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Elton John decries ‘abhorrent’ privacy breaches by UK tabloids
AFP, Published on 06/02/2026
» LONDON - Pop icon Elton John on Friday accused the publisher of two UK tabloids of “abhorrent” privacy invasions “outside even the most basic standards of human decency” as he testified at London’s High Court.
Djokovic advances at US Open as Sabalenka, Alcaraz step up title bids
AFP, Published on 28/08/2025
» NEW YORK - Novak Djokovic overcame an early scare to reach the third round of the US Open on Wednesday as defending women's champion Aryna Sabalenka prepared to step up her title bid.
Grand Vietnam parade 50 years after the fall of Saigon
AFP, Published on 30/04/2025
» HO CHI MINH CITY — Vietnam mounted its biggest-ever celebration of the fall of Saigon on its 50th anniversary Wednesday, including Chinese troops for the first time after Xi Jinping visited to portray Beijing as a more reliable partner than Washington.
Grand Vietnam parade 50 years after the fall of Saigon
AFP, Published on 30/04/2025
» HO CHI MINH CITY - Vietnam is set to hold its biggest celebration of the fall of Saigon on its 50th anniversary Wednesday, including Chinese troops for the first time after Xi Jinping visited to portray Beijing as a more reliable partner than Washington.
Freeman's World Series walk-off home run ball sold for $1.56m
AFP, Published on 16/12/2024
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Los Angeles Dodgers star Freddie Freeman's World Series walk-off grand slam baseball sold for $1.56 million at auction, making it the third most expensive baseball ever sold, organisers said on Sunday.
Four far-right Proud Boys convicted of sedition over Capitol attack
AFP, Published on 04/05/2023
» WASHINGTON - Four members of the far-right Proud Boys were convicted of seditious conspiracy on Thursday for their roles in the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by supporters of former president Donald Trump.
Black US teen shot after going to wrong door invited to W.House, suspect surrenders
AFP, Published on 19/04/2023
» WASHINGTON - A Black US teenager who was shot twice after ringing the wrong doorbell has an invitation to the White House once he's recovered, President Joe Biden promised Tuesday, as the suspected shooter, an elderly white man, surrendered to authorities.
Hit by China shutdown, Tesla boosts auto prices and sells bitcoin
AFP, Published on 21/07/2022
» NEW YORK - Tesla reported solid quarterly earnings Wednesday despite a hit from Covid-19 lockdowns in Shanghai that Chief Executive Elon Musk said prompted the company to liquidate most of its bitcoin holdings.
Figure skating reaches for new love stories at Beijing Olympics
AFP, Published on 14/02/2022
» BEIJING - Longing glances, graceful lifts, bodies that effortlessly interlock with or shadow each other -- for many, the chemistry between figure skating partners and their implied love stories is what makes them so compelling to watch.
'Gladiator' Kagiyama, world champion Shcherbakova skate to victory
AFP, Published on 07/11/2021
» TURIN: Japan's Yuma Kagiyama, skating to "Gladiator" surged from seventh place overnight to win the Turin Grand Prix on Saturday.