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Yamal stardust could give Barca edge on Inter Milan
AFP, Published on 29/04/2025
» BARCELONA - Barcelona last reached the Champions League final a decade ago, with Lionel Messi as their torch-bearer.
Iran tensions mount as students protest ahead of Mahsa Amini ceremony
AFP, Published on 25/10/2022
» PARIS - Iranian students protested Tuesday at multiple universities, defying a bloody crackdown as tensions mount on the eve of planned ceremonies marking 40 days since Mahsa Amini's death.
Theatre, cinema, concerts thrive in Madrid despite virus
AFP, Published on 23/01/2021
» MADRID - With entertainment venues shuttered across much of Europe, Spain stands out as a cultural oasis where people still go to the theatre and cinema or watch concerts despite soaring infection rates.
Winter Olympics prompts skiing construction boom in China
AFP, Published on 17/12/2020
» CHENGDU (CHINA) - Weaving down a steep slope, snowboarder Zhang Xu skid gracefully to a halt in a shower of white powder -- one of a new generation of Chinese people learning winter sports in brand new indoor facilities.
Berlin's much delayed new airport welcomes first flights
AFP, Published on 01/11/2020
» BERLIN: Berlin's new international airport officially opened on Saturday nine years late, massively over-budget and in the middle of a virus-induced air transport crisis.
Empty Las Vegas Strip counts losses as locals venture out
AFP, Published on 09/05/2020
» LAS VEGAS - The marble statues at Caesars Palace are fenced off, the Venetian hotel's gondolas sit empty, and the New York-New York casino rollercoaster has ground to a halt.
German start-up in global demand with anti-virus escalators
AFP, Published on 26/04/2020
» COLOGNE: Tanja Nickel and Katharina Obladen were still in high school when they patented an idea to disinfect escalator handrails using UV light.
United Technologies to split into three companies
AFP, Published on 27/11/2018
» NEW YORK - United Technologies is to break into three independent entities, following in the footsteps of companies like General Electric or Honeywell and splitting one of the last industrial conglomerates in the United States.
March 20, 1995: The sarin attack that turned Tokyo into a 'warzone'
AFP, Published on 06/07/2018
» TOKYO - On a sunny Tokyo morning in March 1995, passengers crammed onto the world's busiest subway for their normal uncomfortable rush-hour commute, unaware that a few minutes later their home city would resemble a warzone.