed by US airpower struggled to push the Taliban from embattled Ghazni city, officials said Monday, while residents reported food and medicine shortages four days after fighting began.
Headless body found in Kwai Noi River
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 13/08/2018
» KANCHANABURI: The headless body of a man was found floating in the Kwai Noi River in Sai Yok district on Monday.
'At least 100 security forces killed' in fight for Afghan city
AFP, Published on 13/08/2018
» KABUL - At least 100 security forces have been killed in the ongoing struggle to push the Taliban from the embattled Afghan city of Ghazni, a government minister said Monday, four days after the fighting began.
Erdogan accuses US of seeking to stab Turkey 'in the back'
AFP, Published on 13/08/2018
» ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday accused the United States of seeking to stab Turkey "in the back" over a diplomatic row sparked by the detention of an American pastor that has sent the lira into a tailspin.
Iran's Khamenei: 'No war, no negotiations with the US'
AFP, Published on 13/08/2018
» TEHRAN: Iran's supreme leader said Monday there would be neither war nor negotiations with the United States, and that the country's problems were the result of government mismanagement more than renewed sanctions.