N. Korea fires missile hours after warning of 'fiercer' response
North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile Thursday, Seoul's military said, the latest in a record blitz of launches as Pyongyang warned of a "fiercer" military response to the United States and its allies.
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As Qatar World Cup looms, street cricket rules for Gulf migrant workers
It is 7:00 am in Dubai and as the sun peeks above high-rises, it reveals an animated scene below: about 200 people, mostly men, wielding bats and taped-up tennis balls in a weekly festival of street cricket.
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Kazakhstan's Tokayev: once loyal protege tightens grip
In less than a year, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev violently suppressed the worst unrest in his country's history, neutralised his all-powerful predecessor and stood up to Russia's Vladimir Putin.
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Kazakhstan holds snap leadership polls after deadly riots
Kazakhstan will hold snap presidential elections Sunday expected to cement the incumbent Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's grip on power, months after deadly unrest spurred a historic power shift in the Central Asian country.
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Warhol piece sells for $85 mn at New York auction
Andy Warhol's iconic 1960s painting "White Disaster" sold for $85 million at auction Wednesday evening at Sotheby's in New York.
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Hamilton targets future on return to scene of rancorous 'injustice'
Lewis Hamilton returns to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this weekend 11 months on from one of the most rancorous days in Formula One history insisting he has put the past behind him.
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MH17 verdict: who are the four suspects on trial?
A former Russian spy who recently turned on the military over its invasion of Ukraine is one of four men accused of downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014.
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Dutch judges to give long-awaited flight MH17 verdict
A Dutch court gives its verdict Thursday in the trial of four men over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 above Ukraine in 2014, as tensions soar over Russia's invasion eight years later.
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Out of the box: defying stereotypes in 'Return to Seoul'
It is Cambodia's next Oscars entry, has a Korean-born France-based star, a French-Cambodian director, and was shot in South Korea.
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California lab-grown meat start-up gets first green light
A California-based lab-grown meat start-up received the first green light for such products from the US food safety agency on Wednesday, although the product still has more hurdles to clear before being sold to consumers.
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