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Chelsea boss Hayes confirmed as US women's soccer coach
AFP, Published on 15/11/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Chelsea manager Emma Hayes has been appointed as the new head coach of the United States in a record deal that will make her the world's highest paid women's football coach, the United States Soccer Federation said Tuesday.
Africa climate summit to urge investment in continent
AFP, Published on 04/09/2023
» NAIROBI - Kenya's president said Africa had a chance to "guide the globe" on climate action as he prepared to open a landmark climate summit in Nairobi on Monday aimed at reframing the continent as a budding renewable energy powerhouse.
Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' revolution turns 40
AFP, Published on 25/11/2022
» PARIS: Mixing rock, pop and RnB like never before, Michael Jackson's "Thriller", 40 years old next week, became the most successful album of all time and defined a coming era with its audiovisual ambition.
Who will become history's first 'parastronaut'?
AFP, Published on 22/11/2022
» PARIS - The first astronaut -- or astronauts -- with a physical disability could be announced as soon as Wednesday, according to the European Space Agency.
Dreams of wealth turn to dust for migrant workers in Qatar
AFP, Published on 16/11/2022
» SREEPUR, Bangladesh: Hundreds of thousands of people have flocked to Qatar in recent years to work on giant construction schemes as it boosted its infrastructure ahead of the World Cup.
Ukraine schools return to sound of war
AFP, Published on 02/09/2022
» POKROVSKé (UKRAINE) - Antonina Sidorenko has put on her favourite clothes, selected the prettiest ribbon to adorn her hair and can recite by heart the poem given by her schoolteacher.
Greenhouse gas, sea levels at record in 2021: US agency
AFP, Published on 31/08/2022
» WASHINGTON - Earth's concentration of greenhouse gases and sea levels hit new highs in 2021, a US government report said Wednesday, showing that climate change keeps surging ahead despite renewed efforts to curb emissions.
Qatar command centre on alert for World Cup disasters
AFP, Published on 12/08/2022
» DOHA: Facing a bank of screens that look like NASA mission command, technicians counting down to the World Cup in Qatar control the temperature, gates, 15,000 cameras and much more in eight stadiums.
Germans rethink their way of death
AFP, Published on 13/05/2022
» BERLIN: Germans are finding that death no longer quite becomes them.
From cinema ban to film festival: Saudi rolls out red carpet
AFP, Published on 07/12/2021
» JEDDAH (SAUDI ARABIA) - Less than four years after lifting a ban on cinemas, Saudi Arabia rolled out the red carpet Monday in the Red Sea city of Jeddah for celebrities descending on the kingdom's first major film festival.