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Breathless Shiffrin wins record fourth straight world slalom title
AFP, Published on 16/02/2019
» ÅRE (SWEDEN) - US ski star Mikaela Shiffrin overcame a chest cold to write herself into the alpine history books Saturday when she produced a devastating second run to win her fourth straight world slalom title.
Archaeologists discover Incan tomb in Peru
AFP, Published on 16/02/2019
» LIMA - Peruvian archaeologists discovered an Incan tomb in the north of the country where an elite member of the pre-Columbian empire was buried, one of the investigators announced Friday.
Swiss actor Bruno Ganz, who played Hitler, dies at 77
AFP, Published on 16/02/2019
» GENEVA - Bruno Ganz, the Swiss actor who gave masterful performances as Adolf Hitler in "Downfall" and an angel seeking mortality in divided Berlin, died Saturday aged 77, his agent said.
Kurd-led forces to declare IS defeated in 'few days'
AFP, Published on 16/02/2019
» OMAR OIL FIELD (SYRIA) - Kurdish-led forces said Saturday they were holding up the announcement of final victory over the Islamic State group for "a few days" because the large number of civilians remaining on the battlefield had forced a delay.
French to mark three months of 'yellow vest' protests
AFP, Published on 16/02/2019
» PARIS - Demonstrators are to hit French city streets again Saturday, marking three months of "yellow vest" protests as a poll now suggests that most of the country wants them to stop.
Record-breaking mare Winx wins 30th straight race
AFP, Published on 16/02/2019
» SYDNEY - Superstar mare Winx easily won her 30th consecutive race Saturday as she began what is expected to be a farewell autumn campaign before drawing a close on her incredible career.
North Koreans pay tribute to Kim's father in freezing cold
AFP, Published on 16/02/2019
» PYONGYANG - The Day of the Shining Star dawned bitterly cold in Pyongyang. But thousands of North Koreans lined up in temperatures of minus 8 degrees Celsius on Saturday to pay their respects to late leader Kim Jong Il on his birthday.
Sacked US man kills five co-workers
AFP, Published on 16/02/2019
» CHICAGO: A US man being fired from his job shot dead five co-workers at a factory on the outskirts of Chicago and wounded five police officers before being gunned down himself, in the country's latest mass shooting.
Funeral for fallen footballer Sala in Argentina
AFP, Published on 16/02/2019
» PROGRESSO, Argentina: The funeral of Cardiff City striker Emiliano Sala took place in his home village in Argentina on Saturday three weeks after he was killed in a plane crash.
Nigerian vote postponed hours before polls open
AP and Bloomberg, Published on 16/02/2019
» YOLA, Nigeria: Nigerians awoke on Saturday to find the presidential election delayed — just five hours before polls were scheduled to open — until Feb 23 because of what the electoral commission called unspecified “challenges”.