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EU set to back migrant 'return hubs'
AFP, Published on 08/12/2025
» BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) - EU countries on Monday are expected to approve a significant tightening of Europe's immigration policy, including endorsing the concept of setting up "return hubs" for migrants outside the 27-nation bloc.
Trump the Great? President steps up power moves
AFP, Published on 03/11/2025
» WASHINGTON - Driving in a golf buggy with Donald Trump recently, his 18-year-old granddaughter Kai asked him if there was a dream he was still trying to chase.
Kurdish PKK says withdrawing all forces from Turkey to north Iraq
AFP, Published on 26/10/2025
» QANDIL MOUTAINS (IRAQ) - The Kurdish militant PKK said Sunday it was withdrawing all its forces from Turkey to northern Iraq, urging Ankara to take legal steps to protect the peace process.
Asian markets rally as Fed cut hopes trump trade war fears
AFP, Published on 15/10/2025
» HONG KONG - Stocks jumped Wednesday as trade war fears were overshadowed by comments from Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell that suggested the bank would cut interest rates again this month.
Embattled Australia telco giant hit by another major outage
AFP, Published on 29/09/2025
» SYDNEY - Australian telecommunications giant Optus said on Monday it had suffered a network outage that prevented calls to emergency services, just over a week after a similar interruption of service linked to four deaths.
Sinner powers into US Open semis, Anisimova gains Swiatek revenge
AFP, Published on 04/09/2025
» NEW YORK - Reigning champion Jannik Sinner marched into the US Open quarter-finals Wednesday as Amanda Anisimova avenged her Wimbledon thrashing by Iga Swiatek to set up a last-four clash with Naomi Osaka.
Not dead. Trump dismisses health rumors as 'fake news'
AFP, Published on 03/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed social media rumors that have swirled about his health -- including that he had died -- as "fake news" during a press conference at the White House.
Man Utd still winless after Fulham draw, Everton open new stadium with victory
AFP, Published on 25/08/2025
» LONDON - Manchester United remain without a Premier League win this season after being held 1-1 at Fulham on Sunday, while a Jack Grealish-inspired Everton opened their new stadium with a 2-0 victory over Brighton.
Indonesia turns down ear-splitting 'haram' street parties
AFP, Published on 24/08/2025
» MALANG (INDONESIA) - People in an Indonesian village watched as a tower of loudspeakers mounted on a truck rumbled through their usually serene home, blasting a thumping bass loud enough to crack windows.
Greeks count cost of wildfire ‘tragedy’ near Athens
AFP, Published on 09/08/2025
» PALAIA FOKAIA, Greece - In the municipality of Palaia Fokaia, an hour’s drive south of Athens, a typical bucolic Greek landscape of olive groves and hamlets was transformed by a raging Friday wildfire into a dystopia of blackened land and incinerated homes.