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Italy's spread-out Olympics face transport challenge
AFP, Published on 03/02/2026
» MILAN, Italy - One of the biggest challenges in this month's Winter Olympics may be off the slopes: moving hundreds of thousands of spectators and athletes over a swath of northern Italy.
UK defence chief says 'whole nation' must meet global threats
AFP, Published on 16/12/2025
» LONDON - The new head of Britain's armed forces warned on Monday that "more" Britons will need to be ready to fight for their country due to an increasingly dangerous world.
Seville wins Tokyo 100m for first Jamaican men's sprint title in 10 years
AFP, Published on 14/09/2025
» TOKYO — Oblique Seville won Jamaica's first men's world 100-metre title in 10 years after outpacing Kishane Thompson and defending champion Noah Lyles for gold in Tokyo on Sunday.
Four killed in landslide as heavy rain drenches northern China
AFP, Published on 28/07/2025
» MIYUN, China - Torrential rain soaking northern China triggered a deadly landslide, burst riverbanks and washed away cars on Monday, with thousands of people forced to evacuate the days-long deluge.
Supreme Pogacar wins Tour de France for fourth time
AFP, Published on 28/07/2025
» PARIS - Tadej Pogacar closed out a supreme 21-day performance to win the Tour de France in Paris on Sunday, crushing his rivals in the 3,400km slog to rack up a fourth title.
'The Beautiful Game' falls for AI's charms
AFP, Published on 03/06/2025
» PARIS - Sport has been unable to resist the surge of artificial intelligence and the biggest one of them all, football, is benefitting from data that AI can supply and the human eye cannot.
Bomb at fertility clinic in California kills one
AFP, Published on 18/05/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - An explosion outside a California fertility clinic Saturday killed one person in what the local mayor described as a bomb attack.
Powerful earthquake rocks Myanmar, Thailand
AFP, Published on 28/03/2025
» NAY PYI TAW - A powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar on Friday, buckling roads in capital Naypyidaw, damaging buildings and forcing people to flee into the streets in neighbouring Thailand.
US scales down controversial visit to Greenland
AFP, Published on 26/03/2025
» COPENHAGEN - Denmark welcomed on Wednesday Washington’s decision to limit a visit by a US delegation to a US military base, after previous plans for the unexpected trip sparked criticism.
US VP to visit Greenland as Trump ups pressure
AFP, Published on 26/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - US Vice President JD Vance said he would join his wife Usha on a trip Friday to Greenland, adding to pressure on the autonomous Danish territory that Donald Trump wants to take over.