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Townsend reveals Ostapenko 'no class' jibe after US Open exit
AFP, Published on 28/08/2025
» NEW YORK - Jelena Ostapenko was involved in a furious on-court confrontation with Taylor Townsend after being dumped out of the US Open by the unseeded American on Wednesday.
Netflix reopens Hollywood movie palace
AFP, Published on 08/11/2023
» LOS ANGELES - The Egyptian Theatre, which hosted Hollywood's first-ever red carpet premiere in its faux hieroglyph-adorned courtyard more than a century ago, reopens this week under the new ownership of Netflix.
'Swifties' flock to movie theaters for record-breaking 'Eras' film
AFP, Published on 13/10/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Taylor Swift fans sporting friendship bracelets and glittery cowboy boots packed into early screenings of the pop megastar's concert film at movie theaters across the United States on Thursday.
'Callous' headmistress jailed for abuse at Australian Jewish school
AFP, Published on 24/08/2023
» MELBOURNE - An ex-headmistress who sexually abused two sisters at an Australian Jewish school, before fleeing to Israel then being extradited back, was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in jail.
Karate hoping to land killer Tokyo blow before Olympic knockout
AFP, Published on 03/08/2021
» TOKYO: From Cobra Kai to Chuck Norris, karate is known around the world -- but practitioners of the Japanese martial art are hoping the Tokyo Olympics can bring an even wider audience.
Judo, Japan's 'gentle' martial art practised by millions
AFP, Published on 22/07/2021
» TOKYO - It's practised by tens of millions around the world but there's no doubt that judo's spiritual home is Japan, where the martial art was created and made its Olympic debut.
The handshake after Covid -- good riddance, or welcome back?
AFP, Published on 18/06/2021
» NEW YORK - Banished at the start of the pandemic, the handshake is making something of a comeback, thanks to vaccinations and the lifting of social restrictions -- but "pressing the flesh" faces an uncertain future.
China cargo craft docks with space station module
AFP, Published on 30/05/2021
» BEIJING - A Chinese cargo spacecraft carrying equipment and supplies successfully docked with the core module of the country's future space station on Sunday, state media said.
China's Mars rover starts roaming the Red Planet
AFP, Published on 23/05/2021
» SHANGHAI: China's Mars rover drove from its landing platform and began exploring the surface on Saturday, state-run Xinhua news agency said, making the country only the second nation to land and operate a rover on the Red Planet.
China's Zhurong rover makes history with Mars landing
AFP, Published on 15/05/2021
» BEIJING: China's Zhurong rover touched down on Mars early Saturday, state media reported, a triumph for Beijing's increasingly bold space ambitions and a history-making feat for a nation on its first-ever Martian mission.