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Liverpool cruise as Bayern reach Champions League last 16
AFP, Published on 22/01/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - Liverpool eased to a 3-0 win in Marseille in the Champions League on Wednesday as Harry Kane's double earned Bayern Munich a 2-0 victory against Union Saint-Gilloise that secured a place in the last 16 for the German giants.
Thailand's last hunter-gatherers seek land rights
AFP, Published on 22/11/2025
» PA BON (THAILAND) - Deep in a Thai forest a young man sprints through the undergrowth, blowpipe in hand, before pumping a poisoned dart at a monkey.
Not all 'A's: Unconventional paths that led to Nobels
AFP, Published on 03/10/2025
» STOCKHOLM - Some Nobel laureates were straight-A students from the get-go. But others AFP spoke to recounted how they cut class, got expelled, and had doubts about their future.
Germany's Merz survives Trump test, despite Ukraine differences
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz came through his Oval Office encounter with Donald Trump relatively unscathed Thursday -- despite differences over Ukraine as the US president said it might be better to let Moscow and Kyiv fight it out like children.
The Ambush Office: Trump's Oval becomes test of nerve for world leaders
AFP, Published on 22/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - For world leaders an invitation to the Oval Office used to be a coveted prize. Under Donald Trump it's become a ticket to a brutal political ambush.
Verstappen sets lap record to grab pole in Japan
AFP, Published on 05/04/2025
» SUZUKA, Japan - Four-time world champion Max Verstappen smashed the track record to snatch pole position for Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris, as Yuki Tsunoda qualified a lowly 15th in his Red Bull debut.
Mums’ club nights a hit in Europe
AFP, Published on 25/03/2025
» PARIS - In a chic Paris nightclub not far from the Champs-Elysees, dozens of mostly middle-aged women hit the dancefloor with barely a man in sight.
World falling dangerously short of climate goals: UN
AFP, Published on 08/09/2023
» PARIS - A world facing catastrophic climate change is perilously off course in meeting goals for slashing carbon pollution and boosting finance for the developing world, according to the UN's first official progress report out Friday.
Priscilla Presley: biopic 'amazing but difficult to watch'
AFP, Published on 04/09/2023
» VENICE - Priscilla Presley, whose romance with Elvis began when she was 14, said Monday it was "difficult to watch" the new movie about their marriage.
Swiatek fights off Muchova in thriller for third French Open title
AFP, Published on 10/06/2023
» PARIS - Iga Swiatek battled past Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 to win her third French Open title on Saturday and become the first woman to successfully defend the Roland Garros title since 2007.