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LA Olympics chief faces heat over Epstein files emails
AFP, Published on 05/02/2026
» LOS ANGELES - Multiple Los Angeles officials have called on 2028 Olympics chief Casey Wasserman to step down, after the latest batch of files in the Jeffrey Epstein case revealed racy emails between the sports executive and the disgraced financier’s girlfriend.
Upstart gangsters shake Japan's yakuza
AFP, Published on 19/12/2025
» TOKYO - When Takanori Kuzuoka began climbing the criminal career ladder, he didn't fancy joining Japan's old-school yakuza, with their tattoos, rigid hierarchy and codes of honour.
China launches Shenzhou-22 early for stranded space station crew
AFP, Published on 25/11/2025
» BEIJING — China conducted an urgent unmanned spacecraft launch on Tuesday, after damage to a previous mission's return capsule left the crew on its space station without a means of getting back to Earth.
Chinese spying ‘alert’ issued to UK MPs
AFP, Published on 18/11/2025
» LONDON - Britain’s domestic intelligence agency MI5 Tuesday warned that China was trying to recruit parliamentarians through spies disguised as headhunters, amid concern over Beijing’s activities in the UK.
Iraq's social media mercenaries dying for Russia
AFP, Published on 05/11/2025
» BAGHDAD — Smiling broadly and clad in military fatigues, young Iraqi Mohammed Imad's last TikTok post was in a field carved up with heavy vehicle tracks in what appeared to be Ukraine. Smoke was rising behind him.
Latinos, ex-military, retirees – ICE hopefuls answer Uncle Sam's call
AFP, Published on 19/09/2025
» PROVO (UNITED STATES) - There is a mixed crowd lining up outside the ICE recruitment fair in Utah, where hundreds of people are eager to join US President Donald Trump's vast deportation effort.
US athletes need domestic recognition ahead of LA Olympics -- Coe
AFP, Published on 01/09/2025
» ZURICH - The US track and field team might be "one for the ages", but they need to be better known in their own country ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, according to World Athletics president Sebastian Coe.
Marseille plunged into crisis with season just getting started
AFP, Published on 22/08/2025
» PARIS - A crisis is never far away at Marseille but the speed at which things have unravelled for the French giants at the start of this season is unprecedented.
US uses war rhetoric, Superman to recruit for migrant crackdown
AFP, Published on 08/08/2025
» LOS ANGELES - From Uncle Sam to Superman, the US government is deploying patriotic icons and increasingly warlike rhetoric to recruit Americans into enforcing Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.
Terrified by Trump raids, LA migrants hide at home
AFP, Published on 31/07/2025
» LOS ANGELES - For over a month, Alberto has hardly dared to leave the small room he rents in someone's backyard for fear of encountering the masked police who have been rounding up immigrants in Los Angeles.