November2018
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IS suffers heavy Syria losses despite Kurd pause
Nov 8, 2018At least 65 Islamic State group fighters have been killed around their last enclave in Syria despite a pause in a two-month Kurdish-led assault, a monitor said Wednesday. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces announced a pause... -
Manchester United fight back to snatch unlikely late win at Juventus
Nov 8, 2018Manchester United snatched an extraordinary and barely-deserved 2-1 win at Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday with a late free kick from Juan Mata and a scrappy own goal reviving their hopes of reaching the... -
Girlfriend of Italian deputy PM Salvini says goodbye with bedside selfie
Nov 8, 2018Italy’s real-life soap opera, the relationship between Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and television star Elisa Isoardi, reached its last episode on Monday when she said goodbye by posting a selfie of them in bed. The... -
Samsung gives first glimpse of foldable phone
Nov 8, 2018Samsung Electronics unveiled its much-anticipated foldable phone in San Francisco on Wednesday, urging Android developers to start writing apps for it. Samsung needs to get the foldable phone right to reverse steep declines in profit for... -
8th Dhaka Literary Festival starts today
Nov 8, 2018The 8th Dhaka Literary Festival (DLF) will begin on the premises of Bangla Academy in the capital today. The Cultural Affairs Ministry and the DLF committee are going to jointly arrange the three-day literary festival, which... -
Director Steve McQueen says `Widows’ not just a heist movie
Nov 7, 2018At first glance, Steve McQueen’s latest film, “Widows”, looks like a fast-paced heist movie, but the award-winning British director says he wanted his Chicago-set movie to take a deeper look at the current political and social-economic... -
Democrat Gillum concedes in close Florida governor’s race
Nov 7, 2018Democrat Andrew Gillum, the African American mayor of Florida state capital Tallahassee, conceded Tuesday in his acrimonious battle for governor with Ron DeSantis, a member of the House of Representatives and ardent supporter of President Donald... -
USOC under pressure to fix USA Gymnastics before Tokyo 2020
Nov 7, 2018Like a world-class gymnast, the United States Olympic Committee(USOC) needs to nail a perfect landing to put a damaging sexual abuse scandal behind it ahead of the 2020 Games in Tokyo, sports sponsorship experts said. The... -
EU approves Disney buy from Fox if makes TV divestments
Nov 7, 2018Walt Disney’s $71.3-billion offer to buy Twenty-First Century Fox Inc’s entertainment assets won approval from the European Commission on Tuesday, subject to Disney selling interests in factual TV channels in Europe. The EU competition regulator said... -
Oil rebounded to $73 a barrel on Wednesday
Nov 7, 2018Oil rebounded to $73 a barrel on Wednesday after falling to its lowest since August, supported by a report that Russia and Saudi Arabia are discussing oil output cuts in 2019. Russia’s TASS news agency, citing...
