Australian champion cyclist Dennis gets suspended sentence after wife's road death
Australian former world champion cyclist Rohan Dennis avoided jail Wednesday for driving in a way "likely to cause harm" before his car struck and killed his Olympian wife Melissa Hoskins.
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Protection racket? Asian semiconductor giants fear looming tariffs
Inside one of South Korea's oldest semiconductor research institutes, the cleanrooms and workshops are calm and immaculate, but outside the Seoul National University campus, a chip storm is brewing.
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S. Korea Starbucks in a froth over presidential candidates names
Starbucks in South Korea has banned customers from using the names of the country's presidential candidates -- or the disgraced ex-president -- for their orders, the coffee giant told AFP on Wednesday.
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NATO hatches deal on higher spending to keep Trump happy
NATO foreign ministers meeting in Antalya from Wednesday will look to forge a compromise deal on ramping up defence spending as allies scramble to satisfy US President Donald Trump's demand to agree to five percent of GDP at a summit next month.
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Eurovision stage a dynamic 3D 'playground': producer
The Eurovision Song Contest's groundbreaking stage, built in a race against time, is a hi-tech playground for artists performing at the world's biggest live music TV event, its producer told AFP.
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Cruise unleashes 'Mission: Impossible' juggernaut at Cannes
Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning" powers into the Cannes film festival for its premiere on Wednesday on a steamroller of hype.
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Suaalii in race to be fit for Lions Tests after fracturing jaw
Explosive Wallabies back Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii is in a race to be fit to face the British and Irish Lions after his club said Wednesday that he needs surgery on a fractured jaw.
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Pacers oust top-seeded Cavs, Nuggets on brink
The Indiana Pacers came from behind to send the Cleveland Cavaliers crashing out of the NBA playoffs on Tuesday as the Oklahoma City Thunder overcame a dazzling Nikola Jokic display to push the Denver Nuggets to the brink of elimination.
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Sony girds for US tariffs after record annual net profit
Japan's Sony on Wednesday reported a record annual net profit but issued a cautious forecast, saying it hopes to "manage the impact" of US trade tariffs on its business.
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China, US slash sweeping tariffs in trade war climbdown
The United States and China slashed sweeping tariffs on each others' goods for 90 days on Wednesday, after a temporary ceasefire in a brutal trade war that roiled global markets and international supply chains.
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