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Kubica wins 'mental battle' to triumph at Le Mans
AFP, Published on 16/06/2025
» LE MANS (FRANCE) - Former Formula One driver Robert Kubica has long since tackled the demons of a near-fatal accident 14 years ago but Sunday's victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans is arguably his greatest achievement yet.
Air France, Airbus trial to open over 2009 Rio-Paris crash
AFP, Published on 10/10/2022
» PARIS - Air France and Airbus will go on trial Monday on charges of involuntary manslaughter over the fatal 2009 crash of a jet heading to Paris from Brazil, killing all 228 people aboard.
Honduras ex-president extradited to US for drug trafficking trial
AFP, Published on 22/04/2022
» NEW YORK - Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez was extradited to the United States Thursday to stand trial for allegedly aiding the smuggling of hundreds of tons of cocaine to America and receiving millions of dollars in bribes.
In Sweden, a patriarchal 'remnant' jars with image of equality
AFP, Published on 06/08/2021
» VäSTERåS (SWEDEN) - A member of the Swedish nobility, Carl Johan Cronstedt, 75, is the tenth generation to have inherited the family estate and home.
'Mao's last dancer' glides through pandemic
AFP, Published on 03/11/2020
» BRISBANE (AUSTRALIA) - Since Li Cunxin was plucked from rural China to join Madame Mao's elite ballet school, through his exile in the US and now the pandemic, his life has been a reluctant pas de deux with politics.
Bollywood dreams factory fosters hope in Mumbai slum
AFP, Published on 17/09/2019
» MUMBAI: In a windowless attic in Dharavi district, one of Asia's biggest slums, some are looking to become a Bollywood star -- or at least get a bit part.
Guns N' Roses suing over rose-style beer
AFP, Published on 11/05/2019
» LOS ANGELES: The band Guns N' Roses is suing a Colorado brewery for naming one of its beers "Guns 'N' Rose," saying the alleged trademark infringement has caused the hard rockers "irreparable damage."
Rams' male cheerleaders make Super Bowl history
AFP, Published on 04/02/2019
» ATLANTA: As Tom Brady and the New England Patriots rewrote the record book with a 13-3 Super Bowl triumph over the Los Angeles Rams Sunday, Rams cheerleaders Quinton Peron and Napoleon Jinnies made some NFL history of their own.