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Australia to restart aerial shooting of wild horses
AFP, Published on 27/10/2023
» SYDNEY - Australia approved on Friday the aerial shooting of wild horses in one of the country's largest national parks, resuming a contentious practice that authorities described as "essential" to protect native wildlife.
Inside a US abortion clinic director's post-Roe odyssey
AFP, Published on 20/06/2023
» MOORHEAD (UNITED STATES) - As a first-year college student from the Minneapolis suburbs, Tammi Kromenaker was proudly anti-abortion, at one point slapping a "God is pro-life" bumper sticker on her dormitory room wall.
US Supreme Court preserves abortion pill access
AFP, Published on 22/04/2023
» WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily preserved access to a widely used abortion pill, freezing rulings by lower courts that would have banned or severely restricted availability of the drug.
Bach 'disturbed' by Valieva's Olympic performance
AFP, Published on 18/02/2022
» BEIJING - IOC president Thomas Bach said Friday it was "chilling" to see how Kamila Valieva's coach treated the Russian teenager after a doping scandal engulfing the skater culminated in an error-strewn performance at the Beijing Olympics.
Lower-league football clubs 'face extinction' without rescue package
AFP, Published on 29/10/2020
» MANSFIELD (UNITED KINGDOM) - Football clubs outside the Premier League that are the beating heart of the English game will vanish unless a financial rescue package is agreed imminently.
Horton: Feud with drug-banned Sun wasn't personal
AFP, Published on 29/02/2020
» SYDNEY: Australian champion swimmer Mack Horton insisted Saturday his bitter feud with Sun Yang was never personal and always about ensuring the sport was clean after the Chinese star was banned for eight years.
Previous winners of the Nobel Economics Prize
AFP, Published on 14/10/2019
» STOCKHOLM - The Nobel Economics Prize was on Monday awarded to Indian-born Abhijit Banerjee of the US, his French-American wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer of the US "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty," the jury said.
Bottlenecks and stockpiles: UK firms in last Brexit stretch
AFP, Published on 06/10/2019
» LONDON: British companies are ramping up preparations ahead of Brexit, spearheaded by the food and drink sectors stockpiling extra ingredients and bottles.
First woman to referee in Australia's scandal-plagued NRL
AFP, Published on 16/07/2019
» SYDNEY - Australia's National Rugby League will make history with its first female referee on Thursday night, as the NRL struggles to leave behind its "blokey" culture.
Laffont, Blunck repeat as world freestyle ski champions
AFP, Published on 10/02/2019
» PARK CITY (UNITED STATES) - France's Perrine Laffont defended her dual moguls title while American Aaron Blunck repeated as halfpipe champion in freestyle ski finals Saturday at the World Freestyle Ski and Snowboard Championships.