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'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.
Five years ago, WHO's pandemic call shook world into action
AFP, Published on 10/03/2025
» GENEVA - Five years ago on Tuesday, the World Health Organization announced Covid-19 had become a pandemic -- a moment when the world finally woke up to the unfolding disaster.
'We were duped' by studios, says Hollywood actor union president
AFP, Published on 14/07/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Hollywood actors were "duped" into extending negotiations for two weeks by studios who wanted more time to promote their summer blockbuster movies, union president Fran Drescher told AFP on Thursday.
At least 28 dead, 300 hurt in India rail crash: officials
AFP, Published on 03/06/2023
» NEW DELHI - At least 28 people have died, more than 300 were injured and many are feared trapped in a multiple train collision in eastern India's Odisha state, a medical officer said Friday.
Rwandan army conducted military ops in DR Congo: UN experts
AFP, Published on 22/12/2022
» KINSHASA - Rwanda's army "engaged in military operations" against DR Congo's military in the country's troubled east, according to a report by a group of independent United Nations experts seen by AFP on Thursday.
Quake-hit Afghan village struggles back to life as aid trickles in
AFP, Published on 25/06/2022
» WUCHKAI (AFGHANISTAN) - A ruined village in eastern Afghanistan, just 10 kilometres (six miles) from the epicentre of this week's deadly earthquake, is struggling back to life as aid trickles into the isolated region.
Australia, Myanmar junta meeting 'unacceptable': HRW
AFP, Published on 07/04/2022
» Human Rights Watch on Thursday slammed a meeting between Australia's ambassador to Myanmar and the military junta chief, saying it was "lending credibility" to a regime accused of war crimes.
US special forces in east DR Congo to fight militia: sources
AFP, Published on 19/08/2021
» GOMA (DR CONGO) - US special operations forces have arrived in the east of the DR Congo to help in the fight against a feared jihadist militia enjoying "sanctuary" in the region's nature parks, US and Congolese sources said Wednesday.
Pandemic Olympics: how the Tokyo Games will be different
AFP, Published on 20/07/2021
» TOKYO: Tokyo 2020 will be an Olympics like no other: held during a pandemic with crowds of tourists banned, extravagant celebrations replaced by tough infection controls, and even victory hugs off the cards.
'Misogynistic Perverts' - Aussie star pulls out of Olympic swim trials
AFP, Published on 11/06/2021
» SYDNEY: Blaming "misogynistic perverts in sport and their boot lickers", dual Olympic silver medallist Maddie Groves has pulled out of Australia's swimming trials for the Tokyo Games.