April2017
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Nadal wins historic 10th Monte Carlo title
Apr 23, 2017News Hour: Rafael Nadal won the Monte Carlo Masters for a record-breaking 10th time with a dominant 6-1, 6-3 defeat of Spanish compatriot Albert Ramos-Vinolas on Sunday. The 30-year-old Nadal will be aiming for a 10th... -
Neymar ban dispute rages ahead of Clasico
Apr 23, 2017News Hour: Neymar looks set to travel with the Barcelona squad for Sunday’s El Clasico against Real Madrid as the Catalans continue to fight his suspension for the potentially title deciding clash. The Brazilian is in... -
IOM, EU Aid victims of human trafficking through new online platform
Apr 23, 2017News Hour: IOM, with support from the European Union (EU), has launched an online platform featuring a transnational referral tool designed to strengthen professional response to the needs of victims of human trafficking. The tool, known... -
Multilateral banks to deepen collaboration with private sector to boost inclusive, sustainable infrastructure
Apr 23, 2017News Hour: Leaders of the top multilateral development banks (MDBs) have agreed to deepen their collaboration to encourage private sector investment in vital infrastructure needed to support sustainable and inclusive economic growth throughout the world. Under... -
France’s place in Europe at issue in vote for president
Apr 23, 2017News Hour: France voted on Sunday in the first round of a bitterly fought presidential election that could define the future of the European Union, and is sure to be seen as a gauge of the... -
North Korea detains third U.S. citizen
Apr 23, 2017News Hour: North Korea detained a U.S. citizen on Friday as he attempted to leave the isolated country, bringing the total number of Americans held by the isolated country to three. Korean-American Tony Kim had spent... -
Ready to strike U.S. aircraft carrier, North Korea says
Apr 23, 2017News Hour: North Korea said on Sunday it was ready to sink a U.S. aircraft carrier to demonstrate its military might, as two Japanese navy ships joined a U.S. carrier group for exercises in the western... -
Pence tries hand at koala diplomacy Down Under
Apr 23, 2017News Hour: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence crouched down in the shade of a eucalyptus tree on Sunday at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo where Penny, a red kangaroo, dozed in the midday heat, scratching her behind the... -
Hundreds flee Mosul fighting as others return to former IS areas
Apr 23, 2017News Hour: Heavy two-way traffic of carts carrying children, clothes, and the elderly crowded the main Baghdad-Mosul road on Sunday as hundreds of Iraqis fled heavy fighting or made their way back to areas seized back... -
FIFA opens tender process for worldwide in-flight and in-ship media rights
Apr 23, 2017News Hour: FIFA has opened an invitation to tender for the worldwide in-flight and in-ship media rights to the 2018 FIFA World Cup™, the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 and the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019™. In-flight...
