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Tuna goes for $323,000 at final New Year auction
Reuters, Published on 05/01/2018
» TOKYO: In the final New Year's auction at Tokyo's famed Tsukiji fish market on Friday, the owner of an international sushi restaurant shelled out more than $300,000 (10.4 million baht) for a prime bluefin tuna and said he was "very happy" with the result.
Secret confidante of S.Korea's Park jailed for 20 years over scandal
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» SEOUL - The secret confidante of ousted South Korean president Park Geun-hye was convicted Tuesday and jailed for 20 years for her key role in the scandal that brought down the head of state.
Toys 'R' Us to liquidate all US stores
AFP, Published on 15/03/2018
» NEW YORK - Toys 'R' Us said late Wednesday it will liquidate all of its US stores, heralding the end of what had been an iconic player in the American toy industry.
Quebec wary of bitcoin gold rush
AFP, Published on 18/04/2018
» SAINT-HYACINTHE (CANADA) - At the site of a former cocoa factory in Canada's Quebec province, tiny holes punctured in the walls of a warehouse allow fresh air to cool thousands of whirring processors connected by a tangle of wires.
Dance music superstar Avicii dead at 28
AFP, Published on 21/04/2018
» NEW YORK - Avicii, one of the world's most successful DJs who helped usher in the global boom in electronic music but struggled to cope in the hard-partying lifestyle, died Friday in Oman, his representative said. He was 28.
Kim heralds more N. Korea economic reforms: analysts
AFP, Published on 22/04/2018
» SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's promise to build "socialist economic construction" in his nuclear-armed but impoverished and isolated country could herald more Chinese-style economic reforms, according to analysts -- but he will never explicitly say so.
Music business grows at record pace as digital dominates
AFP, Published on 24/04/2018
» NEW YORK - The global music industry soared a record 8.1 percent last year as digital sales for the first time made up the majority of revenue thanks to the streaming boom, the industry said Tuesday.
Anger in France over Trump comments on Bataclan attacks
AFP, Published on 06/05/2018
» PARIS - France on Saturday condemned remarks by US President Donald Trump about the 2015 attacks in Paris and called on him to show respect for the victims of the worst bloodshed on French soil since World War II.
At least nine dead as bomb, gun battle rages in Afghan city
AFP, Published on 13/05/2018
» KABUL: At least nine people were killed and more than 30 injured when militants detonated bombs and stormed a government building Sunday in a continuing attack in an eastern Afghan city, officials said.
At least nine dead as bomb, gun battle rages in Afghan city
AFP, Published on 13/05/2018
» JALALABAD (AFGHANISTAN) - At least nine people were killed and more than 30 injured when militants detonated bombs and stormed a government building Sunday in a continuing attack in an eastern Afghan city, officials said.