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Ex-F1 chief Ecclestone faces fraud trial next October
AFP, Published on 04/10/2022
» LONDON: Former Formula One (F1) supremo Bernie Ecclestone will stand trial in October next year on charges of failing to declare a multi-million pound trust in Singapore to the British tax services, a judge in London said on Tuesday.
Germany, Israel mark 50 years since Munich Olympics massacre
AFP, Published on 05/09/2022
» MUNICH (GERMANY) - Germany and Israel's presidents will on Monday lead commemorations marking 50 years since the Munich Olympics attack, with hopes that a long-awaited compensation deal for bereaved families will help them finally begin healing from the painful episode.
50 years to agree Olympic attack compensation 'shameful': German president
AFP, Published on 04/09/2022
» BERLIN - Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier admitted on Sunday it was "shameful" that it took five decades for Berlin to agree compensation for the bereaved families of Israeli victims in the 1972 Munich Olympics attack.
South African inflation hits new 13-year high
AFP, Published on 24/08/2022
» JOHANNESBURG: Inflation in South Africa accelerated to its highest level in 13 years in July, pushed mainly by surging food, transport and electricity prices, official data showed Wednesday as workers staged protests over the high cost of living.
UK inflation hits new 40-year high as food prices rocket
AFP, Published on 17/08/2022
» LONDON: British inflation surged to a new 40-year high in July on soaring food prices, official data showed Wednesday, adding to a cost-of-living crisis as the country faces the prospect of recession.
Kremlin accuses Kyiv of shelling nuclear plant
AFP, Published on 09/08/2022
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - The Kremlin accused Ukrainian forces Monday of firing on Europe's largest nuclear power plant in occupied Ukraine and warned the alleged attacks could have "catastrophic consequences".
Inflation-fighting BoE poised to unleash big rate hike
AFP, Published on 04/08/2022
» LONDON: The Bank of England is expected Thursday to follow other major central banks with an aggressive interest rate hike to tackle surging inflation.
Grim fragments of life seep out from Russian-occupied Ukraine
AFP, Published on 02/08/2022
» KRAMATORSK (UKRAINE) - Collapsed social services, financial woes and fear: only brief snippets filter out of the daily reality for Ukrainians in Russian-occupied territory.
US tech titans stumble after pandemic boom
AFP, Published on 29/07/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon and Apple were a relative bright spot in a week of otherwise lackluster earnings results for an industry reckoning with the end of heady pandemic-era growth.
US doctors embroiled in sudden legal uncertainty over abortions
AFP, Published on 18/07/2022
» WASHINGTON - Days after the US state of Ohio banned abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, doctor Mae Winchester had a patient who needed to terminate her pregnancy to save her life.