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Justice orders release of migrants deported to Costa Rica by Trump
AFP, Published on 25/06/2025
» SAN JOSé — A court on Tuesday ordered Costa Rican authorities to release foreign migrants locked up in a shelter after being deported by the United States, according to a resolution issued on the eve of a visit by the US secretary of homeland security.
Vietnam pulls dolls over South China Sea map
AFP, Published on 19/03/2025
» HANOI - Seething international tensions over the South China Sea have struck an unlikely victim in Vietnam: popular children’s dolls pulled from shops over a facial mark supposedly resembling Beijing’s claims in the flashpoint waterway.
US peace envoy tells N.Ireland leaders: 'Don't let it slip away'
AFP, Published on 17/04/2023
» BELFAST - The US senator who brokered peace in Northern Ireland in 1998 on Monday urged today's feuding political leaders to forge a new compromise as a lesson to the world.
Michelle Yeoh makes history as first Asian to win best actress Oscar
AFP, Published on 13/03/2023
» HOLLYWOOD, California, US: Michelle Yeoh on Sunday made history by becoming the first Asian woman to win the best actress Oscar, for her exuberant portrayal of an immigrant business owner thrust into a zany multiverse in the sci-fi trip "Everything Everywhere All at Once".
Twitter cuts more staff as Musk turmoil grows
AFP, Published on 28/02/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Reports of more layoffs at Twitter landed on Monday as owner Elon Musk waded into a racism controversy that risked pushing advertisers further away from the struggling platform.
'Everything Everywhere' wins (nearly) all at SAG Awards
AFP, Published on 27/02/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Absurdist sci-fi comedy "Everything Everywhere All At Once" continued its dominance of this year's Hollywood award shows by earning top honors from the Screen Actors Guild on Sunday.
Blinken eyes US inroads in Central Asia as Ukraine rattles nerves
AFP, Published on 26/02/2023
» WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Central Asia hoping that greater US engagement will reassure former Soviet republics rattled by the Ukraine war, although Russia's historic clout limits the extent of cooperation.
Grief grips Asian Americans after California mass shootings
AFP, Published on 25/01/2023
» MONTEREY PARK (UNITED STATES) - Asian Americans were reeling Tuesday after two mass shootings in California targeting members of their community left 18 people dead -- with the alleged gunmen in both cases being older men of Asian descent.
Grief grips Asian Americans after mass shootings
AFP, Published on 24/01/2023
» LOS ANGELES: Asian Americans were reeling Tuesday after two mass shootings in California targeting members of their community left 18 people dead — with the alleged gunmen in both cases being older men of Asian descent.
Mexico's 'Black Panther' star fights racism at home
AFP, Published on 20/11/2022
» MEXICO CITY: In Hollywood, he's the rising star of the sequel to "Black Panther," the first major Black superhero movie. In his homeland Mexico, Tenoch Huerta is leading a fight against racism on the screen.