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Club World Cup a test of Chelsea's elite credentials
AFP, Published on 13/06/2025
» LONDON - After securing their return to the Champions League on the final day of the season, Chelsea have an early chance to show they belong back among the elite this summer at the Club World Cup.
From samurai threat to Asian Games as Japan cricket fights obscurity
AFP, Published on 13/06/2025
» SANO (JAPAN) - Legend has it that death threats from disgruntled samurai warriors were behind Japan's first cricket match in 1863 and the sport has battled for recognition in the baseball-mad country ever since.
Trump moves to block California electric cars programme
AFP, Published on 13/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed resolutions blocking California's landmark efforts to phase out gas-powered cars in favour of electric vehicles, a move the state immediately contested in court.
Club World Cup marks 'new era' for football: Infantino
AFP, Published on 13/06/2025
» MIAMI - FIFA president Gianni Infantino says the Club World Cup, which kicks off on Saturday, marks a historic "new era" for the game, comparing it to the first World Cup held in 1930.
Manhandling of US senator ups California tensions with Trump admin
AFP, Published on 13/06/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - California's stand-off with President Donald Trump's administration ratcheted up Thursday, after a sitting US senator was handcuffed and forcibly removed from a press conference on controversial immigration raids that have spurred days of protests.
Unpacking faith
Published on 13/06/2025
» Re: "Why faith is indispensable to global development", (Opinion, June 4).
‘Our city is not on fire’: LA residents reject Trump rhetoric
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» LOS ANGELES - Just blocks from where a handful of die-hard protesters faced police in Los Angeles on Wednesday, residents were enjoying lunch in the sun and shrugging off Donald Trump’s claims their city was burning.
Trump to flex muscle with huge military parade
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s dream of hosting a grand military parade in Washington will come true on Saturday when tanks, helicopters and thousands of troops rumble through the capital on the US president’s 79th birthday.
Thailand hopes for direct US flights
Gary Boyle, Published on 12/06/2025
» Thailand will accelerate its efforts to establish direct flight routes between Thailand and the United States, says Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit.
Beach Boy Brian Wilson, surf rock poet, dies at 82
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» NEW YORK - Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys co-founder who masterminded the group's wild popularity and soundtracked the California dream, has died, his family announced on Wednesday. He was 82.