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China's Weibo forced to back down over gay ban
AFP, Published on 16/04/2018
» BEIJING: China's popular Weibo microblogging platform on Monday reversed a decision to block "homosexual" content, in an unusual concession to a storm of online protest at the weekend.
Trump's personal lawyer due in New York court
AFP, Published on 16/04/2018
» NEW YORK - Donald Trump's personal lawyer is due in court in an extraordinary showdown with US prosecutors Monday over documents seized in an FBI raid on his home, with a porn star also expected to attend.
Aguero relieved to avoid last day title drama
AFP, Published on 16/04/2018
» LONDON (UNITED KINGDOM) - Manchester City's latest Premier League triumph lacked the drama of Sergio Aguero's winner with virtually the last kick of the season in 2012, but the Argentine is relieved to have won the title with five games to spare.
Buffon should watch his mouth, says Italian ref chief
AFP, Published on 16/04/2018
» MILAN - Italian referees' chief Marcello Nicchi said Monday that Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon should think before lashing out at officials as he did during last week's Champions League defeat by Real Madrid.
Nasa 'planet hunter' to seek extraterrestrials
AFP, Published on 16/04/2018
» TAMPA, Florida: Are we alone? The US space agency Nasa's new planet-hunting mission, poised to launch Monday, aims to advance the search for extraterrestrial life by scanning the skies for nearby, Earth-like planets.
Seven killed, 17 injured in South Carolina prison riot
AFP, Published on 16/04/2018
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Seven inmates were killed and 17 others injured in a riot at a maximum security prison in South Carolina, one of the deadliest in decades in the United States, authorities said Monday.
Russia has 'not tampered' with Douma site: Lavrov
AFP, Published on 16/04/2018
» LONDON (UNITED KINGDOM) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday denied that Moscow was interfering with evidence of a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria after Britain said international inspectors were not being allowed into the site in Douma.
Indonesia expected to drop $19bn worth of infrastructure projects
Reuters, Published on 16/04/2018
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's chief economic minister said on Monday that 14 infrastructure projects, worth 264 trillion rupiah (US$19.17 billion), are expected to be dropped from the government's strategic development plan due to lack of progress.
Cabbie arrested for abandoning passenger, crystal meth seized
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 16/04/2018
» SAMUT PRAKAN: A taxi driver who abandoned a passenger after the woman refused his demand for a 500 baht-fare from Suvarnabhumi airport to a central area of Bangkok has been caught with crystal methamphetamine in his cab, police said.
Seven inmates dead, 17 injured in US prison brawl
Associated Press, Published on 16/04/2018
» COLUMBIA, South Carolina, US: Seven inmates have been killed and at least 17 others seriously injured amid fighting between prisoners inside a maximum security prison in South Carolina.