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Football
Soccer-Wellington coach Italiano quits after 5-0 loss to rivals Auckland in A-League
Feb 21 (Reuters) - Wellington Phoenix coach Giancarlo Italiano resigned straight after a humiliating 5-0 loss to Auckland in Saturday's New Zealand Derby in the A-League, as an own goal by goalkeeper Josh Oluwayemi set the stage for a dismal home performance.
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AseanPlus News
UN urges scam centre clampdown amid 'staggering' abuses; cases in Myanmar among the worst
The United Nations has called on governments to clamp down on scam centres, which have mushroomed in South-East Asia with hundreds of thousands of people trafficked into forced labour.
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Fashion
A style compass pointing east-west: Fashion's obsession with elongated bags
The latest bag trend is all about width, with elongated east-west shapes – playfully nicknamed "sausage" bags – taking over wardrobes.
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Cambodia
Tourists' much-favourite kite flying festival kicks off in Cambodia's major tourist hub
Some 138 kite flyers from different provinces across Cambodia took part in an annual kite flying contest in Siem Reap province, the country's major tourist hub, on Friday.
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Other Sports
Olympics-Biathlon-Swedes blame bad wax day for mass start meltdown
ANTERSELVA, ITALY, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Sweden's biathletes have struggled to deliver medals at the Winter Games and on Friday they finally ran out of patience with their waxing team, blaming a bad job on their skis for an embarrassingly poor performance in the men's mass start.
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Laos
Old Thai film quote sparks cross-border social media trend across Laos
A five-syllable sentence with no obvious meaning has become one of the most talked-about phrases on social media across Laos and Thailand.
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Other Sports
Sailing-Argo smashes Antigua 360 record in 35-knot blitz
Feb 21 (Reuters) - Jason Carroll's MOD70 Argo has smashed the course record for the Royal Ocean Racing Club Antigua 360 Race, screaming around the 48-nautical-mile circuit in 2 hours, 29 minutes and 20 seconds - a 25% improvement on the previous mark.
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China
How China overtook the US in hypersonic arms and may leave air defences ‘powerless’
A big reason is the long-range CJ-1000, the world's first and so far only operational land-based scramjet-powered hypersonic missile
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Other Sports
Olympics-Crosscountry-Pellegrino and Ogden out of 50km classic
MILAN/TESERO, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Olympic medallists Federico Pellegrino of Italy and Ben Ogden from the United States will not participate in Saturday's 50km classic cross-country ski race due to illnesses.
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AseanPlus News
Brent oil rises late on Friday, settles higher and with weekly gain on Iran-US jitters
Oil prices hold near six-month high on Strait of Hormuz supply risk fears as US Supreme Court decision on tariffs has little effect on crude.
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Other Sports
Olympics - Host city Milan seeks permanent ice arena post-Games
MILAN, Feb 21 (Reuters) - With the Winter Olympics drawing to an end and its ice rinks due to be removed, joint host city Milan has unveiled plans for a permanent ice arena both to seal the Games' legacy and house a professional local hockey team.
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World
Thousands march in Lyon after French far-right activist killed last week
LYON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Thousands of people marched on Saturday in the French city of Lyon following the killing there of far-right activist Quentin Deranque, who was beaten to death last week by alleged hard-left activists in an incident that shocked the nation.
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AseanPlus News
Hong Kong plans to buy homes devastated in deadly high-rise fire
Hong Kong proposes to spend about HK$4 billion ($512 million) to buy out the owners of homes in a high-rise housing complex ravaged by a massive fire to resettle nearly 2,000 affected households.
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Nation
Tengku Panglima Perang Pahang visits family of late Trooper Indiran
GEORGE TOWN: Tengku Panglima Perang Pahang Tengku Ahmad Ismail Mu'adzam Shah visited the family of the late soldier, Trooper K. Indiran, at the family's residence in Taman Sri Nibong here.
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World
Two soldiers, five militants killed in Bannu, Pakistan army says
Feb 21 (Reuters) - Two soldiers and five militants were killed in Bannu, a city in the southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan, the army said on Saturday.
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World
Ukrainians, scattered across Europe, trapped in limbo by war
WARSAW/ISTANBUL, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Maryna Bondarenko says she has three suitcases packed in her apartment in Poland, waiting for the day when peace returns to Ukraine.
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Singapore
‘Truly terrible’: Passenger describes escape after fatal fire breaks out on World Legacy cruise ship
A passenger on board a ship where a fire broke out early on Feb 20, killing a crew member, has described the incident as "a truly terrible and traumatising experience".
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Climate
Fishing trawlers scrape and destroy the seabed In Scotland, despite protection promises
While 37% of Scotland's waters have been designated as marine protected areas, only a small fraction have management measures in place to enforce that protection, according to environmental groups.
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AseanPlus News
Large section of ceiling plunges into Hong Kong estate’s indoor pool
Indoor swimming pool at Lake Silver estate in Ma On Shan 'closed for a detailed inspection'
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Nation
Govt has improved Armed Forces procurement procedures, says Defence Minister
JOHOR BARU: The government has improved procurement procedures involving the Armed Forces, says Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.
