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Only Japanese-born sumo champ retires

Published On: January 16, 2019 11:00 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS

TOKYO, Jan 16: The only Japanese-born grand champion or "yokozuna" in sumo has decided to retire following a disastrous run of form and injury, leaving two Mongolians on top of the ancient sport.

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Chilean Patagonia: an open-air lab to study climate change

Published On: January 14, 2019 12:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

PATAGONIA, Jan 14: In one of the most inhospitable places on Earth, the southernmost part of Chile's Patagonia region, scientists are studying whales, dolphins and algae in order to help predict how climate change will affect the world's oceans.

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China's global trade surplus fell in 2018: customs

Published On: January 14, 2019 11:00 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS

BEIJING, Jan 14: China's global trade volume rose last year but its surplus fell again as its imports outpaced its exports, official data released Monday showed amid a bruising trade war with the United States.

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Trump threatens to declare national emergency over border wall fight

Published On: January 11, 2019 03:30 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

TEXAS, Jan 11: President Donald Trump has again threatened to declare a national emergency along the border with Mexico as he seeks funding for a wall he says will keep out dangerous immigrants -- his latest jab in a fight with Democrats in Congress that has now shut down parts of the government for a record-tying 21 days.

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Chinese children given expired polio vaccines

Published On: January 11, 2019 02:30 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

SHANGHAI, Jan 11: At least 145 children were administered expired polio vaccines in eastern China, state media reported, despite the government promising to prevent such lapses in the industry following a major scandal last year.

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Drop beef to save millions of lives and cut greenhouse gas emissions: WEF

Published On: January 4, 2019 01:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

GENEVA, Jan 4: Switching from beef to alternative proteins could save millions of lives and dramatically slash greenhouse gas emissions, the World Economic Forum said Thursday.

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In Siberia, Chinese demand for prehistoric tusks fuels 'mammoth rush'

Published On: January 4, 2019 12:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

Crouching near a wooden shed in his snowy backyard, Prokopy Nogovitsyn lifts up a grey tarpaulin and takes out a vertebra the size of a saucer: part of a mammoth skeleton.

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Bricked in by poverty, Cambodia's farmers fight debt bondage

Published On: January 2, 2019 01:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

CAMBODIA, Jan 2: Bopha should be in school but instead toils seven days a week in a searing brick kiln on the outskirts of Phnom Penh -- a 14-year-old trapped in debt bondage in a boom industry preying on the poverty of Cambodia's farmers.

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Near-blind ex-boxer puts troubled kids on right path

Published On: December 31, 2018 12:30 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

In some ways, says Portuguese ex-boxer Jorge Pina, the loss of most of his sight was the making of him. "I didn't lose my sight, I just see things differently," he says.

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Climate change takes toll on French oyster farmers

Published On: December 31, 2018 11:30 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS

Gulping down oysters has long been a favourite New Year's Eve ritual for the French, but as winters get warmer and summers get drier many growers worry there will soon be fewer of the prized mollusks to go around.

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600,000 security personnel deployed for Bangladesh elections

Published On: December 29, 2018 08:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

BANGLADESH, Dec 29: Bangladesh tightened security on Saturday for an election which expects to see Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina win a record fourth term but is dominated by opposition claims that they have been shackled by a government clampdown.

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Runaway lion, wounded elk find home in Russian shelter

Published On: December 28, 2018 02:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

RUSSIA, Dec 28: A lion that escaped from an airport, a crocodile found at a rubbish dump and an elk attacked by stray dogs -- all these animals have found refuge in an unusual private shelter in Russia.

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Super-sub Cristiano Ronaldo salvages draw for 10-man Juventus

Published On: December 27, 2018 10:31 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS

MILAN, Dec 27: Cristiano Ronaldo came off the bench to score a late equaliser as 10-man Juventus salvaged a 2-2 draw at Atalanta on Wednesday to move nine points clear of Napoli at the top of Serie A.

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The Indian market where rat earns top price

Published On: December 26, 2018 04:20 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

ASSAM, Dec 26: Freshly-caught rat is at the top of the holiday menu for crowds flocking to a market in northeastern India that specialises in rodents from local fields.

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Sick, hungry Indonesia tsunami survivors cram shelters

Published On: December 25, 2018 03:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

INDONESIA, Dec 25: Desperately needed aid flowed into a stretch of Indonesia's tsunami-struck coastline Tuesday, but humanitarian workers warned that clean water and medicine supplies were dwindling as thousands crammed makeshift evacuation centres.

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Yemen's warring parties agree ceasefire for key port at UN talks

Published On: December 14, 2018 01:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

YEMEN, Dec 14: Yemen's warring parties on Thursday agreed to a ceasefire on a vital port in a series of breakthroughs in UN-brokered peace talks that could mark a major turning point after four years of devastating conflict.

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In Pakistan public education suffocates under surging population

Published On: December 14, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

PAKISTAN, Dec 14: At the Tanjai Cheena school in northwest Pakistan students squeeze into makeshift classrooms where plastic tarps serve as walls and electricity is sparse, as a surging population overstretches the country's fragile education system.

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Wounded May seeks EU compromise to save Brexit deal

Published On: December 13, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

LONDON, Dec 13: Bloodied but not yet beaten, Prime Minister Theresa May comes to Brussels for the second time in three days on Thursday, battling to save her Brexit deal and her career.

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Rouhani: US sanctions are 'economic terrorism'

Published On: December 9, 2018 04:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

IRAN, Dec 9: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday said US sanctions against his country amounted to "economic terrorism", AFP reports.

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Sexual harassment in the sky: Hong Kong flight attendants fight back

Published On: December 9, 2018 02:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

HONG KONG, Dec 9: Immaculate-looking flight attendants who appear unruffled by the demands of a life spent in the air are part of the slick image sold by carriers -- but Hong Kong-based workers are increasingly hitting back against sexual harassment.

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