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'Shenmue' voted most influential video game ever in UK poll
AFP, Published on 03/04/2025
» LONDON - The 1999 action game "Shenmue" was on Thursday named the most influential video game of all time following a survey organised by BAFTA, the British association that honours films, television, and video games.
Relief in Senegal as election crisis averted
AFP, Published on 04/07/2023
» DAKAR: Relief swept Senegal and its supporters on Tuesday after President Macky Sall declared he would not seek a contested third term in office, a move that defused fears of bloodshed.
Children lost for 40 days in Colombian Amazon found alive
AFP, Published on 10/06/2023
» BOGOTá: The four Indigenous children who had been missing for more than a month in the Colombian Amazon rainforest after a small plane crash have been found alive, President Gustavo Petro announced Friday.
Pope Francis pays homage to 'beloved' Benedict
AFP, Published on 01/01/2023
» VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis hailed the "beloved" Benedict XVI on Sunday in a New Year's Day service at the Vatican, the day after his predecessor died aged 95.
Pope Francis addresses faithful after ex-pope's death
AFP, Published on 01/01/2023
» VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis will address the Catholic faithful on Sunday at the Vatican, the day after the death of his predecessor at the age of 95.
EU backs Ukraine's 'European dream'
AFP, Published on 17/06/2022
» BRUSSELS: Europe sent a powerful symbol of solidarity with Ukraine on Friday, when Brussels backed Kyiv's bid for EU candidate status, even as Russia shelled frontline Ukrainian cities and cut back gas supplies to the West.
Oscar-nominated actor Ned Beatty dies, aged 83
AFP, Published on 14/06/2021
» LOS ANGELES: Ned Beatty, the prolific and Oscar-nominated character actor known for roles in "Network," "Superman" and "Toy Story 3," has died aged 83, US media reported Sunday.
Frenchman to livestream death in right-to-die case
AFP, Published on 05/09/2020
» DIJON (FRANCE) - A Frenchman suffering from an incurable condition who plans to livestream his death on social media said Saturday he had begun refusing all food, drink and medicine, after President Emmanuel Macron turned down his request for euthanasia.
'Deliverance,' 'Boogie Nights' star Burt Reynolds dies
AFP, Published on 07/09/2018
» LOS ANGELES - Burt Reynolds, the mustachioed heart-throb of 1970s cinema who won acclaim in "Deliverance" and a host of awards later in his career for "Boogie Nights," died on Thursday, his family announced.
PM Lee the target in hack of 1.5m Singapore health records
AFP, Published on 20/07/2018
» SINGAPORE: A cyberattack on Singapore's public health system breached the records of 1.5 million people and targeted the prime minister, a two-time cancer survivor, officials said Friday.