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Trump posts, then deletes, racist clip of Obamas as monkeys
AFP, Published on 07/02/2026
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - President Donald Trump shared a post with a racist video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys, sparking outrage across the US political spectrum Friday before deleting it in a rare backtrack.
Sabrina Carpenter condemns 'evil' use of her music in White House video
AFP, Published on 03/12/2025
» NEW YORK - US pop singer Sabrina Carpenter on Tuesday disavowed the use of one of her songs in a video shared by the White House on social media, describing the clip depicting immigration enforcement raids as "evil and disgusting."
Alaska Airlines grounds entire fleet over IT outage
AFP, Published on 24/10/2025
» SAN FRANCISCO — Alaska Airlines said Thursday it had temporarily suspended all flights due to a tech outage, three months after a similar incident.
TV host Kimmel says 'anti-American' for govt to threaten comedians
AFP, Published on 24/09/2025
» HOLLYWOOD (UNITED STATES) - TV host Jimmy Kimmel defended free speech when he returned to US screens on Tuesday, calling government pressure on his late-night talk show "anti-American" as critics decried his suspension as an attack on constitutional rights.
Townsend reveals Ostapenko 'no class' jibe after US Open exit
AFP, Published on 28/08/2025
» NEW YORK - Jelena Ostapenko was involved in a furious on-court confrontation with Taylor Townsend after being dumped out of the US Open by the unseeded American on Wednesday.
xAI apologizes for Grok's offensive posts
AFP, Published on 13/07/2025
» NEW YORK - Elon Musk's startup xAI apologized Saturday for offensive posts published by its artificial intelligence assistant Grok this week, blaming them on a software update meant to make it function more like a human.
Trump ramps up conflict against defiant Harvard
AFP, Published on 16/04/2025
» CAMBRIDGE (UNITED STATES) - President Donald Trump escalated his war against elite US universities Tuesday with a threat to strip Harvard's tax-exempt status if the country's most famous educational establishment refuses to submit to wide-ranging government oversight.
European allies rally behind Ukraine after White House row
AFP, Published on 01/03/2025
» LONDON - Ukraine’s European allies, preparing to gather in London on Sunday, have rallied behind President Volodymyr Zelensky after Donald Trump threw him out of the White House and accused him of not being “ready” for peace with Russia.
US rap star Kanye West apologizes for anti-Semitism
AFP, Published on 27/12/2023
» NEW YORK - US rapper Kanye West apologized to the Jewish community Tuesday, after a series of anti-Semitic comments that sparked outrage and led to the star being dropped from lucrative commercial deals and banned from social media.
Canada PM offers 'unreserved' apology for invite to ex-Nazi
AFP, Published on 28/09/2023
» OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday offered an "unreserved" apology in parliament after the legislature publicly -- if unwittingly -- celebrated a Ukrainian World War II veteran who'd fought alongside the Nazis.