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Youthful, gaming-obsessed Saudi seeks homegrown hit
AFP, Published on 04/09/2023
» RIYADH - Young Saudis wander through a museum of video game history stretching from the original Pac-Man to PlayStation 5, a project intended to inspire them to create their own blockbuster titles.
Online search to make up lost time with AI
AFP, Published on 16/05/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO: Online search, dominated by Google for 25 years, has become as banal as making a phone call, but it could finally be getting a profound reset thanks to artificial intelligence.
US firefighters race to protect Yosemite's giant sequoias
AFP, Published on 12/07/2022
» YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (UNITED STATES) - Hundreds of firefighters scrambled Monday to prevent a wildfire engulfing an area of rare giant sequoia trees in California's Yosemite National Park.
Frustrated and weary over long pandemic hours, more US workers are striking
AFP, Published on 17/10/2021
» NEW YORK - Exhausted after working long hours during the coronavirus pandemic and resentful that their bosses are not sharing sometimes huge profits, tens of thousands of nurses, laborers and entertainment workers are going on strike across the United States.
Five-year-old pulled over in US while driving to California
AFP, Published on 06/05/2020
» LOS ANGELES - A police officer in the western US state of Utah was stunned after stopping what he thought was an impaired driver on a highway only to find a five-year-old behind the wheel.
Sign o'the times: K-pop idol emerges from decades past
AFP, Published on 19/03/2020
» SEOUL - Thirty years ago his floppy hair, make-up, and flamboyant fashion sense outraged audiences, who threw stones at him as he performed on stage and threatened to beat him at shows.
Thomas hopes for chance to 'channel inner Koepka'
AFP, Published on 11/06/2019
» PEBBLE BEACH (UNITED STATES) - Justin Thomas says missing the PGA Championship with a wrist injury was difficult but instructive, and he hopes he'll have a chance to apply what he learned watching Brooks Koepka's Bethpage triumph when the US Open tees off this week at Pebble Beach.
US Democrats vow to appeal ruling against Obamacare
AFP, Published on 15/12/2018
» WASHINGTON: A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the US health care law known as Obamacare is unconstitutional -- a ruling that opposition Democrats quickly vowed to appeal.
Trump pushes economic hope, immigrant fear in election final run
AFP, Published on 02/11/2018
» WASHINGTON - With four days to save the Republican party's grip on Congress -- and his own dominance of US politics -- Donald Trump unleashed his two main weapons Friday: boasts about the economy and fear-mongering over immigration.
US Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban
AFP, Published on 27/06/2018
» WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Donald Trump's controversial travel ban restricting entry to people from five Muslim-majority countries, delivering the president a major victory in a tortuous legal battle.