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Iran women's football captain withdraws Australia asylum bid: state media
AFP, Published on 15/03/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - The captain of the Iranian women's football team which played in the Asian Cup in Australia has withdrawn her bid for asylum, state media said Sunday, making her the fifth member of the delegation to change her mind.
US ouster of Maduro nightmare scenario for Kim: N. Korean ex-diplomat
AFP, Published on 28/01/2026
» SEOUL - The dramatic US operation that overthrew Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro this month may have left North Korean leader Kim Jong Un feeling he was also vulnerable to "decapitation", a former Pyongyang envoy to Havana told AFP.
‘They poisoned us’: the deadly legacy of nuclear testing
AFP, Published on 22/01/2026
» GENEVA - Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing at least four million premature deaths from cancer and other diseases over time, according to a new report delving into the deadly legacy.
Travel worries ease as Airbus delivers quick software fix
AFP, Published on 29/11/2025
» PARIS - Fears of days of travel chaos across the world eased on Saturday after the plane manufacturer Airbus intervened rapidly to deliver a software upgrade it had said was immediately needed on 6,000 of its stalwart A320 passenger jets.
North Korean soldier held by Seoul after crossing land border
AFP, Published on 20/10/2025
» SEOUL - A North Korean soldier was taken into custody by the South after he voluntarily crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas on Sunday, Seoul's military said.
80 years on, Korean survivors of WWII atomic bombs still suffer
AFP, Published on 04/08/2025
» HAPCHEON (SOUTH KOREA) - Bae Kyung-mi was five years old when the Americans dropped "Little Boy", the atomic bomb that flattened Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
NBA's 'King' James on top of his game at 40
AFP, Published on 30/12/2024
» LOS ANGELES - NBA superstar LeBron James celebrates his 40th birthday on Monday, the milestone carrying him to yet another first in a league in which he has starred for more than two decades -- with the clock still running.
Shaggy dog yarn: Study unravels history and demise of long-haired canine
AFP, Published on 15/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - A little-known dog lineage with fur so thick it was spun into blankets was selectively bred for millennia by Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest until its rapid demise following European colonization, a study in Science showed Thursday.
Biden says case of woman forced to leave Texas for abortion 'outrageous'
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden said it was "outrageous" that a woman was forced to leave Texas to seek an emergency abortion, after the state's courts said she could not terminate her risky pregnancy.
Texas woman forced to leave state for emergency abortion
AFP, Published on 12/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - A Texas woman has been forced to leave the state for an emergency abortion after being prevented from terminating her potentially life-threatening pregnancy, a court filing by her lawyers said on Monday.