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Foreign tourist spending in Japan to set new record
Published on 12/01/2016
» TOKYO — Foreign travellers spent an estimated around 3.5 trillion yen (1,090 billion baht) in Japan last year, the tourism minister said Tuesday, suggesting the figure is certain to shatter the previous high of about 2.03 trillion yen recorded in 2014.
12 dead in Baghdad mall attack
AFP, Published on 12/01/2016
» BAGHDAD - An attack on a mall in Baghdad Monday that left at least 12 people dead has ended, Iraqi security and medical sources said.
Messi would swap Ballon d'Or for World Cup
AFP, Published on 12/01/2016
» ZURICH - Lionel Messi said on Monday he would swap all his individual awards including four Ballon d'Or trophies for a single World Cup win.
Barca's Enrique wins world coach of the year award
AFP, Published on 12/01/2016
» ZURICH - Spain's Luis Enrique won the coach of the year award at the Ballon d'Or ceremony in Zurich on Monday.
Spieth bolsters number one position
AFP, Published on 12/01/2016
» LONDON - Jordan Spieth's seventh PGA title win in Hawaii on Sunday has put some distance between himself and rivals Jason Day and Rory McIlroy at the top of the world rankings.
Lionel Messi wins record fifth Ballon d'Or
AFP, Published on 12/01/2016
» ZURICH - Barcelona star Lionel Messi won a record fifth FIFA Ballon d'Or award for the world's best player at a ceremony in Zurich on Monday.
Move over Ronaldo, Messi back on top of the world
AFP, Published on 12/01/2016
» MADRID - Lionel Messi deposed eternal rival Cristiano Ronaldo to take back his crown as the undisputed king of world football by lifting a record fifth Ballon d'Or on Monday.
Bordeaux's Saivet agrees terms at Newcastle
AFP, Published on 12/01/2016
» BORDEAUX - Bordeaux captain and Senegalese international midfielder Henri Saivet has agreed terms to join English Premier League side Newcastle United, the French club's coach Willy Sagnol said on Monday.
Springbok winger Pietersen to join Leicester
AFP, Published on 12/01/2016
» LONDON - South Africa World Cup winger JP Pietersen is to join Leicester during the summer and play in the Premiership next season, the club announced on Monday.
China's Uber, rivals turn nasty
AFP, Published on 12/01/2016
» BEIJING - The controversial boss of ride-sharing app Uber said Monday its biggest Chinese rival is spending as much as $80 million a week or $4 billion a year on subsidies, intensifying a war of words between the bitter competitors.