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ASEAN Mulling 2034 World Cup Bid

ASEAN on Friday held talks on launching a joint bid for the World Cup in 2034 during a visit by FIFA chief Gianni...

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Myanmar, From Asia’s Pride To Prolonged Football Slide

Shouts reverberate under the concrete overpass as barefoot players jostle for the ball, a sad echo of Myanmar's...

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Myanmar Army Ends Operations In North Rakhine

Myanmar's army has halted "clearance operations" in northern Rakhine, a senior official said Wednesday, ending a...

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Myanmar Activists Fight For Child Servant Rights

Thi Thi Nwe waited three days until the girl was left unguarded in her hospital bed to approach her, the first step in...

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Kim Jong-Nam Death: Malaysia Police Hold Female Suspect

A female suspect has been arrested in Malaysia in connection with the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s...

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50 Million People Worldwide Have Epilepsy

World Health Organisation (WHO) has said about 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, making it one of the most...

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Myanmar Sisters Scarred By Abuse

Khin Khin Tun's back is a patchwork of burns, searing memories she says from when her former employer poured two flasks...

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Malaysian Aid Ship For Rohingya Arrives In Bangladesh

A Malaysian ship carrying aid for thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled a bloody army crackdown in Myanmar docked...

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Myanmar To Execute Rohingya Man For Raid On Police Post

Myanmar authorities have sentenced a Rohingya man to death for leading raids on police border posts that sparked a...

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Japan’s Kirin Selling Brazilian Unit To Heineken

Japanese brewer Kirin said Monday it would sell its Brazilian unit to Dutch beer giant Heineken for $706 million,...

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Coming In From the Cold

I bring you warm Buharamattan greetings from Amalaman where we are on auto-pilot, if you were to believe what the papa...

International

India’s Qualification To the 2019 Asian Cup the Ultimate Goal

Stephen Constantine, the coach of the Indian national team, is in ebullient mood, considering the Blue Tigers climbed...

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US-Australia Refugee Deal: Trump In ‘worst Call’ With Turnbull

A phone call between US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull has called into question a refugee...

International

Leading Lawyer Ko Ni Assassinated At Yangon Airport

A leading lawyer and adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party has been shot dead at...

Opinion

It Is About Growing In Years, Not About Getting Old!

Listen or download (or embed) this audio podcast: (CNS): As fertility rates decline and life expectancy increases, the...

International

Pope Forces Conservative Out In Condom Battle

Pope Francis has forced the head of an ancient Catholic order to resign in an unusually public rebuke of conservative...

Opinion

Leader, Be Careful of Miscommunication and Misunderstanding!

Do you know that in war, when there is miscommunication and misunderstanding you can end up attacking your own forces...

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Army Chief Indicted Over ‘stolen’ Pick-Up

Maj Gen Sampson Adeti, Chief of Staff, General Headquarters, of the Ghana Armed Forces at Burma Camp, has been indicted...

Opinion

Protecting An Age-Long Integrity

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) is the state institution charged with the onerous task of defending the territorial...