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Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:10:18 GMTMatsuyama the main man says Olympic champ Schauffele on Japan return
Olympic gold medallist Xander Schauffele makes his return to Japan this week, but admitted Wednesday that Hideki Matsuyama is the man the home spectators will be clamouring to see.
The duo will form the signature group when the Zozo Championship te...
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:03:09 GMTRussia hosts Taliban for talks amid IS group threat concerns
Russia hosts the Taliban for talks in Moscow on Wednesday, seeking to assert its influence on Central Asia and push for action against Islamic State group fighters which it says have massed in perennially volatile Afghanistan.
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 07:00:06 GMTScores killed in devastating floods, landslides in India and Nepal
More than 100 people have died in several days of massive flooding and devastating landslides that swept away roads and houses in India and Nepal, officials said Wednesday, with scores more missing.
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 06:22:11 GMT13 killed in Damascus army bus bombing: state media
A bomb attack on an army bus in Damascus killed at least 13 people Wednesday in the bloodiest such attack in years, the SANA state news agency reported.
"A terrorist bombing using two explosive devices targeted a passing bus" at a key bridge in the...
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 06:06:27 GMTSeveral killed in army bus bombing in Damascus
A bomb attack on an army bus in Damascus killed 14 people on Wednesday in the bloodiest such attack to strike the Syrian capital in four years, the SANA state news agency reported.
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 06:02:11 GMTMother urges Hong Kong to send daughter's killer to Taiwan
The mother of a murdered Hong Kong woman blasted the authorities on Wednesday for allowing her daughter's killer to live as a free man, a case that has festered because China does not recognise Taiwan.
Poon Hiu-wing, 19, was pregnant when she was s...
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 05:56:15 GMTBrazil president to face charge of 'intentional' crimes over Covid response
A Brazilian senate committee will on Wednesday ask that President Jair Bolsonaro be charged with "intentional" crimes over his management of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has left 600,000 of his compatriots dead.
Following six months of eventful hea...
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 05:48:15 GMTFloods, landslides kill 116 in India and Nepal
More than 100 people have died in several days of massive flooding and devastating landslides that swept away roads and houses in India and Nepal, officials said Wednesday, with scores more missing.
In Uttarakhand in northern India, officials said ...
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 05:39:52 GMTTen years after Gaddafi’s death, a Libyan town still yearns for his rule
A huge portrait of Muammar Gaddafi marks the entrance of Bani Walid: 10 chaotic years since the Libyan dictator's death, residents of the desert town still hanker for his rule.
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 05:38:10 GMTRussia hosts Taliban for talks after warning against IS threat
Russia hosts the Taliban for talks in Moscow on Wednesday, seeking to assert its influence on Central Asia and push for action against Islamic State fighters which it says have massed in perennially volatile Afghanistan.
The talks, which draw offic...
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 05:16:10 GMTDon't compare Hashimoto to me, says gymnastics legend Uchimura
Japan's new gymnastics king Daiki Hashimoto is his own man, legendary veteran Kohei Uchimura said Wednesday, urging the Tokyo Olympics double gold medallist to ignore comparisons.
Hashimoto announced himself to the world in spectacular fashion this...
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 05:16:09 GMTColombian former guerrilla leader arrested in Mexico
One of the leaders of FARC, the Colombian guerrilla group turned political party, was arrested Tuesday in Mexico.
Rodrigo Granda, head diplomat for the Marxist group, was held under a "red notice" from Interpol, Colombian Defense Minister Diego Mol...
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 05:10:12 GMTReal Madrid star Benzema on trial in sextape case
Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema goes on trial in France on Wednesday accused of complicity in the attempted blackmail of former international teammate Mathieu Valbuena, a case known as the "sextape affair".
Benzema, 33, is suspected of helping a ...
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 05:08:11 GMT3M to pay $99 mn to settle dispute over harmful chemicals
The US group 3M, which among other things manufactures anti-Covid protective face masks, said Tuesday it will pay $99 million to settle complaints related to health and the environment.
"3M has reached a collaborative agreement to resolve ongoing l...
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 04:46:11 GMTNigerian youths plan protest memorials a year after bloody crackdown
Activists say they will stage commemorations in several cities in Nigeria Wednesday, one year after security forces violently suppressed protests, despite several warnings from the authorities.
Messages calling on youths to rally in the capital Abu...