Day: July 11, 2017
Australia Scales Back Controversial China-Run Mine Site
Australia has bought back most of a contentious mining licence issued for a huge Chinese-run coal mine near prime...
Accidental Internet Cut-Off Hits Somalia Hard
Last month, a baby was born in the Somali capital Mogadishu with a terrible eye defect that requires treatment abroad....
Sea Monsters No Sweat For Japan’s Teen Surf Queen
Just 16 and still afraid of the water, hot-shot Japanese surfer Minori Kawai has set her sights on Olympic gold after a...
Marriage of Business and Sport Fuels Football Champions Cup
The cream of European football will be on display in the United States this month as the International Champions Cup...
Fitness and Finance Jostle For Football Pre-Season Spotlight
Real Madrid and Barcelona square off in a rare overseas Clasico while Manchester United and Manchester City meet for...
Bloodthirsty Nigeria ‘cult’ Killings Spark Fear
People cover their noses at the stench of death in the Crystal Church of God in Owode Onirin, just outside Lagos, where...
N. Korean Defectors Down As Border Tightened
The number of North Koreans escaping to the South declined sharply in the first half of this year as Pyongyang...
Questions Linger One Year On
Just before midnight on July 15, 2016, a tear-stained anchorwoman, clearly under duress, appeared on Turkish state...
Wide Open Field For This Year’s Emmy Awards
Television industry experts are predicting a wide open race for this year's Emmys when the nominations are announced...
Hope Springs Eternal In Newark, 50 Years After Riots
For years, Liz Del Tufo refused to follow white friends and neighbors who fled New Jersey in droves after deadly July...
Did Donald Trump Jr Break US Law?
Did Donald Trump's eldest son break US law in meeting a Russian lawyer he hoped would dish compromising dirt on the...
Washington Extends Review Period For Sudan Sanctions
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday opted to extend by three months the deadline on whether to lift decades-old...
Slow-Burner Bennet Determined To Catch Up At Tour de France
George Bennett admits he's been left behind a bit recently but the 27-year-old New Zealander is determined to catch up....
Mayweather To Quit Boxing For Good After McGregor Bout
Floyd Mayweather has vowed to quit boxing once and for all after he emerges from retirement for next month's...
Expletives, Excitement As Mayweather, McGregor Face-Off
Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor lit the touchpaper for their cross-combat superfight here Tuesday, turning the air...
US Women’s Open Under Shroud of Trump Controversy
The shadow of President Donald Trump hangs over the US Women's Open golf tournament which takes place this week at the...
U.S. Expects To Lift Laptop Ban Soon For Four Remaining Airports
The United States expects to lift the laptop ban soon for the four remaining foreign airports that are still impacted...
First Digital Television Now Available On Mobile Devices
First Digital Television has gone mobile with an application that can help users to access its programmes anytime,...
Opioid Maker Fined $35mn Over Shipments That Fed Addiction Crisis
Drug manufacturer Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals was fined $35 million Tuesday for supplying and not reporting suspicious...