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Shattered buildings, swamped fields: the aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut
AFP, Published on 16/09/2018
» ALCALA (PHILIPPINES) - The skeleton of a shattered school, bare walls of homes stripped of their roofs and vast cornfields drowned in muddy floodwaters: this is the aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut as seen from the air.
Luxembourg FM sparks Italy ire with 'fascist' jibe
AFP, Published on 16/09/2018
» ROME - Luxembourgish Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn drew the ire of Italy's Matteo Salvini Sunday after accusing the far-right interior minister of using "fascist" methods, in a worsening spat over immigration between the two men.
Ronaldo off the mark as Juventus maintain 100% record
AFP, Published on 16/09/2018
» MILAN - Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first competitive goals for Juventus on Sunday, with a second-half double by the Portuguese star giving the Italian champions a 2-1 Serie A win over Sassuolo to make it four victories from as many games.
UN's Yemen envoy in Sanaa, as 32 rebels killed
AFP, Published on 16/09/2018
» ADEN - Fresh clashes and air strikes around the Yemeni city of Hodeida have killed 32 rebels, hospital and medical sources said Sunday, as the UN envoy kept up peace efforts in Sanaa.
Ronaldo gets off the mark for Juventus
AFP, Published on 16/09/2018
» MILAN: Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first competitive goal for Italian champions Juventus and then added a second in Sunday's fourth Serie A game of the season, against Sassuolo in Turin.
Italy's Di Maio eyes curbs on newspapers' ad revenues
AFP, Published on 16/09/2018
» ROME - Luigi Di Maio, a key figure in Italy's populist government, has taken aim at the country's newspapers, accusing them of "polluting the debate" and threatening to pull advertising by state-owned companies.
THAI to deploy larger planes to HK for stranded passengers
Bangkok Post and Bloomberg, Published on 16/09/2018
» Thai Airways International will use larger aircraft to transport its passengers affected by flight cancellations in Hong Kong as Typhoon Mangkhut ripped through the city.
Typhoon lashes south China after killing 28 in Philippines
Agencies, Published on 16/09/2018
» HONG KONG: Typhoon Mangkhut barrelled into southern China on Sunday after lashing the northern Philippines with strong winds and heavy rain that left at least 28 dead from landslides and drownings.
Samsung heir in South Korea's delegation to North
AFP, Published on 16/09/2018
» SEOUL: The heir to the Samsung empire and the leaders of several other South Korean conglomerates will go to Pyongyang this week for an inter-Korean summit, Seoul announced Sunday.
Kenyan marathon master Kipchoge smashes world record
AFP, Published on 16/09/2018
» BERLIN - Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge set a new marathon world record in Berlin on Sunday, smashing the previous best as he clocked 2hr 1min 39sec.