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George Lucas brings the force to Comic-Con in historic first visit
AFP, Published on 28/07/2025
» SAN DIEGO - Comic-Con fans pulled out their lightsabers Sunday to welcome "Star Wars" creator George Lucas to the prominent pop culture convention for the very first time.
Polls open in Taiwan's high-stakes recall election
AFP, Published on 26/07/2025
» TAIPEI — Taiwanese voters turned out at schools, churches and community centres on Saturday to cast their ballot in a high-stakes recall election that could give President Lai Ching-te's party control of the parliament.
Chile taking back land linked to Pinochet-era torture
Published on 23/07/2025
» VILLA BAVIERA, Chile - The government of Chile plans to expropriate a settlement founded by a German cult leader where torture took place under former dictator Augusto Pinochet’s military regime, as the government takes another step to shine a light on a dark period of the past.
Should the US join China's WWII event?
Oped, Published on 21/07/2025
» The latest Victory Day parade in Moscow marking the 80th anniversary of Germany's independence defeat in May will be bookended in the upcoming September with a commemorative parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing marking the defeat of Japan.
Hacked Elmo X account called for extermination of Jews: US media
AFP, Published on 14/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - The X account of Sesame Street's Elmo, a beloved children's TV character, shared antisemitic and anti-Donald Trump posts after being hacked, US media reported Monday.
xAI apologizes for Grok's offensive posts
AFP, Published on 13/07/2025
» NEW YORK - Elon Musk's startup xAI apologized Saturday for offensive posts published by its artificial intelligence assistant Grok this week, blaming them on a software update meant to make it function more like a human.
Slovakia festival hosting Kanye West cancelled after 'Heil Hitler' furore
AFP, Published on 11/07/2025
» BRATISLAVA - The Slovakia festival due to welcome Kanye West next week has called off the event following the uproar over the US rapper's May release of a song glorifying Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.
Australia cancels Kanye West's visa over 'Heil Hitler' song
Reuters, Published on 02/07/2025
» SYDNEY — Kanye West, also known as Ye, has had his Australian visa cancelled after he released “Heil Hitler”, a song promoting Nazism, the country’s home affairs minister said on Wednesday.
UN turns 80 amid wave of global crises
Oped, Published on 02/07/2025
» Amid wars, global strife and massive refugee dislocations, the current global scene is overwhelmed with crises ranging from the Middle East to Ukraine and a dozen African conflicts, which rarely make the news. The contemporary world situation in many ways resembles 1945 and the end of WWII. There's a strange deja vu of a history most people do not know or would rather forget.
French Tesla customers sue over brand becoming 'extreme right'
AFP, Published on 11/06/2025
» PARIS — Around 10 French clients with leases on Teslas are suing the US carmaker, run by Elon Musk, because they consider the vehicles to be "extreme-right" symbols, the law firm representing them said on Wednesday.