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Liverpool reach Champions League final after nervy night in Rome
AFP, Published on 03/05/2018
» ROME - Liverpool held off a spirited Roma fightback to reach the Champions League final 7-6 on aggregate despite losing 4-2 in a hectic semi-final second leg in Rome.
Another Cambodian opposition party boycotts election
Published on 03/05/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Another Cambodian opposition party announced on Thursday that it will boycott the July general election, saying it will not be free and fair.
Chinese passenger arrested for in-flight theft
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/05/2018
» A Chinese man was arrested on arrival at Suvarnabhumi airport on Wednesday evening for stealing cash from a Hong Kong passenger during the flight to Bangkok.
86 killed in covered-up Nigeria suicide blasts
AFP, Published on 03/05/2018
» KANO, NIGERIA: Gravediggers on Wednesday said they buried 86 people from a double suicide bombing in northeast Nigeria, nearly three times more than the official toll.
Kanye West, master of the media moment
AFP, Published on 03/05/2018
» NEW YORK: Since re-emerging last month from a yearlong absence, Kanye West has sparked outrage by throwing his lot with Donald Trump and calling slavery a choice. Yet the rapper has succeeded spectacularly in one key goal -- staying at the centre of attention.
Bartali made honorary Israeli citizen ahead of Giro start
AFP, Published on 03/05/2018
» JERUSALEM - Italian cycling champion Gino Bartali, who helped save Jews during World War II, was made an honorary Israeli citizen Wednesday as the country prepared to host the start of the Giro d'Italia, one of the sport's major races.
Trump v Mueller: to speak or not to speak
AFP, Published on 03/05/2018
» WASHINGTON - Special Counsel Robert Mueller wants to interview Donald Trump, and his questions indicate he is probing what the US president knew of frequent contacts between his election campaign and Russia, and whether he tried to obstruct the investigation.
US Fed leaves key interest rate unchanged
AFP, Published on 03/05/2018
» WASHINGTON: The US central bank kept its key interest rate unchanged as expected on Wednesday and at the same time signaled that policymakers were not overly concerned by the recent uptick in inflation.
Amazon river dolphins in steep decline: study
AFP, Published on 03/05/2018
» TAMPA - Two kinds of river dolphins are dying off fast in the Amazon region, and may face extinction unless they are more vigorously protected against fishing, researchers in Brazil said Wednesday.
Facebook villain Cambridge Analytica ceases operations
AFP, Published on 03/05/2018
» LONDON: Cambridge Analytica, the UK marketing analytics firm at the heart of the Facebook data scandal, announced Wednesday it was "immediately ceasing all operations" and filing for insolvency in Britain and the United States.