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Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan returns home after arrest, riots
AFP, Published on 13/05/2023
» LAHORE (PAKISTAN) - Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan arrived at his Lahore residence on Saturday after being freed on bail following days of legal drama and nationwide riots over his arrest on corruption charges.
Cup of Nations 'beacon of hope' for battered Cameroon economy
AFP, Published on 16/08/2021
» YAOUNDE - The Africa Cup of Nations in January and February is a "beacon of hope" for a Cameroonian economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic and two conflicts, businessmen and traders say.
Covid threatens Everest climbing comeback plans
AFP, Published on 07/05/2021
» EVEREST BASE CAMP (NEPAL) - More than 30 sick climbers have been evacuated from the foot of Mount Everest, raising fears that coronavirus may scupper a hoped-for bumper season on the world's highest mountain.
Record infections overwhelm India's hospitals
AFP, Published on 23/04/2021
» NEW DELHI - Delhi hospitals issued desperate appeals for oxygen on Friday and 13 Covid patients died in a fire, as India's healthcare system buckles under a new wave of infections.
Millions mark Easter under virus curbs as Pope urges jabs for poor
AFP, Published on 04/04/2021
» ROME - Millions of Christians around the world celebrated a second Easter under coronavirus restrictions on Sunday with Pope Francis calling for vaccines to be shared among the poorest nations as Covid-19 surges.
With Brazil in crisis, who has time for the Olympics?
AFP, Published on 25/03/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - On October 2, 2009, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the steelworker-turned-president of a booming Brazil, broke into tears when Rio de Janeiro was named to host the 2016 Olympics.
Maiden win for Koepka at Turkish Airlines Open
AFP, Published on 16/11/2014
» American Brooks Koepka guaranteed himself a 2015 Masters invitation by capturing the Turkish Airlines Open in Belek on Sunday.
Thailand Grand Prix still a chance
Sports, Published on 04/11/2013
» The plan to bring Formula One to Thailand has not yet been shelved as concerned parties are still looking for a venue for a possible race in 2015.
Istanbul Olympics bid is about 'building bridges'
AFP, Published on 25/05/2013
» Istanbul winning the right to host the 2020 Olympic Games would help bridge the gap between different cultures and religions, the bid's chief executive Hasan Arat told AFP.
All revved up
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 07/12/2012
» For motorsport fans, no sound is as sweet as a thundering roar of a Formula One engine. No air is as invigorating as a whiff of burning rubber on a circuit. No sight is as electrifying as when their favourite racers round the curve faultlessly at breakneck speed. And no moment seems as sexy as an intimate encounter with a line-up of powerful racing machines.