Murray edges Nishikori, Wawrinka beats Cilic to stay alive

LONDON, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — World No. 1 Andy Murray fought hard to edge Kei Nishikori 6-7(9), 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday while third seed Stan Wawrinka defeated Marin Cilic 7-6(3), 7-6(3) to keep alive his chances of qualifying for the semifinals at the ATP World Tour Finals Murray improved to a 2-0 record in Group […]

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FC Barcelona announce Rakuten as new main sponsor

BARCELONA, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Spanish Football giants, FC Barcelona on Wednesday announced Japanese electronics, commerce and internet company Rakuten as the club’s main sponsor for the four year period from July 2017 to June 30, 2021. The sponsorship deal is reported in the Spanish press to be worth slightly under 60 million euros (66 […]

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Stronger Sino-Latin American ties to inject new vitality into Asia-Pacific

LIMA, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) — Relations between China and Latin America are expected to further grow as Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Latin America, while stronger Sino-Latin American relations will inject new vitality into the Asia-Pacific. Xi left Beijing Wednesday morning to pay a visit to Ecuador, Peru and Chile on Nov. 17-23 and attend […]

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Djokovic edges Raonic to qualify for semis of ATP World Tour Finals

LONDON, Nov. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Novak Djokovic edged fourth seed Milos Raonic after two tie-break wins to reach the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals in London’s O2 Arena on Tuesday. Djokovc, the second seed, beat the Wimbledon finalist from Canada 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5) in his second match of Group Ivan Lendl, reports […]

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Obama urged to protect immigration in his remaining term

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16 (NsNewsWire) — The Obama Administration should protect those “dreamers,” who were brought to the United States illegally but later granted legal temporary status to stay, a U.S. congresswoman said on Tuesday. The Obama Administration in the remaining term should take legal action to prevent those who enrolled in the Deferred Action […]

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Huawei highlights importance of partners to build smart cities

BARCELONA, Nov. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Leading ICT provider Huawei highlighted the importance of partners to build smart cities on Tuesday on the occasion of the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC), which is being held here this week. “We think that smart city is a very complicated system and one company cannot do all the […]

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Samsung continues to recall defective phones in S. Africa

JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Samsung has recalled 52 (out of 55) defective Samsung Galaxy Note 7 which had been sold in the country, The South African consumer watchdog, National Consumer Commission (NCC) said on Tuesday. The South Korean company (Samsung) is recalling the product in the world after realizing it had problems of charging, […]

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Kofi Annan expresses deep concern over recent violence in Myanmar

YANGON, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) — Kofi Anna, who is chair of the Myanmar-government-appointed Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, expressed deep concern Wednesday over the recent violence in Maungtaw of the state, which he warned is plunging into a renewed instability and creating new displacement. In his statement over the situation, Annan, who was also former […]

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