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Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:35:15 GMT
Sri Lanka's Karunaratne to bow out of Tests after 'fulfilling dream'
The 36-year-old former skipper was a rock at the top of the Sri Lankan order for more than a decade, but has gone 25 innings without a century. The second Test against Australia in Galle will be his farewell to the five-day game. "As a kid my on...

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:09:11 GMT
Philippine House votes to impeach VP Sara Duterte
While specifics of the impeachment were not divulged, the vote follows the filing of a trio of complaints in December accusing Duterte of crimes ranging from the "brazen misuse" of millions of dollars in public funds to plotting President Ferdinand ...

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:01:17 GMT
Tokyo police bust alleged prostitution ring targeting tourists
A record 36.8 million foreign visitors came to Japan last year, drawn partly by the weak yen -- a figure the government wants to almost double to 60 million annually by 2030. But some campaigners have raised concerns that the tourism influx could a...

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 08:49:12 GMT
China slams US 'suppression' as trade war deepens
Tensions between the US and China have soared in recent days as the world's two largest economies slapped a volley of tariffs on each others' imports, hitting hundreds of billions of dollars in trade. On Tuesday, the US Postal Service (USPS) also s...

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 08:47:14 GMT
Baltics to cut Soviet-era ties to Russian power grid
A giant digital clock in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, is counting down the hours until the states join the western European power grid. "We are now removing Russia's ability to use the electricity system as a tool of geopolitical blackmail," Lit...

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Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:08:12 GMT
Philippine House votes to impeach VP Sara Duterte
While specifics of the impeachment were not divulged, the vote follows the filing of a trio of complaints in December accusing Duterte of crimes ranging from the "brazen misuse" of millions of dollars in public funds to plotting President Ferdinand ...

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 08:58:12 GMT
Tokyo police bust alleged prostitution ring targeting tourists
A record 36.8 million foreign visitors came to Japan last year, drawn partly by the weak yen -- a figure the government wants to almost double to 60 million annually by 2030. But some campaigners have raised concerns that the tourism influx could a...

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 08:34:12 GMT
Iraq's famed 'hunchback' of Mosul rebuilt brick by brick
The Al-Hadba or "hunchback" minaret is part of the historic Al-Nuri Mosque from where former IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in July 2014 declared his "caliphate" that committed atrocities across swathes of both Syria and Iraq. The mosque and minaret...

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 08:16:13 GMT
MotoGP champion Martin taken to hospital after Malaysia crash
The 27-year-old, who made the move to Aprilia after winning the 2024 championship for Pramac Ducati, reported pain in his left foot and right hand after being thrown off at turn two of Sepang track -- his second crash of the session. Martin had com...

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 07:54:15 GMT
YouTubers causing monkeys to attack tourists at Cambodia's Angkor Wat
The agency that runs the UNESCO-listed site warned visitors to steer clear of the growing gangs of "aggressive" macaques that live around the sprawling complex of ruins and have been biting tourists. The macaques are native to the lush forests that...

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