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Fadhil Yunus Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB) emerged winners of the Higher Institutions Handball Championship after defeating Politeknik Brunei 14-7 in the boys’ final at the Indoor Stadium of the Hassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex in Berakas yesterday. Cosmopolitan College of Commerce and Technology (CCCT) came third after they beat Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) 5-2. Meanwhile, […]
TOKYO (AFP) – Frances Tiafoe battled past unseeded Kwon Soon-woo of South Korea yesterday in three sets to reach the Japan Open final – but admitted it was not pretty viewing. The fourth-seeded Tiafoe won 6-2, 0-6, 6-4 and will play his fellow American Taylor Fritz in today’s final in Tokyo. Whoever wins will become […]
CNA – Dire forecasts from Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Advanced Micro Devices Inc sent chip-related shares lower yesterday, sparking fears that a slump in demand for semiconductors could be much worse than expected. AMD, Nvidia Corp, Intel Corp, Qualcomm Inc and Micron Technology Inc were down between 1.2 per cent and 6.0 per cent, […]
GENEVA (AFP) – Former German chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday won the United Nations (UN) refugee agency’s prestigious Nansen Award, receiving praise for her determination to protect asylum seekers while in office. Pointing to the more than 1.2 million refugees and asylum seekers welcomed by Germany in 2015 and 2016, at the height of migrant crisis […]
Inflation was driven by rise in the prices of food and fuel.