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Brazil, Mexico seek to defuse US-Venezuela crisis
AFP, Published on 19/12/2025
» BRASíLIA - The leaders of Brazil and Mexico on Thursday offered to step in to try and avert the risk of war between the United States and Venezuela.
Faberge's rare Winter Egg fetches record pound sterling22.9 mn at auction
AFP, Published on 03/12/2025
» LONDON - Faberge's The Winter Egg, considered one of his most beautiful creations, sold for nearly pound sterling23 million ($30 million) at auction Tuesday in London, smashing the sales record for the legendary jeweller of Imperial Russia.
Hezbollah mourns top commander killed in Israeli strike
AFP, Published on 24/11/2025
» BEIRUT (LEBANON) - Hezbollah will hold a funeral on Monday for its top military chief and other members of the militant group, a day after Israel killed them with a strike on Beirut's southern suburbs.
'Superman' aims to save flagging film franchise, not just humanity
AFP, Published on 12/07/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Superman is often called upon to save the world from evildoers, but in his latest big-screen incarnation, he's also being asked to swoop in and save a franchise.
S.Sudan opposition says vice president's arrest ends peace deal
AFP, Published on 27/03/2025
» JUBA - South Sudan's opposition said on Thursday the arrest overnight of First Vice President Riek Machar, long-time rival to President Salva Kiir, had invalidated their 2018 peace deal and risked plunging the country back into war.
Arrest of vice president puts S.Sudan on brink of war
AFP, Published on 27/03/2025
» JUBA - South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar, the long-time rival to President Salva Kiir, was arrested on Wednesday -- a move described by the UN as leaving the country on the brink of widespread conflict.
Four-song EP by late singer Faithfull to be released in April
AFP, Published on 14/03/2025
» LONDON - A new four-song EP by British singer and actor Marianne Faithfull, who died in January, is to be released in April, with the title track out on Friday, her family announced.
Shotgun watch: LA fire evacuees guard against looters
AFP, Published on 10/01/2025
» ALTADENA — Nicholas Norman managed to save his home using little more than buckets of water when towering flames ripped through his neighborhood in a suburb of Los Angeles. But now he's facing a new danger: looters.
Everton advance in FA Cup after Dyche dismissal
AFP, Published on 10/01/2025
» LONDON — Everton avoided FA (Football Association) Cup embarrassment with a 2-0 victory against third tier Peterborough just hours after Sean Dyche was sacked by the struggling English Premier League (EPL) club on Thursday.
EU tells China 'differences' must be addressed
AFP, Published on 07/12/2023
» BEIJING - EU President Ursula von der Leyen told Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday that the bloc and its biggest trading partner must address their differences, as they began the first in-person EU-China summit in over four years.