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Russia to hold espionage hearing against French researcher
AFP, Published on 25/08/2025
» MOSCOW - A Russian court is expected to outline fresh espionage charges Monday against a French researcher, already serving a three-year sentence, the latest in a string of Westerners to face decades in prison amid the Ukraine offensive.
After stadium delays, African Nations Championship kicks off
AFP, Published on 01/08/2025
» NAIROBI - After severe delays in stadium renovations, east Africa is finally ready to co-host the much-awaited African Nations Championship (CHAN), kicking off on Saturday.
Gaza rescuers say 15 killed in Israeli New Year strike
AFP, Published on 01/01/2025
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Gaza's civil defence agency said Wednesday that an Israeli air strike in the territory's north killed at least 15 people, marking what the rescuers called the New Year's first deadly attack.
Residents get brief return to volcano-risk Icelandic town
AFP, Published on 14/11/2023
» GRINDAVIK (ICELAND) - From Christmas gifts to sheep, residents forced from an Icelandic town damaged by hundreds of earthquakes in recent days were able to briefly return on Monday to retrieve their belongings, authorities said.
Hollywood celebrates strike end as actors get back to work
AFP, Published on 10/11/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Hollywood celebrated Thursday after actors agreed to end a crippling months-long strike, kicking off a race to get the cameras rolling and salvage next year's movies and television shows.
US Supreme Court to weigh whether abusers have right to own guns
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - The conservative US Supreme Court has an opportunity on Tuesday to clarify its latest case law on the right to bear arms, which has caused confusion in American courts -- though it remains to be seen whether it will seize it.
Nobel prize goes to mRNA Covid vaccine researchers
AFP, Published on 02/10/2023
» STOCKHOLM: Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for work on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that paved the way for groundbreaking Covid-19 vaccines.
Kohli, Rahul star as India crush Pakistan in rain-hit Asia Cup ODI
AFP, Published on 12/09/2023
» COLOMBO - Virat Kohli and returning KL Rahul hit unbeaten centuries to lead India's 228-run thrashing of Pakistan in a rain-hit Super Four clash of the Asia Cup on Monday's reserve day.
Alarm over Sudan 'war crimes'
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» GEDAREF, Sudan: Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called on the International Criminal Court to investigate possible "war crimes" in Sudan's Darfur region where fighting has intensified despite calls for an end to the conflict.
Israelis, Palestinians bury teens slain in violence
AFP, Published on 21/06/2023
» SHILO, Palestinian Territories: Israelis and Palestinians held funerals Wednesday for teenagers killed in a shooting targeting Israelis and an army raid on a Palestinian city, as violence rages in the occupied West Bank.