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Challenges lie ahead as UEFA president Ceferin set for re-election
AFP, Published on 06/02/2019
» LAUSANNE - Two and a half years after becoming UEFA president in the wake of the scandal that brought down Michel Platini, Aleksander Ceferin will win a new four-year term at the head of European football's governing body on Thursday.
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Liam Neeson denies racism after admitting hunt for black men
AFP, Published on 06/02/2019
» WASHINGTON - Hollywood star Liam Neeson insisted on Tuesday he was "not racist" after confessing that he once set out to attack a random black man after a friend of his told him she had been raped.
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Asia markets up as focus turns to Trump speech
AFP, Published on 06/02/2019
» HONG KONG - Shares in Tokyo and Sydney rose Wednesday in another holiday-thinned trading day as investors tracked a positive lead from Wall Street and await Donald Trump's State of the Union address.
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Estonian kid Kelly Sildaru ready to light up freestyle ski worlds
AFP, Published on 06/02/2019
» PARK CITY (UNITED STATES) - Fresh from winning three medals at the Winter X-Games, Estonia's 16-year-old freestyle ski sensation Kelly Sildaru is looking to take the World Championships by storm this week.
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Trump calls for end to 'revenge' politics in State of Union
AFP, Published on 06/02/2019
» WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump appealed to Congress Tuesday to unite at a moment of deep partisan division as he made the case for a new era of compromise on immigration and security in his State of the Union address.
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Silence echoes across Pyeongchang Olympic venues
AFP, Published on 06/02/2019
» PYEONGCHANG (SOUTH KOREA) - Just one year after the world's best skiers and skaters gathered in South Korea to compete for Olympic gold, many of the venues stand empty, with arguments mounting over their future and upkeep costs.
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'Worst over': Australia begins flood clean-up
AFP, Published on 06/02/2019
» TOWNSVILLE (AUSTRALIA) - Weary residents in Australia's flood-hit northeast returned home Wednesday to begin a massive clean-up after almost two weeks of heavy rain, as the wild weather moved south to inundate more towns.
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Monsanto versus farmer battle goes into 4th judicial round
AFP, Published on 06/02/2019
» LYON - A 12-year-old judicial battle pitting a cereal farmer against Monsanto, the biotech giant, goes to a fourth round Wednesday before the French courts.
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Toyota nine-month net profit dives 30%, cuts forecast
AFP, Published on 06/02/2019
» TOKYO - Japanese car giant Toyota on Wednesday slashed its full-year net profit forecast after profits tumbled nearly 30 percent in the first nine months.
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EU to veto rail merger in defiance of France, Germany
AFP, Published on 06/02/2019
» BRUSSELS - The EU's powerful anti-trust sheriff, Margrethe Vestager, is set to veto the merger of the Siemens-Alstom rail businesses on Wednesday, in defiance of France and Germany.
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