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Vietnam apologises for Indonesia team bus attack

Vietnamese football authorities apologised on Thursday after fans hurled stones at the Indonesian team bus shortly after their Suzuki Cup semi-final tie in Hanoi, breaking a window...

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This is how you should travel to your holiday destination this festive season

Christmas is around the corner and most people are making plans to travel to the Coast for proper beach holiday or to catch up with relatives and...

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Egyptian mummies virtually unwrapped in Australia

The hidden secrets of Egyptian mummies up to 3,000 years old have been virtually unwrapped and reconstructed for the first time using cutting-edge scanning technology in a...

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Love in the time of Trump: Dating sites for politically passionate

The encounter had seemed promising enough, but the couple brought together by an online dating site failed to connect because of one glaring, irreconcilable difference: He was...

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Antetokounmpo triple-double fuels Bucks

It wasn’t always pretty, but Giannis Antetokounmpo posted his second triple-double of the season to help the Milwaukee Bucks to a 115-107 NBA victory over the Portland...

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Assad says Aleppo win ‘huge step’ towards end of Syria war

President Bashar al-Assad said victory in Aleppo would be a “huge step” towards ending Syria’s five-year civil war, ignoring pleas for a truce as rebels in the...

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US, UK spies targeted airline passengers’ mobiles: report

American and British spy agencies have tried to intercept data from passengers’ mobile phones on commercial airlines including Air France, media reports say, citing documents from US...

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3 million raised for sickly lady with life support machines who a chokoraa wept for

Photos of a street urchin breaking down in tears after seeing Glady Kamande went viral prompting Kenyans to act. Also read: Kamande suffers shortness of breath and...

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Howard shines as Hawks halt skid

Dwight Howard scored 23 points and pulled down 17 rebounds to help the Atlanta Hawks end their seven-game NBA losing streak with a 103-95 victory over the...

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US life expectancy drops for first time since AIDS crisis peak

Life expectancy in the United States dropped last year for the first time since the peak of the HIV/AIDS crisis more than 20 years ago, as deaths...

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Urgent appeal for supplies after strong Indonesia quake

Aftershocks rattled the survivors of a devastating Indonesian earthquake that killed more than 100 people, as officials urgently appealed on Thursday for medicine and doctors to treat...

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Women wrestle with Cambodia’s sporting taboo

The gym mats glisten with humidity and sweat as Cambodian wrestling star Chov Sotheara grapples with her male trainer, crashing through a cultural taboo against women in...

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Thailand shuts ultra-rich temple’s TV channel amid scandal

Thai authorities have ordered a controversial Buddhist temple to suspend its 24-hour TV channel, as police redouble efforts to arrest the spiritual leader of the scandal-hit sect....

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People of Kinshasa welcome back their postmen

“Getting a letter in the post is a first for me, and what’s more at home!” says Odette Tshibambe, a student in her thirties in Kinshasa. Her...

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Verdict due for French ex-minister ‘rooted in fraud’

Former French budget minister Jerome Cahuzac will on Thursday learn the verdict in his stormy tax fraud trial in which he was accused of hiding millions abroad...

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Somali American lawmaker says she received ‘threats’ from cab driver

The United States’ first Somali American Muslim legislator says she was harassed with “hateful” and “Islamophobic” language by her cab driver while visiting Washington. Ilhan Omar —...

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Why did Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh concede defeat?

Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh has ruthlessly pursued opponents real and imaginary, and implied more than once that he would kill anyone who defied him. His magnanimous concession...

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‘Star Wars’ fans get early Christmas gift with ‘Rogue One’

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, fans had to wait years between “Star Wars” movies — but the space saga is back with...

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All top tennis stars confirmed for Australian Open

Every player in the world’s top 99 bar pregnant Victoria Azarenka has confirmed for the Australian Open, including Roger Federer and Serena Williams as they return from...

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Hosszu, Park win again at short-course swimming worlds

Katinka Hosszu and Park Tae-Hwan piled up more individual gold at the Short Course Swimming World Championships on Wednesday as US women asserted themselves with a world...

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Trump stacks top government posts with retired generals

He’s not yet finished picking, but President-elect Donald Trump already has named three retired generals to top posts, raising questions as to why there will be so...