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Gaza war overshadows football as Asian Cup looms for Palestine
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» JERUSALEM - Two weeks ahead of Palestine's opening game at the 2023 Asian Cup in Qatar, the team is struggling to focus as war rages on in Gaza, where thousands have been killed.
Stock markets mixed as trading year nears end
AFP, Published on 29/12/2023
» NEW YORK - Global stocks were mixed Thursday on the penultimate trading day of 2023, while oil prices fell on easing worries about shipping disruptions in the Red Sea.
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.
French sports retailer 'secretly supplying Russia'
AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» PARIS - The French sports retail giant Decathlon has secretly continued selling clothes in Russia despite officially pulling out in protest at Russia's war in Ukraine, a media report published Tuesday said.
Stocks diverge at start of key week for rate calls
AFP, Published on 11/12/2023
» LONDON - Stock markets diverged on Monday ahead of a busy week for interest rate decisions from major central banks.
Putin says he will seek re-election in 2024
AFP, Published on 08/12/2023
» MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he would run for re-election in 2024, Russian news agencies reported, allowing the Kremlin leader to extend his decades-long grip on power into the 2030s.
'Unintended consequences': friction at COP28 over green trade
AFP, Published on 05/12/2023
» DUBAI - Inside the negotiating rooms and on the sidelines of the COP28 climate talks, simmering tensions over wealthy countries' "green trade" policies have been bubbling to the surface, with developing nations fearful they will be penalised.
Hikers evacuated as Indonesia volcano spews ash tower
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» PADANG (INDONESIA) - A volcano in western Indonesia erupted Sunday, belching a column of ash around three kilometres into the sky and forcing the evacuation of dozens of hikers, officials said.
Fire at dawn in Kazakhstan hostel kills 13
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» ALMATY (KAZAKHSTAN) - Kazakhstan said Thursday that at least 13 people were killed in a fire that broke out at dawn in a hostel in the Central Asian country's largest city Almaty.
Yao Ming vows to support China players after online abuse
AFP, Published on 24/11/2023
» BEIJING: Chinese basketball great Yao Ming says that criticism of the men's national team has gone too far after some players were abused online following a series of disappointing results.