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12 Mar 2022

Premier League disqualifies Abramovich

LONDON: Roman Abramovich has been disqualified as a Chelsea director by the Premier League board after the British government sanctioned the Russian billionaire.

12 Mar 2022
Premier League disqualifies Abramovich
28 Jul 2021

Biles pulls out of Olympic all-around title defence as support pours in

TOKYO: Simone Biles abandoned the defence of her individual all-around Olympic crown on Wednesday, a day after her shock withdrawal from the women's team final over mental health concerns.

28 Jul 2021 3
Biles pulls out of Olympic all-around title defence as support pours in
11 Jun 2018

G7, what's next?

Trump's spectacular bust-up with America's allies at G7 raises stakes for Tuesday's summit with Kim and highlights dangers of US leader's self-serving diplomacy.

11 Jun 2018 19
G7, what's next?
29 Aug 2016

Kiss of life

In Laos, where nightfall brings out the drink drivers, there's a 100% volunteer group acting to save lives when the drunks crash.

29 Aug 2016
Kiss of life
25 Aug 2016

A dying breed

Decades ago, Myanmar's national symbols of pride and resistance were too numerous to count, but the peacock is easy to capture - and trade to extinction.

25 Aug 2016
A dying breed
22 Aug 2016

Hong Kong runs on...

... milk tea. Known in Cantonese as <i>cha chaan teng</i>, the tea restaurants serve up Chinese-style, western snacks but always with <i>lai cha</i>.

22 Aug 2016
Hong Kong runs on...
10 Aug 2016

Hun Sen's click farm

What a man! Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has more than 5 million Facebook fans, or so it says. Most Cambodians suspect he's buying popularity from abroad.

10 Aug 2016
Hun Sen's click farm
2 Aug 2016

Afghanistan's sexism

"People claim to be open-minded but many cannot bear having a woman in this position," says Masooma Muradi, the country's only female governor.

2 Aug 2016
Afghanistan's sexism
29 Jul 2016

Cheaper than phones

The Turkish or Bulgarian MP5 costs thousands of dollars but Gul's version, with a one-year guarantee, costs 7,000 rupees, or 2,300 baht.

29 Jul 2016
Cheaper than phones
6 Jul 2016

Pablo's hippopotamuses

Drug lord Pablo Escobar was killed, his gang imprisoned - and his two pet hippos in the past 20 years have turned into a Colombian hippo herd.

6 Jul 2016
Pablo's hippopotamuses