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World-beating Germany retain team sprint title
AFP, Published on 04/08/2023
» GLASGOW: Germany retained their women's team sprint title and shattered their own world record at the cycling world championships on Thursday.
A week as king: how has Charles III fared?
AFP, Published on 16/09/2022
» King Charles III has in the last week faced the difficult task of handling his own grief at the death of his mother, giving voice to the nation's loss and taking on the job of royal figurehead.
NBA: Nets trade Harden to 76ers in deal for Simmons
AFP, Published on 11/02/2022
» Three-time NBA scoring champion James Harden was traded by the Brooklyn Nets to the Philadelphia 76ers in a deal for Australian Ben Simmons and others, according to multiple reports Thursday.
Orc-ward! Amazon ends New Zealand's role as Middle Earth
AFP, Published on 13/08/2021
» WELLINGTON - Amazon on Friday dumped New Zealand as the location of its big-budget "The Lord of The Rings" series after just one season, in a major blow to the South Pacific's self-styled Middle Earth.
Stokes inspires England to dramatic series-levelling victory
AFP, Published on 07/01/2020
» CAPE TOWN: Ben Stokes produced an explosive spell of bowling as England beat South Africa by 189 runs inside the last hour of the fifth day of the second Test at Newlands on Tuesday.
Caver says 'shamed, dirtied' by Musk tweet
AFP, Published on 05/12/2019
» LOS ANGELES: A British caver who was labelled "pedo guy" by Tesla co-founder Elon Musk said Wednesday he felt "humiliated" and "dirtied" by the tech billionaire's accusation, and that it amounted to "a life sentence".
Pepe rescues Arsenal as United eke out rare away win
AFP, Published on 25/10/2019
» PARIS: Nicolas Pepe came off the bench to rescue Arsenal at home against Vitoria Guimaraes with two late free kicks in the Europa League on Thursday.
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.
'Wild Boars' deal with fame one year after Thai cave rescue
AFP, Published on 21/06/2019
» MAE SAI (THAILAND) - A football team made up mostly of poor or stateless teenagers entered a tourist cave complex in northern Thailand a year ago on a day trip, accompanied by their coach.
Princess Rima bint Bandar: First Saudi woman ambassador
AFP, Published on 25/02/2019
» RIYADH - Princess Rima bint Bandar, Saudi Arabia's first woman ambassador, is a social campaigner on the front line of government efforts to boost the kingdom's battered international reputation despite never having worked as a diplomat.