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Trump unloads on allies as Davos showdown looms
AFP, Published on 20/01/2026
» ZURICH - US President Donald Trump has made an astonishing series of attacks apparently designed to humiliate allies France, Britain and Canada as the row over Greenland threatens to engulf the Davos forum.
McDonald’s pulls AI Christmas ad in Netherlands
AFP, Published on 11/12/2025
» THE HAGUE - The restaurant chain McDonald’s has pulled an AI-generated Christmas commercial in the Netherlands after it was widely criticised online.
Ultra-processed foods a rising threat to health: researchers
AFP, Published on 19/11/2025
» PARIS - Researchers warned Wednesday that rising global consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) poses a major threat to health, calling for countries to subject some products made by huge food companies to marketing restrictions and taxes.
'Mission: Impossible' composer Lalo Schifrin dies aged 93
AFP, Published on 27/06/2025
» LOS ANGELES - Famed composer Lalo Schifrin, who created themes for a host of hit Hollywood films and television shows -- including the instantly recognisable Mission: Impossible score -- died on Thursday aged 93, US media reported.
Actors' union sues Fortnite over AI Darth Vader
AFP, Published on 20/05/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - An actors' union is suing the makers of the Fortnite video game over the use of AI to create an interactive Darth Vader, it said Monday.
Warren Buffett: billionaire investor with simple tastes
AFP, Published on 04/05/2025
» NEW YORK - Admired for his investing prowess and a taste for the simple things in life rather than luxury, billionaire Warren Buffett has won public affection even as he amassed a fortune for the ages -- riches that the "Oracle of Omaha" has pledged to give away.
Galopin des Champs bids to join Gold Cup legends
AFP, Published on 13/03/2025
» CHELTENHAM, England - Galopin des Champs bids to join the legends of jump racing Arkle, Best Mate, Cottage Rake and Golden Miller as a three-time winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday.
Belgium becomes first EU country to ban disposable e-cigarettes
AFP, Published on 30/12/2024
» BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) - Wildly popular with young people for their dizzying array of flavours, including apple, watermelon and cola, the time is up for disposable e-cigarettes in Belgium -- the first EU country to ban them.
Migrants call UK barge accommodation a ‘prison’
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» WEYMOUTH, England - In the damp December cold, a blue bus stops near Weymouth town centre in southwest England. A few men get off, relieved to be spending a few hours away from what they call their "prison" — a barge housing asylum seekers.
To greenwash or do the right thing? Corporate dilemmas at COP28
AFP, Published on 02/12/2023
» DUBAI - They call the giant climate business expo running outside the COP28 United Nations talks in Dubai the "green zone".