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SoftBank-Saudi High-Tech Vision Fund Raises $93bn
Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank said, with Saudi partners, it has raised nearly $100 billion in pledges to launch a...
Pakistan Census Source of Fear and Hope For Minorities
Marginalised, attacked and frequently hit by blasphemy charges, Pakistan's religious minorities are hoping the...
S. Korea’s Moon Names Top Ministers, Chief Security Advisor
South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Sunday announced his picks for finance and foreign ministers while appointing a...
Myanmar Stunt Bikers Dazzle On Yangon’s Streets
Skidding and screeching across the concrete the young bikers perform a carefully choreographed dance of gravity-defying...
Trump Seeks To Win Over Muslim Leaders With Islam Speech
US President Donald Trump tells 50 Muslim leaders in Saudi Arabia Sunday of his "hopes for a peaceful vision of Islam"...
Australia Declares Game-Up For ‘fake Refugees’
Australia Sunday gave 7,500 boatpeople until October to prove they are genuine refugees or be kicked out, declaring the...
No Money To Gamble At Zimbabwe’s Fading Racecourse
Once the preserve of the ruling white minority, horse racing in Zimbabwe adapted to survive independence in 1980 by...
Controversy Trailing Him, Trump Heads For Israeli-Palestinian Talks
US President Donald Trump heads for Israel and the Palestinian territories Monday as part of his first trip abroad...
‘Foreign Invaders’ Threaten Struggling Australian Media
Australia's role as a testing ground for global media giants such as the New York Times, Daily Mail and the Guardian...
Pacific Rim Nations Fight To Save TPP Trade Pact
Asia-Pacific trade ministers agreed Sunday to resuscitate a massive free trade pact thrown into doubt by a Donald...
Hasbro Movie Juggernaut Edging Out Barbie’s Mattel
Spiderman, Thor and Princess Leia are ganging up on Barbie in a battle for America's increasingly tech-focused toy...
US Carmakers Downshift On Trump Economic Plan
Steadily rising US auto sales helped fuel the economic recovery, but sales have shifted into lower gear even as...
Ready, Set, Go! Rematch of Man Vs Machine In Ancient Game
It's man vs machine this week as Google's artificial intelligence programme AlphaGo faces the world's top-ranked Go...
The Force Is Still Strong
The date was 1977, and no one had yet worn a copper bikini to bed, made "whooshing" lightsaber noises with a broomstick...
Ousted South Korean Leader Park Due To Go On Trial
Ousted South Korean leader Park Geun-Hye is due to go on trial Tuesday over the spectacular corruption scandal that...
Crusaders Stretch Unbeaten Run As Kiwis Dominate Super Rugby
The Canterbury Crusaders vanquished another title rival this weekend as New Zealand teams tightened their grip on Super...
Cloud Computing Edges Classic Empire To Win Preakness
Cloud Computing charged from behind on the backstretch Saturday to edge Classic Empire and win the 142nd Preakness...
China Killed Or Jailed Up To 20 US Spies In 2010-12
Beijing systematically dismantled CIA spying efforts in China beginning in 2010, killing or jailing more than a dozen...
Brumbies Rugby End Aussie Win Drought In South Africa
ACT Brumbies became the first Australian side to win a Super Rugby match in South Africa this season by overcoming...