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Olympics: LA 2024 bid team tries to soothe nerves over Trump
AFP, Published on 15/11/2016
» DOHA - Six-time Olympic champion Allyson Felix led the Los Angeles 2024 bid delegation in seeking to calm the fears of the "Olympic family" following the election of Donald Trump as president.
'Don't lose faith' James urges those dismayed by Trump victory
AFP, Published on 10/11/2016
» LOS ANGELES - NBA superstar LeBron James, who backed US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, urged minorites and women to remember that Donald Trump's shock election triumph "isn't the end" in an Instagram musing on Wednesday.
Running gives hope to Hong Kong's stranded refugees
AFP, Published on 20/06/2016
» HONG KONG - It is a simple act: pulling on running shoes and hitting the track -- but for a group of refugees in Hong Kong it has become a lifeline as they face an agonising wait to find a new home.
World champs call for help for Germany's refugees
AFP, Published on 03/09/2015
» BERLIN - Germany's World Cup-winning footballers have condemned xenophobic attacks on the thousands of foreigners pouring into their country and led calls to help the refugees amidst the ongoing crisis here.
Trump brushes off Mexico row at Scottish golf tournament
AFP, Published on 31/07/2015
» TURNBERRY (UNITED KINGDOM) - Billionaire US presidential hopeful Donald Trump declared "the world asked me to be here" Thursday as he arrived at one his Scottish golf courses for a tournament shadowed by a row over immigration.
Grand Slam of Golf pulled from Trump LA course
AFP, Published on 08/07/2015
» LOS ANGELES - The PGA Grand Slam of Golf, featuring the year's major champions, will be moved from Donald Trump's Los Angeles course in the wake of his controversial remarks about Mexican immigrants.
In Macedonia, EU-bound migrants cycle to better lives
AFP, Published on 18/06/2015
» DEMIR KAPIJA (MACEDONIA) - Fleeing their trouble-torn countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, streams of EU-bound migrants are driving an unexpected trade in a quiet town in Macedonia -- bicycles.
Eight arrested for smuggling 66 illegal immigrants to Bangkok
News, Published on 18/01/2015
» Eight people were arrested as they attempted to smuggle 66 illegal Cambodian migrants into the country on Friday.