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Seville and Jefferson-Wooden enjoy maiden world titles, US savour field of gold
AFP, Published on 14/09/2025
» TOKYO - Oblique Seville and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden recorded their first major victories in winning the men's and women's 100 metres world titles on Sunday, making it honours even between sprint powerhouses Jamaica and the United States.
Lyles new king of the 100m, Cheptegei undisputed ruler of the 10k
AFP, Published on 21/08/2023
» BUDAPEST - Noah Lyles stormed to victory to win the 100m world title on Sunday and then set his sights on a third successive 200m crown, something Joshua Cheptegei achieved in the 10,000m.
Scientists scour global waters testing ocean plankton and pollution
AFP, Published on 15/10/2022
» LORIENT (FRANCE) - After a near two-year "Microbiome" mission around the world, scientists said on Saturday they had gathered thousands of samples of marine micro-organisms in a bid to better understand ocean plankton and pollution.
'Get lost': Iran schoolgirls lead protests over Mahsa Amini death
AFP, Published on 06/10/2022
» PARIS - Iranian schoolgirls have come to the fore in protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, removing their hijabs and staging sporadic rallies in defiance of a lethal crackdown by the security forces.
Crackdown seeks to stifle Iran's critical voices
AFP, Published on 02/08/2022
» PARIS: Executions on a scale not seen for years. Mass arrests of regime critics including top filmmakers. Trials of foreign nationals denounced as a sham by their families.
YouTube Shorts touts 1.5bn users, taking on TikTok
AFP, Published on 16/06/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO - YouTube on Wednesday said that more than 1.5 billion people monthly tune into its Shorts video service, which competes with global sensation TikTok.
Pharma giants to pay $590 mn to US Native Americans over opioids
AFP, Published on 02/02/2022
» NEW YORK: A group of pharmaceutical companies and distributors agreed to pay $590 million to settle lawsuits connected to opioid addiction among Native American tribe members, according to a US court filing released Tuesday.
Canadians pack into cooling centers as heat wave death toll doubles
AFP, Published on 01/07/2021
» VANCOUVER - Inside one of Vancouver's 25 air-conditioned cooling centers on Wednesday, visitors quietly read books or worked on laptops as the death toll in Canada's British Columbia province rose into the hundreds from a record-smashing heat wave.
US Fed holds first policy meeting of Biden administration
AFP, Published on 24/01/2021
» WASHINGTON: With a new year and a new administration in the White House, the US central bank nonetheless faces an unprecedented challenge in guiding the post-pandemic economic recovery.
Trucker, fisherman, scientist... the voices of Brexit
AFP, Published on 28/12/2020
» LONDON - They transport goods from Europe to Britain, export British produce to the EU, or recruit scientists and researchers... AFP has spoken to six people whose lives will be directly affected when Britain leaves the EU's single market and customs union on December 31.