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'Piggy.' 'Terrible.' Trump lashes out at female reporters
AFP, Published on 19/11/2025
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump ripped into a reporter from the US network ABC News on Tuesday, just days after calling another woman journalist "piggy" after she asked a question related to the convicted sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Putin and Modi in China for summit hosted by Xi
AFP, Published on 31/08/2025
» TIANJIN (CHINA) - President Xi Jinping gathered the leaders of Russia and India among dignitaries from around 20 Eurasian countries on Sunday for a showpiece summit aimed at putting China front and centre of regional relations.
From Snoop Dogg to Tom Brady, stars flock to English second-tier clubs
AFP, Published on 14/08/2025
» LONDON - When Snoop Dogg sang the praises of Swansea City, it signalled the unlikely arrival of the latest celebrity owner in the once unfashionable Championship, English football’s second tier.
In a Pakistan valley, a small revolution among women
AFP, Published on 13/06/2025
» KARIMABAD, PAKISTAN (PAKISTAN) - In a sawdust-filled workshop nestled in the Karakoram Mountains, a team of women carpenters chisel away at cabinets -- and forge an unlikely career for themselves in Pakistan.
Asia to mourn tsunami dead with ceremonies 20 years on
AFP, Published on 26/12/2024
» BANDA ACEH (INDONESIA) - Emotional ceremonies were expected across Asia on Thursday to remember the 220,000 people who died two decades ago when a tsunami devastated coastal areas around the Indian Ocean, in one of the worst natural disasters in human history.
Indian Ocean nations to mark 20 years since devastating tsunami
AFP, Published on 18/12/2024
» BANDA ACEH — Tsunami-hit nations will next week commemorate the more than 220,000 people who died in the Boxing Day disaster two decades ago, when huge waves tore into coastal communities around the Indian Ocean.
Maldives to battle rising seas by building fortress islands
AFP, Published on 21/11/2023
» MALE, Maldives - Rising sea levels threaten to swamp the Maldives and the Indian Ocean archipelago is already out of drinking water, but the new president says he has scrapped plans to relocate citizens.
Rampant Nepal rewrite cricket record book at Asian Games
AFP, Published on 27/09/2023
» HANGZHOU, China - Nepal became the first men's team in history to score more than 300 runs in T20 international cricket on Wednesday as they rewrote the record books against part-timers Mongolia at the Asian Games.
Maldives set for second round to elect president
AFP, Published on 10/09/2023
» MALé (MALDIVES) - Maldives leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih was trailing in Saturday's presidential vote, preliminary results showed, triggering a runoff election due later this month.
Dane visits every country in the world without flying
AFP, Published on 26/07/2023
» AARHUS, Denmark: A Danish man who claimed to be the first to visit every country in the world in a single trip without flying landed home Wednesday after 10 years away.