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'Wonka' back atop N.America box office in a weak film year
AFP, Published on 01/01/2024
» LOS ANGELES - Fantasy musical "Wonka" bounced back to the top of the North American box office this New Year's weekend as an otherwise pallid film year came to an end, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.
US revives abandoned Pacific airfield
AFP, Published on 30/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - In the middle of the Pacific ocean, an abandoned US airfield once key to dropping the nuclear bomb on Japan — and nearly lost to history amid encroaching forest — is being revived.
Australian Open prize money hits record high
AFP, Published on 29/12/2023
» MELBOURNE - Players at January's Australian Open will be competing for a record prize pool with organisers on Friday announcing a 13 percent boost in the total purse to A$86.5 million (US$59 million).
Ratcliffe pleads for patience after agreeing Man Utd deal
AFP, Published on 27/12/2023
» LONDON - Jim Ratcliffe has directly contacted Manchester United fans to plead for patience after agreeing to take a stake in the struggling English football giants.
Shakira's Colombian home city unveils statue in her honour
AFP, Published on 27/12/2023
» BARRANQUILLA (COLOMBIA) - Colombian superstar Shakira's Caribbean home city of Barranquilla unveiled a 6.5-metre (21.3-foot) hip-swaying statue in her honour on Tuesday.
British billionaire Ratcliffe agrees deal to buy 25 percent of Man Utd
AFP, Published on 25/12/2023
» LONDON - British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe has agreed a deal to buy a 25 percent stake in Manchester United for about $1.3 billion, vowing to return the Premier League club to the "top of world football".
Illegal mining, smuggling threaten Ghana cocoa industry
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» ACCRA - Ghana, the world's second biggest cocoa producer, faces a growing risk to its harvest — and blow to its crisis-hit economy — from illegal mining and smugglers, industry officials, farmers and activists warn.
US, Britain call for release of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai as trial starts
AFP, Published on 18/12/2023
» HONG KONG - The US and British governments called for the release of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who is standing trial Monday in Hong Kong for national security charges that could send him to jail for life.
Grip of Opec+ on oil market loosening
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» PARIS - Slowing demand growth and rising US crude production will make it more difficult for Opec+ to continue to prop up prices, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday.
Three Japanese ministers resign over kickbacks scandal
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» TOKYO - Three Japanese government ministers tendered their resignations on Thursday over a major corruption scandal in the ruling party.