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Indian Shooters Stopped At Airport For Carrying Guns
India's national shooting team have been forced to spend the day at an airport after customs officials refused to allow...
China Lawyer’s Wife Seeks US Asylum After Brazen Escape
Chen Guiqiu fled China on foot with her two daughters, only to end up in a Thai prison until US officials helped them...
Toyota Says Annual Profit Drops 21%, First Fall In Five Years
Toyota said Wednesday its annual net profit fell for the first time in five years, with the Japanese automaker...
Cambodian PM Threatens Poll Protesters With ‘war’
Cambodia's strongman premier Hun Sen warned Wednesday that he would not hesitate to quash protests with military might...
Concussed Sonny Bill Williams To Miss Super Rugby Cheetahs Clash
All Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams will miss Auckland Blues' Super Rugby match against the Central Cheetahs as he...
Russia’s Lavrov To Meet With Trump On Syria Amid Uproar
US President Donald Trump will receive Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov at the White House Wednesday even as a...
Heavens Above! New Zealand To Axe Blasphemy Laws
New Zealand plans to scrap the crime of blasphemy after calls from across the political spectrum for reform in response...
US Warns of Kidnapping Threat On Philippine Tourist Island
Terrorists are planning to kidnap foreigners on a Philippine island popular with tourists, the US embassy has warned, a...
Suspected Human Bones Found Inside Sewol Ferry
Suspected human bones were recovered Wednesday from South Korea's sunken Sewol ferry, officials said -- after having to...
India’s Goswami Becomes Top Women’s Wicket-Taker
India fast bowler Jhulan Goswami has become the highest wicket-taker in women's one-day internationals after overtaking...
Qantas Chief Hit With Pie Over Gay Marriage Support
Qantas chief Alan Joyce Wednesday vowed to keep speaking out on social issues after a man who smashed a pie in his face...
World Rugby Raises Test Eligibility To Five Years
Rugby's governing body raised the residency period needed for Test eligibility from three to five years on Tuesday...
‘No Evidence’ of Hulk Wrongdoing In Chinese Super League Punch Row
A Chinese football official has said there is no evidence that Shanghai SIPG striker Hulk broke any rules after the...
‘Saigon’s’ Disappearing Colonial Architecture
They formed the charming backdrop to Graham Greene's sin-filled Saigon in "The Quiet American", but the colonial-era...
New Zealand Man Admits Comey Death Threats
A New Zealand man has admitted making online death threats to former FBI director James Comey when he visited the South...
More Trouble Ahead For Taiwan’s Tsai After Rocky Year
It has been a turbulent first year in power for Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen as relations with Beijing have soured...
Supporters Rally For Jakarta’s Jailed Christian Governor
Supporters of Jakarta's Christian governor staged a colourful rally outside city hall Wednesday a day after he was...
Mobile Phones Ring Changes For Nigeria’s Music Industry
Phizbarz is only 23 but hopes to become the next Nigerian Afropop star to be famous across Africa -- and to get himself...
Ginobili Soars To Deny Harden and Rockets As Spurs Take Thriller
Kawhi Leonard scored 22 points as the San Antonio Spurs outgunned the Houston Rockets 110-107 in an overtime thriller...