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Qatar to hold its first ever Formula One Grand Prix
AFP, Published on 30/09/2021
» DOHA - Qatar will hold its first ever Formula One Grand Prix in November replacing the cancelled Australian GP, organisers announced on Friday.
Aiming big: Ivory Coast's 'Dallas' pitches for African following
AFP, Published on 17/06/2020
» ABIDJAN - The stakes are big, and so are the egos.
Daily hell for squatters in Caracas's poorest areas
AFP, Published on 28/05/2019
» CARACAS - Erick Hurtado wants to escape the abandoned Caracas building that has been his home for eight years, but despite his daily nightmare, he prefers to wait there for the abode promised to him by Venezuela's embattled government.
World's first 5G phone released in South Korea
AFP, Published on 05/04/2019
» SEOUL - Samsung Electronics on Friday released the Galaxy S10 5G, the world's first available smartphone with built-in fifth-generation communications technology, as South Korea seeks to build a lead in the transformative system.
South Korea launches 5G networks early to secure world first
AFP, Published on 04/04/2019
» SEOUL - South Korea launched the world's first nationwide 5G mobile networks two days early, its top mobile carriers said Thursday, giving a handful of users access in a late-night scramble to be the first providers of the super-fast wireless technology.
'Like five people stabbing me': Aussie Price takes second Dakar moto crown
AFP, Published on 18/01/2019
» LIMA - Australia's Toby Price clinched his second Dakar motorcycling title despite riding the 5,000km route with a broken wrist and feeling like "five people were driving a knife" into his injury.
Lenovo looks beyond computers with slick new phones
AFP, Published on 10/06/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - Chinese computer titan Lenovo showed off a keenly-awaited Tango smartphone on Thursday as it focused on a future at the heart of the Internet of Things.
New film aims to capture 'Human' experience
AFP, Published on 07/09/2015
» PARIS - They are fighters, victims, murderers and survivors whose anonymous yet deeply personal interviews form the backbone of a new film from French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand that seeks to capture our experience on Earth.
Expats eyeing the exits after Russian ruble plunges
AFP, Published on 25/12/2014
» MOSCOW - The plunge of the ruble hasn't left only Russians shell shocked -- foreign workers from traders to maids are considering bailing out as Moscow turns from an El Dorado into a financial black hole.
Dovizioso on pole for Japan Moto Grand Prix
AFP, Published on 11/10/2014
» Andrea Dovizioso stormed to Ducati's first pole position since 2010 and in record time Saturday as he eclipsed title-seeking championship leader Marc Marquez at the Japanese MotoGP.