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In field of would-be Trumps, Haley gains ground
AFP, Published on 22/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - There is Trump, there are wannabe Trumps, and then there is Nikki Haley -- the sole woman in the Republican presidential field and now on the cusp of consolidating second place after showing there may be another way than simply aping the main man.
Trump, Biden fight next year's battle now in blue-collar Michigan
AFP, Published on 28/09/2023
» DETROIT - In the politically crucial US state where workers make cars they could scarcely afford, Donald Trump and Joe Biden face a tough battle for blue-collar votes.
Ex-VP Pence jumps into 2024 White House race
AFP, Published on 05/06/2023
» WASHINGTON - Republican former vice president Mike Pence launched Monday his hotly-anticipated challenge to one-time boss Donald Trump for the party's 2024 White House nomination, setting up the unusual scenario of two running mates becoming rivals.
Dowry blues, Russian roulette goes wrong, cheeky gold thief
News, Mae Moo, Published on 26/02/2023
» Girlfriend left on the shelf
Italy lower house of parliament elects far-right speaker
AFP, Published on 14/10/2022
» ROME - A far-right committed Eurosceptic known for his anti-abortion, anti-gay views was elected speaker of Italy's lower house of parliament on Friday.
Senators spar over first Black woman for US Supreme Court
AFP, Published on 22/03/2022
» WASHINGTON - Senators launched marathon hearings Monday on Ketanji Brown Jackson's bid to be the first Black woman on America's Supreme Court, with opposing sides sparring on her sentencing record as Republicans sought to frame her as soft on crime.
'Squid Game' lessons
Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/10/2021
» Re: "'Squid Game' rings true in our new reality," (BP, Oct 12).
French abortion film wins on big night for women at Venice festival
AFP, Published on 12/09/2021
» VENICE: A timely film about illegal abortions in 1960s France won the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion on Saturday, capping a strong night for women including Penelope Cruz and Jane Campion.
Tight race to close MeToo-influenced Venice film fest
AFP, Published on 11/09/2021
» VENICE - The Venice Film Festival roared back to life this year with a starry and feminist-tinged selection that leaves the competition wide open for who will take home the Golden Lion on Saturday.
'Bleach mum' exposes welfare failure
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 03/06/2020
» Had not the doctors intervened, a two-year-old toddler may have been poisoned to death by his mother. They could not save the boy's four-year-old sister, however. She was already dead from the same malady.