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Motorcyclist dies in giant Seoul sinkhole
AFP, Published on 25/03/2025
» SEOUL - A motorcyclist was killed after a massive sinkhole opened up in Seoul, the fire department said on Tuesday, with harrowing video footage showing the moment the bike was swallowed by the hole.
Historic Macau Grand Prix returns to Las Vegas of the east
AFP, Published on 18/11/2023
» MACAU - Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher both conquered the Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix on its treacherous street circuit before becoming legends of motor racing.
US diplomat's wife gets suspended sentence for fatal UK crash
AFP, Published on 09/12/2022
» LONDON - A US diplomat's wife on Thursday narrowly avoided jail in Britain for killing a teenage motorcyclist by driving on the wrong side of the road and then fleeing the country.
Sri Lanka deploys troops as fuel shortage sparks protests
AFP, Published on 22/03/2022
» COLOMBO: Sri Lanka ordered troops to petrol stations Tuesday as sporadic protests erupted among the thousands of motorists queueing up daily for scarce fuel.
French motorcyclist dies after Dakar Rally fall
AFP, Published on 15/01/2021
» PARIS: French motorcyclist Pierre Cherpin has died from his injuries after a fall during the Dakar Rally, becoming the notoriously perilous race's first fatality this year, organisers said on Friday.
De Villiers wins Dakar fifth stage, Peterhansel extends lead
AFP, Published on 08/01/2021
» QAISUMAH: South African Giniel De Villiers won Thursday's gruelling fifth stage of the Dakar Rally that left leading motorcyclist Kevin Benavides with a broken nose as he shattered his helmet jumping off a dune.
Biker paramedics ride to the rescue in Venezuelan capital
AFP, Published on 24/06/2020
» CARACAS - Zully Rodiz and her kind are seen as modern-day angels in the chaos of the Venezuelan capital, roaring off on powerful motorcycles to the scene of a road accident or to bring medicine to the sick.
Virus misinformation stokes fear in Asia
AFP, Published on 29/05/2020
» HONG KONG: False alerts about a man shot dead at a coronavirus checkpoint, old footage of a supermarket stampede in reports of panic buying, and a 2015 video of a police raid on a brothel recirculated with a misleading claim.
Teen driver who survived horror crash vows to race again
AFP, Published on 21/11/2018
» HONG KONG - A 17-year-old racing driver who fractured her spine in a horrifying crash at the Formula Three Macau Grand Prix has vowed to return to the sport after surviving surgery lasting nearly half a day.
Nicaragua violence rages as prospect of crisis talks hangs in limbo
AFP, Published on 10/06/2018
» MASAYA, Nicaragua: Masaya, a city battling at the front lines of Nicaragua's heated anti-government protests, once again became the scene of fierce street battles that a rights group said saw one man die of a bullet wound to the heart.