April2018
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Cosby back on trial for sexual assault in #MeToo world
Apr 6, 2018Disgraced US megastar comedian Bill Cosby goes back on trial next week for alleged sexual assault dating back 14 years in a legal fight made tougher the second time round with more witnesses in a #MeToo... -
Oceania football chief quits unexpectedly
Apr 6, 2018Oceania Football Confederation president David Chung of Papua New Guinea announced his immediate resignation Friday for “personal reasons”. Chung’s term still had 10 months to run and a brief statement from OFC provided no further details... -
Prince Charles backs ‘blue economy’ to save Barrier Reef
Apr 6, 2018Prince Charles has called for a “blue economy” to promote the sustainable use of ocean resources and save Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, as he visits the World Heritage-listed ecosystem Friday. The 2,300-kilometre (1,429-mile) long biodiverse site... -
Sergei Skripal is no longer in critical condition after nerve agent attack
Apr 6, 2018Sergei Skripal is “responding well to treatment, improving rapidly and is no longer in a critical condition”, according to doctors. The former Russian spy and his daughter Yulia were left fighting for their lives after being... -
Israeli fire kills Palestinian at Gaza border, with more protests ahead
Apr 6, 2018Israeli fire killed a Palestinian at the Gaza border on Thursday and another died of wounds suffered several days ago, health officials said, bringing the number of Palestinian dead in a week of frontier protests and... -
Japan’s Abe faces fresh headache over Iraq troop dispatch logs
Apr 6, 2018Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government faced criticism on Thursday, after his defense minister said the army last year found activity logs from a controversial 2004 to 2006 deployment to Iraq, but had failed to report... -
Warplanes struck the rebel-held town of Douma in Syria
Apr 6, 2018Warplanes struck the rebel-held town of Douma in eastern Ghouta near Damascus on Friday, state TV and a war monitor reported, shattering days of calm as mediated talks between the sides appeared to have collapsed. There... -
Japanese anime director Isao Takahata dies at 82
Apr 6, 2018Japanese anime director Isao Takahata, co-founder of the famed Studio Ghibli, has died at the age of 82. Mr Takahata was nominated for an Oscar in 2015 for The Tale of the Princess Kaguya but is best... -
Russia filed a lawsuit to limit access to the Telegram messaging app
Apr 6, 2018Russia’s state communications watchdog said on Friday it had filed a lawsuit to limit access to the Telegram messaging app after the company refused to give Russian state security services access to its users’ secret messages.... -
Monex Group Inc to buy Coincheck Inc for 3.6 billion yen
Apr 6, 2018Japanese online brokerage firm Monex Group Inc will buy Coincheck Inc, the exchange at the center of a $530 million digital money heist, for 3.6 billion yen ($33.6 million), the latest move by a mainstream finance...
