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Sting finds fractured modern music scene 'quite odd'
AFP, Published on 14/10/2025
» PARIS - British singer-songwriting legend Sting finds the multiple genres and streaming platforms of the modern music scene "quite odd", but still believes in the power of song to unite people.
Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown -- using Musk's Starlink
AFP, Published on 14/10/2025
» BEIJING - They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an AFP investigation can reveal.
Appetite-regulating hormones in focus as first Nobel Prizes fall
AFP, Published on 06/10/2025
» STOCKHOLM - Research into hormones that regulate appetite is seen leading the race for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, to be awarded Monday -- the first in this year's Nobel season.
Robert Redford, Hollywood’s golden boy with a Midas touch
AFP, Published on 16/09/2025
» With his all-American good looks, Robert Redford, who died on Tuesday at age 89, was the eternal “Sundance Kid”, a US screen legend both in front of and behind the camera.
Trump says any 'credible' Epstein files should be released
AFP, Published on 16/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Tuesday the US Justice Department should release all "credible" information from its probe into notorious sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein as he sought to douse a firestorm of criticism from his supporters over his handling of the case.
Cicadas re-emerge in US after 17 years
AFP, Published on 01/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - The last time these thrumming, red-eyed bugs burrowed out of the ground across America’s suburbs and woodlands was the early summer of 2008.
Barca fight back against Inter in sensational semi-final draw
AFP, Published on 01/05/2025
» BARCELONA - Barcelona and Inter Milan shared a compelling 3-3 draw in a high-octane Champions League semi-final first leg clash on Wednesday.
'Unprecedented' Europe raids net 200 arrests, drugs haul
AFP, Published on 15/04/2025
» ISTANBUL - Police in Europe staged "unprecedented" raids against four organised crime groups on Tuesday, arresting more than 200 people across five countries, primarily in Turkey, in a "massive blow" against drug-trafficking networks.
Welcome back to 'Hell': Man Utd braced for Galatasaray cauldron
AFP, Published on 28/11/2023
» LONDON - Thirty years after Manchester United left Galatasaray with their Champions League hopes in tatters on one of the most notorious nights in the club's history, they will return to 'hell' for another do-or-die clash with the Turkish team.
Irish author Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker Prize
AFP, Published on 27/11/2023
» LONDON - Irish author Paul Lynch won the 2023 Booker Prize for fiction on Sunday for his novel "Prophet Song," a dystopian work about an Ireland that descends into tyranny.