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Football
Soccer-Leeds manager Farke determined to fight on for promotion despite QPR defeat
LONDON (Reuters) - Leeds United manager Daniel Farke was left dumbfounded by his side's 4-0 drubbing by Queens Park Rangers on Friday, a result that left Leeds's automatic promotion hopes in tatters and saw Leicester promoted to the Premier League.
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Focus
The tail that tells the tale of the whale
IN Antarctica, a scientist waits patiently for two frolicking humpback whales to poke their tails out of the icy waters so she can take a photographic “fingerprint” of the unique colours and patterns that allow researchers to identify individuals of the species.
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Japan
Netting to block Mt Fuji view from pesky tourists
A HUGE black barrier to block Mount Fuji from view will be installed in a popular photo spot by Japanese authorities exasperated by crowds of badly behaved foreign tourists.
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Metro News
Unusually lucky month for Chinese weddings, say feng shui masters
WHILE most people feel that weddings should not be held during the Qing Ming Festival month, a feng shui master thinks otherwise.
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Philippines
Paris and Manila to start talks on a ‘visiting forces agreement’
FRANCE and the Philippines will begin talks next month on a defence pact that would allow troops from each country to hold exercises in the other’s territory, the French ambassador said.
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Japan
Wind blows documents of residents’ personal data
A NORMAL if windy work day went south for one Japanese bureaucrat when documents containing residents’ personal information were blown away in a real-life slapstick mishap.
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Focus
Soft landing for young wrestlers
IN a forested area outside Uganda’s capital, a few dozen youths gather around a makeshift ring to watch two amateur wrestlers tangle in the mud.
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Metro News
Selayang council goes full swing against illegal structures
Selayang Municipal Council (MPS) is cracking down on property and business owners who have carried out renovations on their buildings or built structures without approval.
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Focus
Cocoa supremacy under threat
SURVEYING the stripped landscape of her farm – dotted with pools of cyanide-tainted, tea-coloured waste water left by illegal gold miners – is enough to make Janet Gyamfi break down.
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South Korea
Smaller towns bear brunt of doctors’ shortage
Hospitals in South Korea’s smaller cities are struggling with a lack of physicians, as a nationwide strike of trainee doctors enters its third month in protest against plans to tackle the shortage by boosting medical school admissions.
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Citycism
Ponder pup-friendly ways to manage strays
Animal lovers were outraged recently over Shah Alam City Council’s (MBSA) planned big-scale elimination of stray dogs.
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Metro News
Kumarasan is new Iskandar Puteri OCPD
FORMER Johor traffic investigation and enforcement chief M. Kumarasan, 49, has been appointed the new Iskandar Puteri OCPD.
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Basketball
NS Matrix seal BCL Asia spot after beating Prawira
PETALING JAYA: NS Matrix Deers have booked their spot in the Basketball Champions League (BCL) Asia after winning 91-87 against Indonesia’s Prawira Harum Bandung yesterday.
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Football
A lesson from Jakarta
PETALING JAYA: While Malaysia wallowed in self-recrimination, Indonesia are looking at a glorious chance to make it to the Olympics.
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Metro News
‘Work fast to attract MNCs from Singapore’
JOHOR, especially Iskandar Malaysia, has the right ecosystem to attract multinational corporations (MNCs) from Singapore to relocate their operations, says a local business leader.
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Football
Singaporean Safuwan is new big Gan of Selangor
PETALING JAYA: It is never easy filling the shoes of a talisman. Safuwan Baharudin will attest to that.
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India
Election resumes amid heatwave
The country’s six-week election juggernaut resumed with millions of people lining up outside polling stations in parts of the country hit by a scorching heatwave.
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Nation
‘Report of second casino a lie’
SEPANG: Action must be taken by those mentioned in a recent report claiming that the government was considering issuing a second casino licence, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
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Sports Box
Odds are against Lee and Co in Thomas Cup Finals but can they pull off a surprise?
THE Thomas Cup Finals is always special for Malaysians. Every two years, when the Finals come around, so do the memories.
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Badminton
Veteran Azizul not wasting time in bid to accomplish unsettled business in Paris
NILAI: Only gold matters for national track cyclist Azizulhasni Awang when he makes his fifth and final appearance at the Paris Olympics.