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Carrie Fisher's Walk of Fame star provokes family wars
AFP, Published on 05/05/2023
» LOS ANGELES: Late "Star Wars" actor Carrie Fisher was honoured with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame Thursday, in a ceremony overshadowed by a bitter feud among her family.
Win or boos? Djokovic return splits fans at Australian Open
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» MELBOURNE - Novak Djokovic returns to Rod Laver Arena to start his Australian Open campaign on Tuesday night, but tennis fans at Melbourne Park for the day session were split over the reception he might receive.
Life and crimes of freed 'bikini killer' Sobhraj
AFP, Published on 23/12/2022
» For decades Asia's most wanted man, French serial killer Charles Sobhraj terrorised the continent with a string of murders in the 1970s that targeted tourists.
Indigenous Canadians hopeful ahead of Pope's apology for school abuse
AFP, Published on 20/07/2022
» MASKWACIS (CANADA) - For decades, trauma has lingered in the tiny Indigenous Canadian community of Maskwacis. But some hope to finally find a degree of closure during a visit by Pope Francis to apologize for the Church's role in a century of abuse.
The inmate and the officer: Alabama's improbable prison escape
AFP, Published on 05/05/2022
» WASHINGTON - A guard with a spotless record and a convict accused of murder -- this unlikely pair has vexed US law enforcement for days as they investigate an Alabama prison break seemingly planned down to the last detail.
Shadowy messengers delivering threats to Hong Kong civil society
AFP, Published on 21/02/2022
» HONG KONG: Covert meetings, whispered threats, and mysterious phone calls –- warnings of reprisals by authorities from shadowy messengers are hounding Hong Kong's civil society as China flattens a pro-democracy movement.
First US recipient of partial face transplant dead at 57
AFP, Published on 02/08/2020
» WASHINGTON - Connie Culp, the first US recipient of a partial face transplant, has died at age 57, according to Ohio's Cleveland Clinic, where she underwent the delicate operation nearly 12 years ago.
Horrors revealed at virus-hit Canada nursing home
AFP, Published on 18/04/2020
» MONTREAL - Elderly residents left soiled and unfed after their caregivers fled the premises, 31 deaths in the space of a few weeks: a nursing home in Montreal has become the symbol of the terrible toll coronavirus is taking in Canada's long-term care homes.
Europe still 'in eye of the storm' despite moves to ease virus lockdowns
AFP, Published on 16/04/2020
» LONDON - Parts of Europe moved cautiously to reopen their streets and economies on Thursday but the coronavirus pandemic was far from beaten and the World Health Organization warned the continent was still in the "eye of the storm".
Trump to ease lockdown, saying virus cases have 'passed peak'
AFP, Published on 16/04/2020
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump vowed to unveil plans Thursday to reopen the world's top economy, following cautious moves in Europe, claiming the US had "passed the peak" of new coronavirus cases, even as the country logged a record number of deaths from the disease.