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World Cup revenge on Ghanaian minds as Uruguay sweat
AFP, Published on 02/12/2022
» DOHA - Uruguay stalwarts Edinson Cavani and Luis Suarez are fighting for their World Cup survival while Ghana will have revenge on their minds on Friday.
Fishing crews fear 5-year recovery after oil spill
AFP, Published on 31/01/2022
» The nightly armada of bobbing green lights from squid boats has all but disappeared near the site of an oil spill in the Gulf of Thailand, as devastated local crews brace for lost income and damaged fish stocks.
Rice fields and Rihanna: the Vietnamese couturier with a celeb clientele
AFP, Published on 22/12/2021
» HO CHI MINH CITY: When billionaire singer Rihanna posed for an ad campaign by luxury shoemaker Manolo Blahnik, she also made a star out of the little-known Vietnamese designer who made the oversized white shirt she posed in.
More than 100 reported dead in Philippines typhoon: officials
AFP, Published on 19/12/2021
» More than 100 people have been reported killed in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, official tallies showed Sunday, as efforts to deliver water and food to devastated islands ramped up.
Djokovic on entry list for Australian Open, no Serena
AFP, Published on 08/12/2021
» MELBOURNE - Men's world number one Novak Djokovic was named among the entries for the Australian Open on Wednesday, following intense speculation about his vaccination status, but women's great Serena Williams was missing.
Osaka, Azarenka pull out Aussie Open warm-ups with injury
AFP, Published on 06/02/2021
» MELBOURNE: World number three Naomi Osaka and two-time major winner Victoria Azarenka pulled out of Australian Open warm-up tournaments Saturday, joining Serena Williams and Simona Halep with injury concerns.
Tennis great Court vows to keep Aussie award despite backlash
AFP, Published on 26/01/2021
» MELBOURNE: Tennis great Margaret Court insisted Tuesday she would not give back a high-profile Australian honour after a backlash over her views on the LGBTQ community, claiming she "loves" gay and transgender people.
Disarray as 47 players affected after positive tests on Australian Open planes
AFP, Published on 17/01/2021
» MELBOURNE: Forty-seven players were barred from practising for a fortnight Saturday in a major setback to their Australian Open preparations after passengers on two charter flights that brought them to Melbourne tested positive to Covid-19.
Finding Nagaland: Tribes on India-Myanmar frontier dream of unity
AFP, Published on 28/04/2020
» LONGWA, Myanmar: The king of the Konyak tribe sleeps in Myanmar, but eats in India -- his house, village and people divided by a mountain border which serves as a vulnerable lifeline now severed by a coronavirus lockdown.
Decades on, Soviet bombs still killing people in Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 15/12/2019
» BAMIYAN (AFGHANISTAN) - Gholam Mahaiuddin sighs softly as he thinks of his 14-year-old son, who was killed in the spring by a bomb dropped last century in the hills of Bamiyan province in central Afghanistan.