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Agency News Nov 14, 2019

Zlatan Ibrahimovic Confirms Los Angeles Galaxy Exit After Two Seasons in Major League Soccer

Ibrahimovic, who joined the Galaxy in the opening months of the 2018 campaign, announced the end of his Californian sojourn in a characteristically enigmatic post on Twitter.
India Nov 14, 2019

Donald Trump Ignores Impeachment to Host Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

In the run-up to Erdogan's arrival, Trump did not tune into the nationally televised impeachment hearings, because he was "too busy," he told reporters. If Trump was ignoring the drama on Capitol Hill, he was also turning a deaf ear to opposition from many in Congress, including in his own Republican party, to rolling out the red carpet for Erdogan.
India Nov 13, 2019

Hong Kong Protests: Mainland China Students Flee Campuses Over Security Fears

"The atmosphere is pretty intense. I live in (a) student flat and so far it's fine. But I'm afraid if anything happened, you can't leave." Another mainland student who asked to remain anonymous said she recognised many other students at the West Kowloon high-speed railway station, which connects Hong Kong with Shenzhen and beyond.
Social Viral Nov 13, 2019

Canadian Man Manages to Declare Canoe Travel from Ontario to Ottawa as a Moving Expense After It Was Rejected by CRA

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) allows Canadians who move more than 40 kilometers (25 miles) for work or school to deduct eligible expenses from their taxable income. Konecny taught in his hometown of Whitby, Ontario during the regular academic year and for decades made the annual trip to Ottawa by train, plane or automobile for the July job.
World Nov 13, 2019

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu Warns Islamic Jihad Militants, Says ‘Stop These Attacks or Absorb More Blows’

No one has been killed in Israel, though rockets have caused damage and sent residents rushing to bomb shelters. The army says some 220 rockets have been fired into Israel since Tuesday morning, with dozens intercepted by air defences.
World Nov 13, 2019

Sri Lanka Presidential Elections 2019: Police Steps Up Security Over Fears of Violence on Final Day of Campaigning

Premadasa, 52, is the son of assassinated president Ranasinghe Premadasa who was targeted by a suicide bomber during a May Day rally in Colombo in 1993. Rajapaksa, brother of former strongman president Mahinda Rajapaksa, narrowly escaped a suicide bomb attack in 2006 blamed on Tamil Tiger separatist rebels.
World Nov 13, 2019

Venice Floods: Italian City Hit by Highest Tide in 50 Years, Tourists Wade Through Flooded Streets

The coast guard laid on extra boats to serve as water ambulances. Tables and chairs set out for aperitifs bobbed along alleyways in the dark, as locals and tourists alike waved aloft inside-out umbrellas, the water slopping over the top of even the highest waders and wellies.
World Nov 13, 2019

Australia Bushfires: Helicopter Crashes During Queensland Fire Operation, Pilot Survives

The bushfire at Pechey, north of Toowoomba, was sparked on Tuesday and is 'getting worse', according to the fire service. Firefighters on the ground have been battling the blaze with support from aerial water bombers.
Sports Nov 13, 2019

David Villa, Former Barcelona and Spain Striker, Announces Retirement From Football at End of Season

Villa played in three World Cups and was a member of the Spanish side that lifted the trophy in 2010 and won the European Championships in 2008, though he missed out on the 2012 triumph through injury. He scored 59 times for Spain, a national record.
Sports Nov 13, 2019

Iraq Aims to Revive Protests Against Baghdad Government With Iran Football Match in 2022 World Cup Qualifiers

Anti-regime rallies at the epicentre of protests in the capital's Tahrir Square have faded in recent days, following a spree of arrests, threatening messages and killings of activists. Hussein Diaa hopes that victory over Iran, in the match whose venue has been changed to neighbouring Jordan, could light a fire under the weeks-long protest movement.
World Nov 13, 2019

Afghanistan Bomb Blast: 7 Dead in Kabul Car Explosion, Says Interior Ministry

A source at the interior ministry said the blast was detonated by a suicide bomber in the car, and that it had targeted a convoy of government vehicles on a main road. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Both the Taliban and the Islamic State group are active in Kabul, which is one of the deadliest places in the war-torn country for civilians.
Sports Nov 13, 2019

ATP Finals 2019: Dominic Thiem Beats Novak Djokovic to Reach Semi-Finals, Serbian Star to Face Roger Federer in Shootout For a Place in Top-Four

In the standout match so far at London's O2 Arena, the Austrian fifth seed took the fight to the world number two, recovering from losing the first set to triumph 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) Earlier, Federer put himself back in the mix at the end-of-season event with a 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 win against Italian debutant Matteo Berrettini in their round-robin clash.
World Nov 12, 2019

Oman: Six Indian Workers Die in Heavy Rains at Muscat Construction Site

Six South Asian labourers died in Oman during heavy rains when they were buried at an excavation site for a water pipeline project, emergency services said Tuesday. The construction workers were believed to be Indian nationals, New Delhi's embassy said in a statement on Twitter.
World Nov 12, 2019

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani to Release Senior Taliban Prisoners in Apparent Swap

The three Taliban prisoners include Anas Haqqani, who was seized in 2014 and whose older brother is the deputy Taliban leader and head of the Haqqani network, a notorious Taliban affiliate.
India Nov 12, 2019

Singapore Baggage Handler Jailed for 20 Days for Swapping Luggage Tags on 300 Suitcases

Suitcases originally bound for various parts of the world, including Perth, Manila, Frankfurt, London and San Francisco, were affected, according to court documents. The bags belonged to passengers transiting through Changi and using Singapore Airlines and its regional wing SilkAir.
World Nov 12, 2019

Jimmy Carter, Former US President Hospitalised for Procedure to Relieve Brain Pressure

President from 1977 to 1981, Carter also injured his head in a fall earlier in the month, but turned up the next day to volunteer at a Habitat for Humanity site with a black eye and a bandage covering 14 stitches.
World Nov 11, 2019

Kuwait: Workers Strike at International Airport for Better Working Conditions

Monday's strike by Kuwaiti staff did not affect flights, officials said. The right to strike is guaranteed for citizens in Kuwait, but such actions remain rare in the Gulf country. Foreign workers do not have the right to strike.
World Nov 11, 2019

Adidas Shifts German, US Smart Robot Factories to Asia

Just three years ago, the Bavaria-based group had hailed its speedfactory concept -- which uses highly automated processes to make shoes more quickly, more customised and closer to sales outlets -- as proof that manufacturing jobs could return to high-wage countries.
World Nov 11, 2019

China Accuses US of Using UN to 'Meddle' in Tibet

China -- which argues it has brought modernisation and development to the Himalayan region -- has increasingly hinted it could name the next Dalai Lama, who would presumably be groomed to support Chinese rule. The Chinese government has also indicated it is waiting out the Dalai Lama, believing his campaign for greater Tibetan autonomy will end with him.
Agency News Nov 11, 2019

Juventus vs AC Milan, Italian Serie A 2019–20: Cristiano Ronaldo Leaves Stadium Before Final Whistle After Being Substituted by Maurizio Sarri

Five-time Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo looked glum as he came off and directed some words at coach Maurizio Sarri before heading to the changing rooms and Sky Sport Italia reported that the 34-year-old had left the stadium three minutes before the match finished. However Sarri said he did not know whether Ronaldo had left the stadium early.

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