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Former South Korea president Lee Myung-bak jailed for 15 years
Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak has been jailed for 15 years for corruption.Lee was sentenced in a Seoul court on Friday on charges of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power, and ordere…
Nine year old brings gun to school, takes aim at classmates
A 9-year-old boy in Broward county in the U.S. state of Florida was placed on home detention on Thursday after he pointed his father's loaded handgun at three classmates at school, according to local…
South African doctors transfer liver from HIV-positive mother to save her child's life
Faced with the only chance to save a child's life, doctors in South Africa have performed a medical first -- transplanting part of the liver from a HIV-positive mother to her HIV-negative child, it w…
UEFA Champions League: Paris Saint-Germain and Red Star Belgrade charged by UEFA for fan violence
UEFA has charged Paris Saint-Germain and Red Star Belgrade for fan violence at their Champions League game on Wednesday.The disciplinary panel will judge "crowd disturbances" against both clubs on Oc…
259 reported death direct result of extreme selfies
The quest for extreme selfies killed 259 people between 2011 and 2017, a 2018 global study has revealed.Researchers at the US National Library of Medicine recommend that 'no selfie zones' should be i…
Drunk police officer kills 2 colleagues in Addis Ababa
A drunk police officer shot dead two colleagues in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Thursday, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporation report said.The policeman, who fired on his colleagues…
Tennis: Zhang Shuai stuns Angelique Kerber to set up quarterfinals against Naomi Osaka at China Open
Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber suffered a shock exit to world No 45 Zhang Shuai at the China Open on Thursday.China's Zhang produced a 6-1 2-6 6-0 win over the German world No 3, much to the del…
Dutch authorities expels four Russians over attempts to hack chemical weapons watchdog
Dutch security services expelled four Russians over a cyber plot in April targeting the global chemical weapons watchdog, officials said.The operation by Russia's GRU military intelligence allegedly …
Six Malaysian rescue divers drown in bid to save boy
Six Malaysian rescue divers drowned in a freak accident while searching for a boy who had gone missing in a pool at an abandoned tin mine, emergency officials said on Thursday.The 17-year-old boy had…
World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) targeted by Russian intelligence - UK government
The Russian military intelligence service GRU has targeted the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), according to the government.The UK's National Cyber Security Centre has identified cyber-attacks agains…
UEFA: Matchday 2 (Wednesday) Champions League Results and Europa League Fixtures
Group AAtletico Madrid 3 - 1 Club BruggeBorussia Dortmund 3 - 0 MonacoGroup BPSV Eindhoven 1 - 2 InterTottenham Hotspur 2 - 4 BarcelonaGroup CParis Saint Germain 6 - 1 FK Crvena ZvezdaSSC Napoli 1 - …
Boxing may be excluded from future Olympic games
Boxing risks being thrown out of the Olympics unless the sport's ruling body addresses "grave" concerns regarding its governance, the International Olympic Committee executive board said on Wednesday…
Seven US police officers shot in deadly stand-off, suspect in custody
Seven US law enforcement officers have been shot, one of them fatally, in an incident in South Carolina, officials say.Police in the city of Florence had been responding to a call for help from the s…
Tennis: Naomi Osaka defeats Julia Goerges, advances to quarterfinals at China Open.
Naomi Osaka maintained her strong form since winning at Flushing Meadows, with a 6-1, 6-2 win on Thursday over Julia Goerges to advance to the China Open quarterfinals.It is Osaka's second tournament…
Spanish footballing giant FC Barcelona post record annual revenue
FC Barcelona announced it has become the first sports club to post annual revenues exceeding $1 billion.La Liga champions Barcelona presented their annual accounts on Tuesday, showing earnings of $1.…
UEFA open disciplinary proceedings against Manchester United after delayed kick-off
UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Manchester United following their late arrival for the Champions League match against Valencia on Tuesday.United's team bus arrived at Old Trafford be…
Ex IMF chief Rodrigo Rato given four and half year jail term
Spain's Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato's jail sentence of four years and six months for misusing funds in a case uncovered at the height of the economic crisis, ca…
Melania Trump tours former slavery outpost
US First Lady Melania Trump visited a former slave trading fort in Ghana on Wednesday, the second day of her maiden solo tour of Africa promoting her children's welfare programme."Akwaaba (Welcome) t…
Tennis: Grigor Dimitrov out, Karolina Pliskova advances to third round at China Open
Third-seeded Grigor Dimitrov is out of the Beijing Open, beaten 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 by Dusan Lajovic in the second round on Wednesday.At 4-4 in the deciding set, the 55th-ranked Lajovic -- helped by a Dimi…
60 migrants feared drowned as boat capsizes off Guinea-Bissau
A small boat carrying migrants has capsized off Guinea-Bissau, a port official said, adding that the vessel may have had more than 60 people on board when it set off.Commander Siga Batista said the p…