US Olympic Speed Skater Banned For Doping
US Olympic speed skater Chris Creveling has been banned for four years after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance, the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced on Monday....
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North Korea Says New Rocket Can Carry Nuclear Warhead
North Korea said on Monday it had successfully launched a new type of ballistic missile in its latest test which it said was aimed at building capacity to launch nuclear missiles. The North fired a...
Cyber-Attack A ‘wake-Up Call’
A cyber-attack that has hit 150 countries since Friday should be treated by governments around the world as a “wake-up call”, Microsoft says. It blamed governments for storing data on software...
Ransomware Cyber-Attack A Wake-Up Call
A cyber-attack that has hit 150 countries since Friday should be treated by governments around the world as a “wake-up call”, Microsoft says. It blamed governments for storing data on software...
North Korea Missile Test Was ‘new Type of Ballistic Rocket’
North Korea has claimed that the missile it tested on Sunday was a new type of rocket capable of carrying a large nuclear warhead. The missile, launched at a steep angle, reached an altitude of...
The New Miss USA Helps Regulate Nuclear Power Plants
The Miss USA pageant touted American diversity, and chose an African-American chemist with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to wear the crown. Kara McCullough from the US capital will go on to...
South Korean Rising Star Kim Wins Players Title
South Korean Kim Si-Woo became the youngest winner in Players Championship history, firing a three-under par 69 on Sunday for a three-stroke US PGA Tour victory. The 75th-ranked prodigy, who has...
North Korea Missile Test ‘due To Kim Jong-Un Paranoia’
The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has accused North Korean leader Kim Jong-un of being in a "state of paranoia", following another ballistic missile test. The test was a message...
Garcia Charges As Stanley, Holmes Share PGA Players Lead
Masters champion Sergio Garcia charged into contention during Saturday's windy third round of The Players Championship while Americans Kyle Stanley and J. B. Holmes shared the lead after 54 holes....
North Korea Carries Out New Ballistic Missile Test
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile from a region near its west coast, the South Korean military say. The missile was launched near Kusong, north-west of the capital, Pyongyang, and flew 700km...
North Korea Test-Fires Ballistic Missile
North Korea on Sunday test-fired a ballistic missile, the Seoul army said, the first since South Korea's new president took power. The missile was launched from the country's northwestern city of...
Kenya To Get $10m Investment In BBC Expansion
British broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is set to invest about $10m in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, as part of an expansion they announced earlier this year. President Uhuru...
More Human Bones Recovered From Sunken S. Korean Ferry
More suspected human bones were recovered Saturday from South Korea's sunken Sewol ferry, officials said Saturday, part of a search that began when the ship was salvaged in March. The 6,800-ton...
North Korea ‘would Hold Talks’ With Trump Administration
President Donald Trump has said he would be "honoured" to meet Kim Jong-un if conditions were right North Korea has said it will hold talks with the US "if the conditions were right", South Korean...
N. Korea Demands Extradition of South’s Spy Chief
North Korea on Friday demanded the extradition of the South's spy chief, a Chinese businessman, and unnamed US CIA agents over a supposed conspiracy to assassinate leader Kim Jong-Un. Last week...
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 delay, but at unusual length. The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) put...
Malaysia Football Chief In North Korea Poison Warning
Malaysia's football chief on Thursday said he was worried about players being deliberately poisoned if their controversial Asian Cup qualifier goes ahead in North Korea's Pyongyang. Football...
Moon, Trump Agree On Close Cooperation On N. Korea
South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In and US President Donald Trump agreed Wednesday on "close cooperation" in dealing with North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, Seoul's presidential office...
South Korea’s Moon Jae-In Willing To Visit North Korea
Moon Jae-in, South Korea's new president, has declared his willingness to visit the nuclear-armed North, moments after taking his oath of office. Moon, who was declared the winner on Tuesday of the...
Wanderers Down SIPG As AFC Champions League Last-16 Settled
Western Sydney Wanderers pinched only their second win of this season's AFC Champions League with a late winner over big-spending Shanghai SIPG in their final group game in Sydney on Wednesday....