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Acropolis row: UK and Greece quarrel over cancelled PM meeting
AFP, Published on 29/11/2023
» LONDON - Britain and Greece on Tuesday disputed claims about why a prime ministerial meeting was cancelled, in a diplomatic row against a backdrop of ownership claims to ancient sculptures on display at the British Museum.
Five Argentine rugby players sentenced to life for shocking murder
AFP, Published on 07/02/2023
» DOLORES (ARGENTINA) - A court in Argentina on Monday sentenced five amateur rugby players from the same team to life imprisonment for beating a teenager to death in a crime with alleged racist undertones.
Moving the goalposts: NFL scare reveals conspiracist playbook
AFP, Published on 03/02/2023
» WASHINGTON - Conspiracy theorists who blamed NFL player Damar Hamlin's cardiac arrest on Covid-19 vaccines have doubled down on their claims despite his speedy recovery, insisting he secretly died in an elaborate cover-up involving deepfake videos and other deceptive means.
Desperate and fearful, Eritrean refugees flee war-hit Tigray
AFP, Published on 27/07/2021
» DABAT (ETHIOPIA) - Simon Fikadu awoke before dawn to join the convoy leaving the Mai Aini camp for Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray region, where he and his family have lived for seven years.
Oil quotas dispute shows Gulf powers on diverging paths
AFP, Published on 08/07/2021
» DUBAI: A startling public row between Saudi Arabia and brash neighbour the UAE has exposed the steadily diverging paths of once inseparable allies who are competing to profit from what may be the world's last oil boom.
EU AstraZeneca row simmers, Germany lockdown: virus update
AFP, Published on 23/03/2021
» BERLIN: Germany said Tuesday it will impose a strict lockdown for five days over Easter as Covid-19 infections spiral "exponentially", while a row over exports of the AstraZeneca vaccine festers in Europe.
New Mali junta opens transition talks
AFP, Published on 05/09/2020
» BAMAKO: Mali's military junta will hold meetings on Saturday to discuss its promised transition to civilian rule after mounting pressure from neighbours to yield power in the weeks since it overthrew the nation's leader.
India bowler Shami considered suicide before comeback
AFP, Published on 04/05/2020
» NEW DELHI - India fast bowler Mohammed Shami has revealed how he thought of committing suicide while struggling with personal problems before making a spectacular comeback to the national side.
Blockbuster Rome show marks 500 years since Raphael's death
AFP, Published on 05/03/2020
» ROME: Italy is marking 500 years since the death of Renaissance master Raphael with a blockbuster exhibition whose preparations were marred by a row over a treasured portrait some feared was too fragile to move.
Despair, jihadism and revolt: Mali's torn heart
AFP, Published on 05/11/2019
» MOPTI (MALI) - Untroubled by time, the mighty Niger River glides through the Sahel city as women wash their clothes in its brackish waters and cows slumber nearby in the heat.