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East Ukraine separatist leader killed in blast
AFP, Published on 31/08/2018
» DONETSK (UKRAINE) - Alexander Zakharchenko, the main separatist leader in eastern Ukraine, was killed in a bomb blast in the centre of rebel hub Donetsk on Friday, his spokeswoman said.
Argentine peso starts to recover after two days of crashes
AFP, Published on 31/08/2018
» BUENOS AIRES: - Argentina's peso began to recover on Friday as markets opened, making a tiny 0.68% gain after losing 20 percent of its value against the dollar over the previous two days.
Aretha Franklin's star-studded funeral gets underway
AFP, Published on 31/08/2018
» DETROIT: Aretha Franklin's star-studded funeral got underway in Detroit on Friday, political dignitaries and music royalty joining family, friends and members of the public to bid goodbye to America's "Queen of Soul."
Roadblocks remain as US-Canada NAFTA talks go down to the wire
AFP, Published on 31/08/2018
» WASHINGTON - Canada and the United States still faced roadblocks as they went down to the wire Friday in talks to salvage the North American Free Trade Agreement.
"A Star Is Born": Lady Gaga triumphs in movie debut at Venice
AFP, Published on 31/08/2018
» VENICE - Lady Gaga opened up about her painful road to fame after she shone in her big Hollywood movie debut, "A Star Is Born", which premiered Friday at the Venice film festival.
Bolt makes football debut, tires quickly
AFP, Published on 31/08/2018
» GOSFORD (AUSTRALIA) - Sprint king Usain Bolt fulfilled a boyhood dream Friday in making his much-anticipated football debut, exciting fans but tiring quickly in a 20-minute cameo for Australia's Central Coast Mariners.
Six Asians receive Magsaysay awards
Published on 31/08/2018
» MANILA: Six people were honoured Friday as this year's winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards, known as Asia's version of the Nobel Prize, including a Cambodian genocide survivor who helped document the Khmer Rouge atrocities and an Indian psychiatrist who led the rescue of thousands of mentally ill street paupers.
McCain returns to US Capitol one last time as colleagues say goodbye
AFP, Published on 31/08/2018
» WASHINGTON - Americans prepared Friday to honor the late national icon John McCain, whose remains were to lay in state in the US Capitol as part of a momentous sendoff for the warrior-turned-politician.
Thai women's spikers going for gold at Asian Games
Online Reporters, Published on 31/08/2018
» Thai women's volleyball team made history on Friday after defeating South Korea and booking themselves a place in the final for the first time.
Royal Bodhi tree may be saved, after abbot cut it down
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 31/08/2018
» PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Efforts are being made to regenerate a Bodhi tree planted by the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at a hilltop temple about 60 years ago, after the abbot decided it was dead and ordered it cut down.