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Australia to oust monarch from banknotes
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» SYDNEY: Australia will erase the British-based monarch from its banknotes, replacing the late Queen Elizabeth II's image on its A$5 note with a design honouring Indigenous culture, the central bank said Thursday.
All Blacks squad hit by Covid ahead of first Ireland Test
AFP, Published on 27/06/2022
» WELLINGTON: New Zealand's preparations for the first Test against Ireland were thrown into disarray Monday after head coach Ian Foster, his assistant John Plumtree and two players tested positive for Covid-19.
Teens Popovici and McIntosh grab world swimming golds as Dressel quits
AFP, Published on 23/06/2022
» BUDAPEST: After Caeleb Dressel, one of the veterans expected to dominate the World Swimming Championships, quit the competition on Wednesday, two teenagers, 17-year-old David Popovici and Summer McIntosh, 15, leapt to the top step of the podium.
Heaven can wait: How the super-centenarians live
AFP, Published on 10/02/2022
» TOULON (FRANCE) - Her 118th birthday wish is "to die soon". But in the meantime, Lucile Randon, better-known as "Sister Andre", always keeps her door open for any visitor who might want to say hello.
Foreign journalists in China facing 'unprecedented' pressure: media group
AFP, Published on 31/01/2022
» BEIJING: Threats of legal action, online troll campaigns and dwindling numbers after the expulsion of colleagues -- foreign journalists in China are facing "unprecedented hurdles" from efforts to discredit independent reporting, a press group said Monday.
Britain's Johnson left reeling after Brexit minister quits
AFP, Published on 19/12/2021
» LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was left reeling on Sunday after his Brexit minister resigned, ending a difficult week during which his Conservative party suffered a humiliating defeat in a local by-election and his own MPs rebelled over new coronavirus curbs.
Brexit negotiator David Frost quits UK govt: report
AFP, Published on 19/12/2021
» LONDON - Former Brexit negotiator David Frost has resigned from the government, The Mail on Sunday reported, in another potentially big blow for Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
'His shots should be illegal!': Roger Federer turns 40
AFP, Published on 08/08/2021
» PARIS: Regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Roger Federer on Sunday celebrates his 40th birthday with his career at a crossroads.
N. Irish Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume dies aged 83
AFP, Published on 03/08/2020
» LONDON - John Hume, the Northern Irish politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 for his pivotal role in ending decades of violence in the British province, has died aged 83, his family announced Monday.
Central Park, the calm amid New York's coronavirus storm
AFP, Published on 19/04/2020
» NEW YORK - Gone are the softball games, horse-drawn carriages and hordes of tourists. In their place are pronounced birdsong, solitary walks and renewed appreciation for Central Park's beauty during New York's coronavirus lockdown.