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Trump's deportation operation underway, hundreds of migrants arrested
AFP, Published on 24/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - Hundreds of migrants in the United States were arrested Thursday and others flown out of the country on military aircraft as President Donald Trump's promised mass deportation operation got underway, the White House said.
Tajikistan launches crackdown on 'witchcraft' and fortune-telling
AFP, Published on 24/01/2025
» DUSHANBE, Tajikistan — In a block of flats in Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe, a turbaned woman cautiously opened the door of her apartment a chink, letting out a waft of incense.
Taekwondo star Hamidi sacrifices her freedom to battle the Taliban
AFP, Published on 24/01/2025
» PARIS - Afghan taekwondo star Marzieh Hamidi told AFP the death threats she has received, forcing her to live under French police protection, show how effective her stinging criticism of the Taliban has been.
Survivors strive to ensure young do not forget Auschwitz
AFP, Published on 24/01/2025
» PARIS - On a frosty Polish winter evening, 96-year-old Esther Senot told the 100 or so shivering students at Auschwitz-Birkenau how she was a teenager much like them when she was first brought to the Nazi death camp on September 2, 1943.
Tolerance makes Bangkok a world city
Oped, Published on 24/01/2025
» Bangkok is a city of the world, but is it a world city?
French divorcee who stopped having sex with husband wins court appeal
Published on 23/01/2025
» PARIS - A woman, who was blamed by French courts for her divorce because she no longer had sex with her husband, has won an appeal in Europe's top human rights court, the court said on Thursday, reigniting a debate in France over women's rights.
Real Madrid break billion-euro revenue barrier
AFP, Published on 23/01/2025
» LONDON - Real Madrid are the first football club to top a billion euros in revenue during a single season, fuelled by income generated by the revamped Santiago Bernabeu stadium, according to the financial consultancy Deloitte.
Shooting, explosions in Jenin as Israel presses raid
AFP, Published on 23/01/2025
» JENIN (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Gunfire and explosions rocked the Jenin area of the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, an AFP journalist reported, as the Israeli military kept up a large-scale raid for a second day.
'Did not push hard enough': Navalny lawyer speaks of regrets
AFP, Published on 22/01/2025
» PARIS - The top lawyer of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in a Russian prison in February last year, told AFP she regretted not finding the right words to stop him returning to Moscow in 2021.
'Worst ever' Man Utd turn to Europa League as saving grace
AFP, Published on 22/01/2025
» MANCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) — Branded possibly the worst Manchester United team in the club's storied history by manager Ruben Amorim, the Red Devils' redemption for a shocking season rests on Europa League success.