Archive for the January 31, 2018
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The Wanderers Stadium pitch used for the third Test between South Africa and India last week has been rated "poor" by match referee Andy Pycroft. The International Cricket Council announced on Tuesday that as a
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The International Olympic Committee said Tuesday it was "very concerned" about a possible glitch in the drug-testing kits to be used at the Winter Olympics opening in less than two weeks' time. The World Anti-Doping
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said the whistleblower at the source of doping allegations Grigory Rodchenkov was an "idiot" who should not be trusted, though admitting there have been "instances" of doping use. "They've
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Separatists in war-ravaged Yemen have seized all but one district of the government's de facto capital Aden, also laying siege to the isolated presidential palace on the city's southern outskirts on Tuesday. Global charity Save
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Saudi Arabia's attorney general said on Tuesday $107 billion has been recovered so far in a major crackdown on high-level corruption and that 56 suspects were still being investigated. Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb said he has
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North Korea has taken fresh strides in its nuclear missile program but has not shown all the technologies needed to strike America, a US general said Tuesday, as another top official warned such a capability
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A Spanish village on Tuesday declared a day of mourning following the death of a retired farmer billed as "the world's oldest man", who passed away just over a month after turning 113. Francisco Nunez
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The United States now ranks as the world's second largest contributor to financial secrecy, enabling money laundering, corruption and tax evasion to an increasing degree, according an index published Tuesday. As the "global capital of
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Turkish air strikes pounded the Syrian border region of Afrin and fighting raged on two fronts as Ankara pursued its offensive against the Kurdish enclave on Tuesday. A monitoring group and Kurdish sources said Turkey's
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Russia on Tuesday hosted a showpiece congress aimed at bringing Syria's seven-year war to an end, but hopes were low after rebels pulled out at the last minute following boycotts by the main opposition and
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