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Trump ambushes South African president with 'genocide' accusation
AFP, Published on 22/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump ambushed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday by playing him a video that he claimed proved genocide is being committed against white people, driving farmers to flee to the United States.
We will not be bullied, says S.Africa president after US barbs
AFP, Published on 07/02/2025
» CAPE TOWN - South Africa will not be bullied, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a national address Thursday, after criticism this week of his government from senior US officials including President Donald Trump.
Hitler birth house redesign to start in October: ministry
AFP, Published on 22/08/2023
» VIENNA - The redesign of Adolf Hitler's birth house will go ahead as planned, starting on October 2, Austria's interior ministry said Monday, after a documentary aired new claims about the late Nazi dictator's wishes for it.
Zelensky calls on French companies to quit Russia
AFP, Published on 24/03/2022
» PARIS - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky used an address to France's parliament on Wednesday to call on French companies still working in Russia to "stop sponsoring" the Kremlin's aggression against his country.
Lapland reindeer herders battle wind turbine farms
AFP, Published on 13/01/2022
» ÅFJORD, Norway: On a gusty mountain crest, the Jama brothers weave between wind turbines that stretch as far as the eye can see, on what used to be their animals' winter pasture. Climate emergency or not -- for these reindeer herders, the turbines have to go.
S.Africa MPs reject controversial land expropriation bill
AFP, Published on 08/12/2021
» JOHANNESBURG - A bid to allow South Africa's government expropriate land without compensation as a way to redress past injustices flopped on Tuesday after lawmakers rejected a bill to change the constitution.
Dozens injured in new Jerusalem clashes
AFP, Published on 09/05/2021
» JERUSALEM - Dozens more people were injured Saturday as Israeli police fired water cannon and rubber bullets to disperse Palestinian protesters in annexed east Jerusalem, a day after fierce clashes at the city's Al-Aqsa mosque.
Venezuelan newspaper boss decries $13m damages ruling
AFP, Published on 20/04/2021
» CARACAS: The president of a Venezuelan newspaper hit with a $13 million damages judgment, on Monday accused the state of "expropriation."
TikTok grab could extend -- or undermine -- US online dominance
AFP, Published on 06/08/2020
» WASHINGTON - A tie-up of TikTok with Microsoft could extend American dominance of the online and social media world. But it may have some unintended, negative consequences too for US firms and the open internet.
Dutch court upholds shareholder appeal in $50 bn Yukos case
AFP, Published on 18/02/2020
» THE HAGUE - A Dutch court Tuesday upheld an appeal by shareholders of the dismantled oil giant Yukos in a landmark ruling, boosting their fight in a $50 billion case for compensation.