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Chopstick Tips As Aussie Rules Takes On China
Australia's biggest spectator sport, Aussie rules football, will attempt to win fans in China this weekend when Port...
Cigna Free To Leave Proposed Anthem Merger
The US health insurer Cigna is free to leave a proposed merger with Anthem, with a judge declining a request for a...
TV Series Puts Human Faces On Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Hisham Suleiman now hears calls of "Abu Ahmad" when walking down the street -- a sign of the popularity of a television...
Zimbabwe’s ‘odd Couple’ Seeking To Oust Mugabe
One is a female former teenage guerrilla fighter who became President Robert Mugabe's closest ally, the other is a...
Taiwan Child Killer Escapes Death Penalty
A Taiwanese man who decapitated a three-year-old girl in public on a busy Taipei street escaped the death penalty...
As Summer Heat Looms, Post-IS Mosul Faces Water Crisis
In the battle against jihadists in northern Iraq, the village of Sayramun was recaptured in February but remains as...
Most Asian Markets Retreat After Upbeat Week
Most Asian markets turned lower Friday following a healthy run-up in the week, tracking a sell-off on Wall Street where...
Pessimism Rife In Working-Class Tehran Ahead of Poll
In a working-class district of Tehran teeming with porters, motorbikes and pickup trucks, residents have little...
Rifts Grow On Both Sides of Yemen Conflict
Rifts are growing within the ranks both of Yemen's government and the rebel alliance, further dimming the prospects of...
Basquiat Headlines New York Art Auction Season
Jean-Michel Basquiat occupies star billing on the auction block in New York this season, catapulting the artist into...
Batistuta Offered Adelaide Football Coaching Job
Argentine goalscoring great Gabriel Batistuta has been offered the chance to coach Australian A-League club Adelaide...
Inside the Inner Sanctum of Wikileaks’ Assange
The enigmatic champion of a global movement for transparency and democracy. A Russian stooge. A West-hating...
US Intel Chiefs Express Doubts About Kaspersky Security Software
Top US intelligence chiefs on Thursday publicly expressed doubts about the global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Labs...
N. Korea Reports On South’s Presidential Election
North Korean state media reported the election of the South's new left-leaning president Moon Jae-In after a two-day...
Hepatitis C Nearly Triples In US In 5 Years
The number of hepatitis C infections have nearly tripled in the United States in the last five years, particularly...
Blitzbokke Aim To Break Fiji Hold In Paris
South Africa take to the Stade Jean-Bouin pitch in Paris this weekend in the knowledge that they could break Olympic...
Trump Asked FBI Director Three Times If He Was Target Of…
Donald Trump said Thursday he asked his now-fired FBI director on three occasions whether he was the target of ongoing...
Ivory Coast’s Rebel Soldiers Apologise To President
Some 8,400 Ivory Coast soldiers who mutinied in January apologised to President Alassane Ouattara in an orchestrated...
Venues On Show As Olympic Officials Inspect LA Bid
Iconic venues from across Los Angeles's sporting skyline took center stage on Thursday as a team of International...