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Los Angeles Dodgers' new recruit Kenta Maeda homers in MLB debut
AFP, Published on 07/04/2016
» LOS ANGELES - Japanese pitcher Kenta Maeda hit a home run -- and tossed six solid innings -- to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-0 victory over the Padres in San Diego in his Major League Baseball debut.
Vietnam Prime Minister sworn in by lawmakers
AFP, Published on 07/04/2016
» HANOI - Vietnam's new prime minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc was formally voted in and handed a five-year term by lawmakers Thursday to round off a leadership change among Communist top brass.
US teen latest victim in exploding Takata airbag deaths
AFP, Published on 07/04/2016
» WASHINGTON - Honda has confirmed another death involving a Takata airbag, bringing the global total to 11 fatalities in a scandal that has set off the biggest auto recall in US history.
SET up 3.14 to 1,376.73 at midday
Online Reporters, Published on 07/04/2016
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index climbed 0.23%, or 3.14 points, to 1,376.73 at noon on Thursday.
Artesian well provides drought lifeline in Surin
Nopparat Kingkaew, Published on 07/04/2016
» SURIN -- In the face of persistent heat and drought, an artesian well has become the main source of relief for a border village in Sangkha district, providing a year-round non-stop flow of natural underground water.
Electricity use hits new record
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 07/04/2016
» Electricity usage hit a new high at 27,639.3 megawatts on Wednesday night as temperatures soared across the nation. Don't expect any relief for at least a week.
Drought in 27 provinces, unhealthy haze in 4
Online Reporters, Published on 07/04/2016
» Drought has ravaged about 4,000 villages in 27 provinces while four northern provinces are facing hazardous haze, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported on Thursday.
Secular activist hacked to death in Bangladesh
AFP, Published on 07/04/2016
» DHAKA - A Bangladeshi law student who posted against Islamism on his Facebook page has been murdered, police said Thursday, the latest in a a series of killings of secular activists and bloggers in the country.
Facing violence, Mexican women learn to fight
AFP, Published on 07/04/2016
» ECATEPEC (MEXICO) - The slender, 24-year-old Mexican female nurse faces off with a much bigger gun-toting man, twists his hand to snatch the weapon, points it at her attacker and pulls the trigger.
Monaco topples Paire, Isner advances at ATP Houston
AFP, Published on 07/04/2016
» LOS ANGELES - Argentina's Juan Monaco ousted second-seeded Benoit Paire of France 6-3, 7-5 to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP clay court tournament in Houston.