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NY Museum Honors Kermit the Frog and His Creator
Jim Henson, the relentless innovator who gave the world Kermit the Frog and "The Muppet Show," is getting a permanent...
Ronaldo Visits Valencia FC Owner Lim In Singapore
Football mega-star Cristiano Ronaldo jetted into Singapore for a flying visit to Valencia owner Peter Lim and his...
Lukaku, Rashford On Target As Manchester United Down City
Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford were on target as Manchester United defeated Premier League rivals Manchester City...
Bottle of Historic Aussie Red Sells For $41,000
A rare bottle of first vintage 1951 Penfolds Grange has been snapped up at auction for Aus$51,750 (US$40,825),...
Tokyo 2020 Living With Spectre of Killer Quake
For modern Olympic host cities, the twin threats of terrorism and financial ruin constantly loom. But spare a thought...
Mosul’s Christians Face Dilemma After Islamic State
The jihadists may have been ousted from their Iraqi hometown of Mosul but many Christians like Haitham Behnam refuse to...
Roses, Tears As Thai Ex-PM Yingluck Enters Final Stage of Case
Toppled Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra was mobbed Friday by well-wishers, many bearing red roses, as she arrived for...
S. Korea Urges North To Respond To Military Talks Offer
South Korea urged the North on Friday to break its silence on an offer of military talks aimed at easing simmering...
Fugitive Monk Extradited To Thailand For Allegedly ‘raping Girl, 14’
A flamboyant fugitive monk accused of raping a 14-year-old girl has been extradited back to Thailand after fleeing to...
Qatar Changes Anti-Terror Law Amid Gulf Row
Qatar announced on Thursday changes to its anti-terror legislation, one of the controversial issues at the core of the...
‘Saigon’ Brings Exiles’ Loss and Longing To the Stage
A hugely moving debut drama about exile set in a Vietnamese restaurant has become a surprise hit at the world's biggest...
Synthetic Cannabis Blamed For Spate of New Zealand Deaths
At least seven people are believed to have died in Auckland this month after using synthetic cannabis, New Zealand...
Namibia Genocide Victims Battle For Compensation
On a thin strip of land at the bay of Luederitz in southern Namibia are dozens of gravestones bearing the names of each...
Eritreans Pursue Two-Wheeled Dreams In Exile
After representing Eritrea in cycling tournaments across Africa, Daniel Teklay took a journey of a different sort last...
Hyperloop Or Hyperbole? Musk Promises NY-DC Run In 29 Mins
US entrepreneur Elon Musk said Thursday he'd received tentative approval from the government to build a conceptual...
China Bets Big On Subways As Cities Expand
Deep under Shanghai, workers on a flood-lit construction rig carefully install massive concrete wall sections for a new...
‘Killer Pitch’ and Food Poisoning Haunt Asia Football Tours
There was the infamous Hong Kong "killer pitch", an 11th-hour cancellation of a Manchester derby in Beijing and now...
Three Share Lead At Weather-Hit PGA Barbasol Championship
The US trio of Martin Flores, Cameron Tringale and Zac Blair shared a one-shot lead on Thursday as darkness halted play...
Jamaica Into CONCACAF Gold Cup Semis As Canada Downed
Jamaica defeated Canada 2-1 to advance to the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Thursday. Goals in each half from...