California contest dubs 893kg pumpkin the plumpest
CALIFORNIA: A rippled white whopper weighing in at 1,969 pounds (893 kilograms) took the title Monday for plumpest pumpkin at an annual San Francisco Bay…
View More California contest dubs 893kg pumpkin the plumpestBolt aiming to crack 19 seconds in 200 metres
KINGSTON: Six-times Olympic champion Usain Bolt has already started his preparations for next years Rio Games and has sent a warning to his competitors “…
View More Bolt aiming to crack 19 seconds in 200 metresBox Office Top 20: ˜Pan flops with US$15.3 million
LOS ANGELES: œPan fared even worse than expected in its dismal 3,515-screen debut. The US$150 million live-action Peter Pan origin story netted $15.3 million in…
View More Box Office Top 20: ˜Pan flops with US$15.3 millionFacebook to test mobile app shopping tab
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook said Monday that it will begin testing a shopping tab for its mobile app as it works to ramp up advertising and…
View More Facebook to test mobile app shopping tabRaven-Symone apologizes for remark on job discrimination
NEW YORK: Raven-Symone is the latest panelist on œThe View to try to take back her words, saying her comment last week that she would…
View More Raven-Symone apologizes for remark on job discrimination1MDB files police report over leaked confidential information
KUALA LUMPUR: The 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) today filed a police report on the action by one or more parties whom they suspect leaked and…
View More 1MDB files police report over leaked confidential informationPacquiaos shoulder almost healed
NEW YORK: Philippine boxing legend Manny Pacquiao announced in New York Monday that he was œ80 to 90 percent healed from a shoulder operation and…
View More Pacquiaos shoulder almost healedAustralia plans tougher controls on teen terror suspects
SYDNEY: Australia on Tuesday outlined plans to tighten counter-terrorism laws further, including restricting the movements of suspects as young as 14 in the wake of…
View More Australia plans tougher controls on teen terror suspectsDutch Safety Board set to say MH17 downed by Russian-made missile, but not point finger
AMSTERDAM: The Dutch Safety Board, issuing long-awaited findings on Tuesday of its investigation into the crash of a Malaysian passenger plane over eastern Ukraine, is…
View More Dutch Safety Board set to say MH17 downed by Russian-made missile, but not point fingerFormer FIFA member Makudi suspended for 90 days
ZURICH: Former FIFA executive committee member Worawi Makudi has been suspended for 90 days pending a full investigation, the Ethics Committee of soccers governing body…
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