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(ATTN: ADDS more result, comments) By Yoo Jee-ho RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 8 (Yonhap) -- Kim Woo-jin, the No. 1-ranked male archer from South Korea, was upset in the second round of the individual event at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics Monday. Kim fell

Oakland had a breakthrough in the sixth, with Billy Butler’s two-out single giving the A’s the lead for good held in a 3-2 win at the Coliseum that snapped Oakland’s losing streak at three games. Catcher Stephen Vogt, who scored Oakland’s first two runs, added a two-out RBI single in the seventh to give the A’s a two-run cushion and Oakland survived the next two innings. Reliever Ryan Dull gave up a home run to Manny Machado in the eighth, but Ryan Madson pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to finish off the American League East leaders. Читать дальше...

Jessamyn Stanley is a plus-size yoga instructor who has broken the internet with her body size. Everyone’s idea of yoga is some slender, graceful girl with long neck doing moves.  Flexibility is a term that comes to many people’s minds when yoga is being discussed. The twenty-seven-year-old plus-size yoga instructor is gradually changing what yoga […]

For one long chilling moment behind the starting blocks, Lilly King stared down Yulia Efimova.

German reinsurer Munich Re said it was on track for its full-year earnings goal after net profit fell by less than expected in the second quarter.

DENVER — Twice in four days, Colorado closer Carlos Estevez has blown a two-run lead in the ninth inning. Elvis Andrus hit a two-run single off Estevez, Mitch Moreland delivered a tiebreaking double and the Texas Rangers scored three times in the ninth to beat the Rockies 4-3 on Monday night. “You just have to

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Cushions with cartoon dogs on, neatly rolled towels and fresh flowers are the small details that mean the most for Airbnb guests and hosts.

For one host in Hong Kong, those personal touches are replicated across 52 listings, including at least 31 flats in one building near Lan Kwai Fong.

Taking up three quarters of the flats in one building on Glenealy, the Airbnb apartments share a common rooftop and range in price from around HK$500 per night to more than HK$2,200 for a four-bedroom flat. Читать дальше...

A look at what's happening all around the majors today:

A look at what's happening all around the majors today:

A look at what's happening all around the majors today:

A look at what's happening all around the majors today:

Editor’s note: The Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the Peoples democratic Party (PDP) is set to convene a national convention on Wednesday, August 17, despite a court order which has nullified the convention that brought Makarfi into power as the chairman caretaker committee of the party. However, in his new piece, NAIJ.com’s contributor Jude Ndukwe, a lawyer […]

DENVER (AP) — Twice in four days, Colorado closer Carlos Estevez has blown a two-run lead in the ninth inning.

DENVER (AP) — Twice in four days, Colorado closer Carlos Estevez has blown a two-run lead in the ninth inning.

DENVER (AP) — Twice in four days, Colorado closer Carlos Estevez has blown a two-run lead in the ninth inning.

DENVER (AP) — Twice in four days, Colorado closer Carlos Estevez has blown a two-run lead in the ninth inning.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A leading gay rights advocate and former judge has urged Parliament to prevent a public referendum on legalizing gay marriage in Australia. Michael Kirby is a former High Court judge who headed a United Nations inquiry into human rights abuses in North Korea and is in a same-sex relationship.

Lilly King won her showdown with Yulia Efimova after plenty of bad blood between them over the Russian's doping record

The Japanese government should play a part in creating a nuclear weapons-free zone which will put an end to supporting the policy of nuclear deterrence, Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue said Tuesday.

Telecom giant Vodafone has renewed its multi-million dollar engagement with IBM to manage IT services support for its India arm for another five years.