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'End of an era': MTV pulling plug on global music channels
AFP, Published on 30/11/2025
» LONDON - MTV kick-started a new era of music and pop culture in 1981, when it went on air for the first time, emblematically playing "Video Killed the Radio Star" as its debut music video.
'Call of Duty' to fire starting gun at Gamescom trade show
AFP, Published on 19/08/2025
» COLOGNE,Germany - Mega-selling first-person shooter franchise "Call of Duty" will blow open the Gamescom video games trade fair Tuesday, headlining a wave of new releases as the industry weathers a rough patch.
US presses NATO to seal defence spending deal
AFP, Published on 05/06/2025
» BRUSSELS - US defence chief Pete Hegseth on Thursday pushed NATO to agree a deal on increasing military spending that could satisfy President Donald Trump at a summit this month.
‘Kyiv should be ours’: Russians cheer Putin-Trump call
AFP, Published on 20/05/2025
» MOSCOW - A day after Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump spoke by phone on Ukraine, showering each other with compliments, Russian homemaker Anastasia had one wish: for Moscow to finish what it started in 2022.
Gary Lineker to leave BBC after antisemitism row
AFP, Published on 19/05/2025
» LONDON - Former England football captain Gary Lineker will leave the BBC at the end of the season, it was announced on Monday, days after he shared a social media post that contained antisemitic imagery.
Katy Perry set to roar into space on all-female flight
AFP, Published on 14/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - Pop star Katy Perry will be the biggest name in an all-female group set to touch the edge of space Monday, roaring into the cosmos on one of billionaire Jeff Bezos' rockets.
Former F1 team owner Eddie Jordan dies aged 76
AFP, Published on 20/03/2025
» LONDON - Flamboyant former Formula One team owner Eddie Jordan has died aged 76 after battling an "aggressive form of prostate cancer", his family announced on Thursday.
Djokovic row as Sinner, Swiatek eye Australian Open last eight
AFP, Published on 20/01/2025
» MELBOURNE - Novak Djokovic was at the centre of another Australian Open row on Monday while Iga Swiatek will be desperate to avoid a major shock and Jannik Sinner is also eyeing the quarter-finals.
French woman cyberbullied after falling for fake Brad Pitt
AFP, Published on 14/01/2025
» PARIS - A French woman who revealed on TV how she had lost her life savings to scammers posing as Brad Pitt has faced a wave of online harassment and mockery, leading the interview to be withdrawn on Tuesday.
Major Japan quake kills four, triggers tsunami waves
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» TOKYO - At least four people have been confirmed dead after a major earthquake struck central Japan on Monday, triggering tsunami waves over a metre high, damaging homes and sparking a major blaze.