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Sedition clampdown hits 'ordinary' Hong Kongers
AFP, Published on 26/07/2023
» HONG KONG - Single mother Law Oi-wah pled guilty to sedition in an almost inaudible voice, as her 12-year-old son watched from a few feet away in a Hong Kong court.
Contenders face off for world chess title without top-ranked Carlsen
AFP, Published on 08/04/2023
» ASTANA (KAZAKHSTAN) - Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi and China's Ding Liren begin battling it out Sunday to become chess world champion after top-ranked Magnus Carlsen, considered one of the best players of all time, opted not to defend his title.
Canada to pay Indigenous abuse survivors more than $2bn
AFP, Published on 23/01/2023
» OTTAWA - Canada will pay hundreds of Indigenous communities more than $2 billion in compensation for nearly a century of abuse suffered by children in residential schools, its government has announced.
In New York, America's oldest cricket club turns 150
AFP, Published on 15/07/2022
» STATEN ISLAND (UNITED STATES) - Baseball is America's national pastime, but in New York, a cricket club is celebrating 150 years not out thanks to the city's large immigrant communities.
The 1997 chess game that thrust AI into the spotlight
AFP, Published on 11/05/2022
» PARIS - With his hand pushed firmly into his cheek and his eyes fixed on the table, Garry Kasparov shot a final dark glance at the chessboard before storming out of the room: the king of chess had just been beaten by a computer.
'Wait and see': Barty coy on future after shock retirement
AFP, Published on 24/03/2022
» BRISBANE (AUSTRALIA) - Ashleigh Barty was coy about her future on Thursday, telling media "you'll have to wait and see" as speculation mounts about what comes next after her shock retirement from tennis.
Barty announces shock retirement from tennis aged 25
AFP, Published on 23/03/2022
» SYDNEY: World number one Ashleigh Barty stunned tennis on Wednesday by announcing her retirement from the sport aged just 25, saying she had fulfilled her dreams and was "spent physically".
World tennis No 1 Ashleigh Barty announces shock retirement
AFP, Published on 23/03/2022
» SYDNEY - World number one Ashleigh Barty stunned the tennis world Wednesday by announcing her early retirement from the sport at the age of just 25.
Barty 'humbled' after joining tennis royalty
AFP, Published on 30/01/2022
» MELBOURNE: Ashleigh Barty says she feels "humbled" to have joined tennis royalty's most exclusive club with a Grand Slam crown on three different surfaces, but vowed: "There's still work to be done."
US military officials bitter as they watch chaos in Kabul
AFP, Published on 17/08/2021
» WASHINGTON: The mood was sombre Monday in the corridors of the Pentagon, where US military personnel watched helplessly as chaos erupted at Kabul airport and privately criticized the slow pace of Joe Biden's administration in evacuating US-allied Afghans who fear Taliban retribution.