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A celebrated Japanese climber who lost all but one finger to frostbite on Everest has died on his eighth attempt to reach the summit, officials said Monday. Nobukazu Kuriki had fallen ill and was descending when his team lost contact with him. The 35-year-old is the third climber this month to perish on the world's highest peak.

Anwar Ibrahim has a simple message for ethnic Malays who fear losing benefits they enjoyed under the previous government’s six-decade rule: Don’t worry. Anwar, who is expected to replace 92-year-old Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in a year or two, said Malaysia must assure the nation’s largest racial group that its security would be upheld. Previously Anwar, 70, had called for affirmative action policies that favor ethnic Malays to be dismantled.

TUBIZE, Belgium (Reuters) - Radja Nainggolan ended his international career on Monday after Belgium coach Roberto Martinez left the AS Roma midfielder out of his squad for next month's World Cup in Russia.

Katy Perry, finally applying some Simon Cowell-style tough love in the season's penultimate episode, called round one a “disaster" and even yelled at the top three to “wake up."

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 - Lawyer Syahredzan Johan pointed out to former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today that he remains salaried as the Member of Parliament for Pekan, Pahang where he is...

Alexia Walenkak when a rotting swing collapsed in Mile End Park in London.

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