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Doha: German women sprinters win limits on intimate close-ups

New close-up camera shots of sprinters settling into their starting blocks are being restricted following a complaint by two female German athletes.

 

Jacques Chirac: France pays final respects to former president

Former US President Bill Clinton and Russia's Vladimir Putin are among dozens of past and present world leaders attending a memorial service for France's Jacques Chirac.

 

Seven Sri Lanka elephants dead from suspected poisoning

Sri Lankan authorities have begun an investigation after seven elephants were found dead last week from suspected poisoning.

 

US spy arrest: Tour guide charged with being China agent

A US citizen working as a tour guide has been charged with spying for Chinese intelligence services, the US Department of Justice said.

 

315 billion-tonne iceberg breaks off Antarctica

The Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica has just produced its biggest iceberg in more than 50 years.

 

Japan's last pagers beep for the final time

Thirty years ago, they were the must-have accessory for every sharp-elbowed business executive. But now, Japan's pagers have beeped for the final time.

 

Jessye Norman, Grammy-winning star of opera, dies at 74

US opera singer Jessye Norman, one of the most renowned sopranos of the 20th Century, has died at the age of 74.

 

The teens who killed 3 in Canadian wilderness showed no remorse, wanted to kill more

Chynna Deese's family says she was a ray of sunshine, exuding genuine happiness and an intense love of life.

 

Lost Cimabue masterpiece worth more than $6M found in French woman's kitchen

Alost masterpiece by 13th-century Florentine painter Cimabue has been found in a kitchen near Paris.

 

UK-flagged tanker leaves Iranian port after being held for months

The UK-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero has left Iran, where it has been detained since July 19, arriving in international waters on Friday.

 

Global recession in 2020 a "clear danger": UNCTAD report

The world's economy is heading into "troubled waters," with a recession in 2020 now "a clear and present danger," a UN report released Wednesday (September 25) showed.

6.4-magnitude earthquake rocks eastern Indonesia

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku on early September 22, according to the country’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).

 

Indonesia: schools closed due to smoke from forest fires

Many schools on Indonesia’s Borneo and Sumatra islands on September 16 were closed due to choking smoke from forest fires while the country has recorded thousands of respiratory infection cases.

 

India offers 1,000 PhD fellowships to ASEAN students

India on September 16 officially launch an initiative to offer up to 1,000 integrated PhD Fellowships for ASEAN students at its 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).