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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.
Drag shows fire up gender wars
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 25/12/2022
» Even before the performance started, protesters had gathered outside a recent drag show in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
The town that Charles built
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 16/10/2022
» On Queen Mother Square in Poundbury, a quaint town in southern England, sits a huge neo-Classical apartment block, painted bright yellow and decorated with Romanesque columns.
Vatican's hidden sins
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 12/06/2022
» David Kertzer put down his cappuccino, put on his backpack and went digging for more Vatican secrets. "There's an aspect of treasure-hunting," said Kertzer, a 74-year-old historian.
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.
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.
Hillsborough disaster police chief to face trial
AFP, Published on 14/01/2019
» PRESTON (UNITED KINGDOM) - The police commander at the Hillsborough football stadium disaster will face trial on Monday over the deaths of 95 Liverpool supporters, 30 years on from the tragedy.