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Former UK Coca-Cola boss caught taking £1.5m in bribes
AFP, Published on 15/04/2022
» LONDON: A former Coca-Cola boss in the UK on Thursday avoided jail despite taking more than £1.5 million ($1.95 million) in bribes in return for channeling lucrative contracts to favoured companies.
Premier League disqualifies Abramovich
AFP, Published on 12/03/2022
» LONDON: Roman Abramovich has been disqualified as a Chelsea director by the Premier League board after the British government sanctioned the Russian billionaire.
GM expands Chevrolet Bolt EV recall, adding $1bn in costs
AFP, Published on 21/08/2021
» NEW YORK - General Motors expanded a recall of its Chevrolet Bolt on Friday, announcing plans to repair thousands more of the electric autos in a move that will add $1 billion in costs.
Biles pulls out of Olympic all-around title defence as support pours in
AFP, Published on 28/07/2021
» TOKYO: Simone Biles abandoned the defence of her individual all-around Olympic crown on Wednesday, a day after her shock withdrawal from the women's team final over mental health concerns.
National symbol of pride is dying off
News, AFP, Published on 25/08/2016
» Embraced by kings and freedom fighters alike, Myanmar's peacocks have long been a national symbol of pride and resistance -- but they are becoming ever harder to spot in the wild.
Volunteers give kiss of life
News, AFP, Published on 29/08/2016
» "Look at me, stay with us," the paramedics shout as a barely conscious motorcyclist is bundled into a volunteer ambulance in the Laotian capital Vientiane, where rampant drink driving brings nightly carnage to the roads.
Legacy of drug lord Escobar's pet hippos
News, AFP, Published on 06/07/2016
» More than 20 years after Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar died in a gunfight with police, a strange legacy survives him: his pet hippos.
Wild West-style gun bazaar feels pinch as law 'n' order moves in
News, AFP, Published on 29/07/2016
» Gunfire echoes through a dusty northwest tribal town, the soundtrack to Pakistan's biggest arms black market, where Kalashnikovs welded from scrap metal are cheaper than smartphones and sold on an industrial scale.
Woman governor in a man's world
News, AFP, Published on 02/08/2016
» Surrounded by male advisers and condescending "mansplainers", Masooma Muradi holds her own against a deep underswell of sexism in a society unaccustomed to women exercising authority.
Facebook love revives Hun Sen's 'click farm' row
News, AFP, Published on 10/08/2016
» With its regular live broadcasts, routine tirades and daily -- often curiously intimate -- photo posts, the Facebook page of Cambodian strongman Hun Sen has won a remarkable five million fans.