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‘Exhausted’ Gazans desperate for war to end
AFP, Published on 30/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories - After nearly three months of deadly strikes, incessant displacements and sputtering humanitarian aid, "exhausted" Gazans say they are desperate for an end to the fighting as Israel's war against Hamas looks set to grind on into the new year.
Sydney-Hobart race fleet sails into stormy seas
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» SYDNEY - More than 100 yachts set off on the annual Sydney-Hobart race Tuesday, with storms and hail threatening to lash sailors in one of the world's most gruelling ocean events.
Hopes grow for another Gaza truce
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP - The leader of Hamas visited Egypt on Wednesday as hopes grew that Israel and the Palestinian militant group may be inching towards another truce and hostage release deal in the Gaza war.
DR Congo polls open amid conflict in east
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» KINSHASA - Polling stations opened on Wednesday in a high-stakes Democratic Republic of Congo general election pitting the incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi against a fragmented opposition, while much of the east of the country is mired in conflict.
Hamas chief due in Egypt for Gaza ceasefire talks
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - The head of Hamas was due in Egypt on Wednesday for talks on a fresh ceasefire in Gaza, after Israel said it was willing to agree to another pause in exchange for more hostages.
French court jails Rwandan ex-doctor 24 years over 1994 genocide
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» PARIS - A French court on Wednesday sentenced former Rwandan doctor Sosthene Munyemana to 24 years in prison for his involvement in the 1994 genocide of Tutsis in his native East African country.
Chelsea back from brink to reach League Cup semis
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» LONDON - Chelsea came back from the brink to reach the League Cup semi-finals with a dramatic penalty shoot-out victory against Newcastle after Mykhailo Mudryk's last-gasp equaliser on Tuesday.
Colorado court blocks Trump from presidential primary ballot
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Donald Trump is ineligible for the US presidency because of his involvement in the January 2021 assault on the Capitol, Colorado's supreme court ruled Tuesday, setting off a political earthquake that could upend next year's election.
Drone in Chiang Mai helps solve forest carbon capture riddle
AFP, Published on 18/12/2023
» CHIANG MAI: On a hillside overlooking cabbage fields outside the northern city of Chiang Mai, a drone's rotors begin to whir, lifting it over a patch of forest.
PSG get first win in Women's Champions League as Chelsea and Haecken draw
AFP, Published on 15/12/2023
» PARIS - Paris Saint-Germain broke their duck in the Women's Champions League with a 2-1 win against Roma on Thursday as Chelsea and Haecken played out a goalless draw in London.