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US pushes to revoke scientific ruling that underpins climate regulations
AFP, Published on 30/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday moved to reverse a foundational scientific determination that underpins the US government's authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles and, more broadly, to combat climate change.
Elon Musk's rocket-fuelled ride with Trump flames out
AFP, Published on 30/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - Billionaire Elon Musk once compared his work for US President Donald Trump to a 2,500-year-old religion. In the end, it lasted just four turbulent months.
UK museum to surrender Courbet painting stolen by Nazis
AFP, Published on 30/03/2023
» LONDON - A British university museum has agreed to return a 19th-century painting by French artist Gustave Courbet, which was seized by the Nazis, to the descendants of its original Jewish owner.
Captagon connection: How Syria became a narco state
AFP, Published on 03/11/2022
» BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon: A decade of appalling civil war has left Syria fragmented and in ruins but one thing crosses every front line: a drug called captagon.
War in Ukraine: Latest developments
AFP, Published on 13/05/2022
» Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine:
Tennis great Boris Becker could face jail after bankruptcy guilty verdict
AFP, Published on 08/04/2022
» LONDON: Former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker could be jailed for up to seven years after being found guilty of charges relating to his 2017 bankruptcy by a London court on Friday.
HRW: Boycott Beijing Games
AFP, Published on 13/01/2022
» Beijing is using its upcoming Winter Olympics to "sports wash" and gloss over its "horrible" human rights record, the head of Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned, urging countries to join a diplomatic boycott.
Revved up US demand for used cars sends prices soaring
AFP, Published on 13/01/2022
» ARLINGTON: The used car market in the United States is seeing an unprecedented phenomenon: owners selling vehicles for as much or more than they paid for them.
Canada sends military to flood-ravaged Pacific coast
AFP, Published on 18/11/2021
» OTTAWA - Canada is sending the military to help evacuate and support communities hit by "extreme flooding" after record rainfall on the Pacific coast, the government said Wednesday.
Self-defence claimed as trial opens in killings at anti-racism protest
AFP, Published on 03/11/2021
» WASHINGTON - Attorneys for Kyle Rittenhouse, the American teen who shot three people during anti-police protests last year, claimed he had been attacked "like an animal" and acted in self-defense as arguments opened Tuesday in the politically charged murder trial.