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Daughter warns China not to make Jimmy Lai a 'martyr'
AFP, Published on 16/12/2025
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - The daughter of Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who was convicted on Monday, warned China her father would be a "martyr" if he dies in prison, as she voiced alarm again for his health.
In a Pakistan valley, a small revolution among women
AFP, Published on 13/06/2025
» KARIMABAD, PAKISTAN (PAKISTAN) - In a sawdust-filled workshop nestled in the Karakoram Mountains, a team of women carpenters chisel away at cabinets -- and forge an unlikely career for themselves in Pakistan.
Medics evacuate 31 premature babies from Gaza hospital
AFP, Published on 19/11/2023
» RAFAH (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Palestinian medics evacuated 31 premature babies from Gaza City's war-torn Al-Shifa hospital Sunday in a high-risk operation, the UN said, pledging to also move patients and staff who remain there.
Indian Adani empire strikes back after fraud report
AFP, Published on 30/01/2023
» MUMBAI - Stocks in several of Gautam Adani's companies clawed back on Monday some of last week's heavy losses that wiped out almost $45 billion from the Indian tycoon's vast business empire.
OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, casts spell on Microsoft
AFP, Published on 14/01/2023
» PARIS: The hottest start-up in Silicon Valley right now is OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed developer of ChatGPT, a much-hyped chatbot that can write a poem, college essay or even a line of software code.
UK court told 'killer' baby nurse sent sympathy card to parents
AFP, Published on 12/10/2022
» LONDON - A nurse at a UK hospital tried to kill a baby girl four times before she was successful, then sent a sympathy card to her victim's parents, a court was told on Wednesday.
Why global tech turns to Indian talent
AFP, Published on 09/12/2021
» MUMBAI - Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal is the latest alumnus of India's prestigious technical universities appointed to head a multi-billion-dollar US tech firm, and Shivani Nandgaonkar wants to follow in his footsteps.
Critics warn of Apple, Google 'chokepoint' repression
AFP, Published on 18/09/2021
» WASHINGTON - The global dominance of tech giants serves as a convenient online chokepoint for authoritarian governments to crack down on dissent or rig elections, critics of Apple and Google said Friday.
Dangerous attraction: Amorous pursuit imperils Cuban croc
AFP, Published on 28/07/2021
» CIENAGA DE ZAPATA (CUBA) - Being too coveted a mating partner can have its downside for a species faced with extinction, as the Cuban crocodile has learned.
Trump abandons 'enemy' media briefings, then comes right back
AFP, Published on 28/04/2020
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump was so angry at the media, and so sore from ridicule over his suggestion that coronavirus patients be injected with disinfectant, that he abandoned his daily briefing Monday. Well, for a couple hours anyway.