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NewsAFP NewsFrench drugmaker, watchdog on trial for diabetes pill deaths
France's medicines watchdog will join a pharma firm in the dock from Monday on fraud and negligence charges linked to the deaths of multiple people prescribed a diabetes pill for weight loss despite safety concerns. At least 500 people are thought to have died of heart valve problems in France after
SportAFP NewsMarquez top on wet Aragon MotoGP track
Hot favourite Marc Marquez remains top of the qualifying by a wide margin for his 'home' MotoGP Saturday as a humid track at Aragon made racing treacherous.
NewsAFP NewsIran warns any country that attacks will be 'main battlefield'
Iran's Revolutionary Guards commander on Saturday warned any country that attacks the Islamic republic will see its territory become the "main battlefield" as he opened an exhibition of captured drones. Major General Hossein Salami also said Iran was "ready for any type of scenario
SportAFP NewsStricken racing driver Juan Manuel Correa out of coma
American racing driver Juan Manuel Correa, injured in the Formula 2 Grand Prix crash that killed Frenchman Anthoine Hubert in late August, is out of an artificially induced coma, his team said on Saturday. Correa, just 20, broke both his legs and suffered spinal injuries and acute respiratory failure
SportAFP NewsWonderkid Fati: from African suburb to Barcelona's Camp Nou
Ansu Fati has made a long trip from the fields of Guinea-Bissau, where he played as a child, to Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium where the 16-year-old is playing with some of the biggest stars in the world. Fati has made a stirring start to the season, scoring just two minutes into his full La Liga
NewsAFP NewsPhilippines halts aid talks with backers of UN rights probe into drug war
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's administration has ordered the suspension of all loan and grant talks with foreign governments that backed a United Nations resolution to review human rights abuses during his signature anti-drug war. The Iceland-sponsored UN Human Rights Council resolution
SportAFP NewsWallabies come from behind to beat Fiji at Rugby World Cup
Australia hooker Tolu Latu scored two tries in five minutes as the Wallabies came from nine points down in the second half to beat Fiji 39-21 and escape a huge upset at the Rugby World Cup on Saturday. Fiji haven't beaten Australia for 65 years -- a run of 17 winless games against the two-time world
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UK Labour deputy leader says Brexit views behind bid to oust him
The deputy leader of Britain's main opposition Labour Party said on Saturday that his stance on Brexit, where he backs a second referendum before a parliamentary election, unlike leader Jeremy Corbyn, is behind efforts by some in the party to remove him. Just over a month before Britain is due to
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Embique Condotel Launch Brings Melaka Together With Bique Fest Arts Bazaar
BIQUE FEST will run every weekend in September 2019, from Friday to Sunday, at 6:00pm to 10.30pm on Lots 85,86,141,144 & 153 of Jalan Parameswara.
NewsAFP NewsTrump slams 'partisan' whistleblower, Biden pushes back
US President Donald Trump on Friday vigorously rejected a whistleblower's claim of wrongdoing, amid reports he used a call with Ukraine's president to pressure him to investigate the son of Trump's Democratic rival Joe Biden. The whistleblower's secret complaint has triggered a tense
SportAFP NewsAustralia survive Fiji scare on showdown Saturday at Rugby World Cup
Australia survived an almighty scare to beat Fiji 39-21 as defending champions New Zealand prepared to take on South Africa in a day of heavyweight showdowns at the Rugby World Cup on Saturday. Fiji, putting in some thunderous hits, led 21-12 early in the second half before replacement scrum-half Will
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Wallabies survive Fiji scare to win Rugby World Cup opener
Australia hooker Tolu Latu scored two tries in five minutes as the Wallabies came from nine points down in the second half to beat Fiji 39-21 and escape a huge upset at the Rugby World Cup on Saturday. Fiji haven't beaten Australia for 65 years -- a run of 17 winless games against the two-time world
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Putrajaya to extend Kampung Community Management Council to Sarawak, says Baru Bian
KUCHING, Sept 21 — The Pakatan Harapan (PH) federal government will set up the Kampung Community Management Council in Sarawak after the state government banned community leaders and headmen from...
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Iran says it will destroy any aggressor
Iran will pursue any aggressor, even it carries out a limited attack, and seek to destroy it, the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday, after attacks on Saudi oil sites which Riyadh and U.S officials blamed on Tehran. U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday approved sending American
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Biden's LGBTQ record draws scrutiny at Iowa presidential forum
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Vice President Joe Biden's decades-long record on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues was scrutinized on Friday in Iowa at the first major forum focused on the topic during the 2020 Democratic presidential nominating contest. Biden was questioned
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Philippines halts aid talks with backers of UN rights probe into drug war
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's administration has ordered the suspension of all loan and grant talks with foreign governments that backed a United Nations resolution to review human rights abuses during his signature anti-drug war. The Iceland-sponsored UN Human Rights Council resolution
NewsAFP News'Millions' protest in youth-led global climate strike
Masses of children skipped school to join a global strike against climate change that teen activist Greta Thunberg said was "only the beginning," ahead of a UN youth summit she will participate in Saturday. Some four million people filled city streets around the world, organizers said, in
SportAFP NewsAn fires another 66 to lead weather-hit Sanderson Farms event
An Byeong-hun got a hot start with four straight birdies on Friday to shoot back-to-back 66s for the clubhouse lead at the weather-hit Sanderson Farms Championship. An led first-round leaders JT Poston and Tom Hoge by two shots with a 12-under 132 total as the second round was suspended because of darkness
NewsAFP NewsAnti-Sisi protests break out in Egypt, several arrested
Rare small protests broke out on Friday in Cairo and other Egyptian cities calling for the removal of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi but police quickly dispersed them, AFP journalists reported. Dozens of people joined night-time demonstrations around Tahrir Square -- the epicentre of the 2011 revolution
SportAFP NewsNew England Patriots dump Brown amid NFL rape investigation
The New England Patriots released Antonio Brown after just 11 days on Friday amid an ongoing NFL investigation into allegations of rape and sexual assault. Brown, who has denied the claims of rape made in a civil lawsuit in Florida, was shown the door by the Patriots after further revelations emerged
NewsAFP NewsEngland's Vunipola set for 'emotional' Rugby World Cup opener against Tonga
Billy Vunipola knows he will be the cause of split loyalties when England open their 2019 World Cup campaign against Tonga in Sapporo on Sunday. Not only are Vunipola's parents Tongan, his father Fe'ao, a hooker, and uncle Elisi, then the captain and fly-half, played for Tonga against England
SportAFP NewsKlopp braces for test from 'exciting' Chelsea young guns
Jurgen Klopp warned Liverpool on Friday to brace for a fierce fight with the Chelsea youngsters that remind him of the thrilling Borussia Dortmund sides that took Germany and Europe by storm. Klopp, whose Premier League leaders take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, built a dynamic team in his
