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US pushes for three-way nuclear deal with Russia and China
AFP, Published on 06/02/2026
» GENEVA - The United States on Friday urged three-way talks with Russia and China to set new limits on nuclear weapons, after the last treaty between top nuclear powers Washington and Moscow expired.
Five things to know about the Grand Egyptian Museum
AFP, Published on 02/11/2025
» CAIRO - Near the ancient Pyramids of Giza just outside Cairo, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is gearing up for its lavish opening on Saturday after two decades of delays.
‘Escaping hell’: Myanmar scam centre workers plead to go home
AFP, Published on 27/02/2025
» MYAWADDY, Myanmar - Hundreds of exhausted young men lie in an open-sided detention centre in a seedy Myanmar border town, sweating through thick tropical heat by day and prey to clouds of mosquitoes by night.
NATO to boost presence in Baltic after ‘sabotage’
AFP, Published on 27/12/2024
» BRUSSELS - NATO will bolster its military presence in the Baltic Sea after the suspected sabotage of an undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia this week, the Western military alliance’s chief Mark Rutte said on Friday.
Chinese ship linked to cut cables expected to depart Denmark soon
AFP, Published on 19/12/2024
» STOCKHOLM - Denmark’s foreign minister said on Thursday that he expected a Chinese ship, anchored off the Danish coast and linked to two severed undersea cables, would be able to leave once an inspection that included four countries was completed.
Armenia receives first influx of Karabakh refugees
AFP, Published on 25/09/2023
» KORNIDZOR (ARMENIA) - Armenia prepared Monday to welcome a new flood of Nagorno-Karabakh refugees while the leaders of Azerbaijan and ally Turkey were set to hold a celebratory summit marking Baku's victory over the rebel enclave.
Alcaraz into US Open last eight as Pegula, Jabeur crash out
AFP, Published on 05/09/2023
» NEW YORK - Carlos Alcaraz surged into the quarter-finals of the US Open on Monday as upsets dominated the women's draw with Ons Jabeur and Jessica Pegula becoming the latest highly ranked players to go crashing out.
Bill Gates meets Xi Jinping in Beijing
AFP, Published on 16/06/2023
» BEIJING - Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates met President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday, after his foundation pledged $50 million to help Chinese efforts to battle disease.
World sport returns to China after years of Covid cancellations
AFP, Published on 12/05/2023
» SHANGHAI: China will next week host its first major international sports event since abandoning strict Covid-19 rules, heralding the return of elite competition to the country after more than three years.
Singapore to execute man over 1kg of cannabis
AFP, Published on 21/04/2023
» SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man is scheduled to be hanged next week for conspiring to smuggle a kilogram of cannabis, rights groups said, in the city-state's first execution in six months.