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South Korea averts team boycott of Women’s Asian Cup
AFP, Published on 10/02/2026
» SEOUL - A dispute that saw South Korea’s players threaten to boycott next month’s Women’s Asian Cup over “discriminatory conditions” has been resolved, football officials in the country said on Tuesday.
Bad Bunny celebrates Puerto Rico in joyous Super Bowl halftime show
AFP, Published on 09/02/2026
» SANTA CLARA, United States - Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny on Sunday turned the Super Bowl into a giant street party, delivering his hits on one of the world's biggest stages -- and becoming the first-ever halftime show headliner to sing only in Spanish.
'Hobbit houses' that might just save a Moldovan village
AFP, Published on 16/01/2026
» ROGOJENI — They call Rogojeni the "hobbit village", and its little half-buried houses, built to resist Moldova's cold winters and hot summers, do look like something from "The Lord of the Rings".
Venezuelans in Florida rejoice over Maduro's fall, fret over future
AFP, Published on 04/01/2026
» DORAL (UNITED STATES) - Venezuelans who loathed President Nicolas Maduro and for years dreamed of his ouster hugged, sang and cried with joy Saturday over his seizure in a stunning nighttime US military raid.
Australian PM says 'Islamic State ideology' drove Bondi Beach gunmen
AFP, Published on 16/12/2025
» SYDNEY — A father and son were driven by "Islamic State ideology" when they fired on crowds at Bondi Beach in one of Australia's deadliest mass shootings, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday.
Venezuelan opposition leader emerges from hiding after winning Nobel
AFP, Published on 11/12/2025
» OSLO - Nobel laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado emerged from hiding to make her first public appearance in almost a year, waving to supporters from the balcony of her Oslo hotel early Thursday.
Reggae icon and 'cultural giant' Jimmy Cliff dead at 81
AFP, Published on 24/11/2025
» WASHINGTON - Jimmy Cliff, the iconic reggae star who helped transform the island's rhythmic music into a global cultural phenomenon, has died, his wife said Monday. He was 81.
Barca thrash Athletic to inaugurate rebuilt Camp Nou in style
AFP, Published on 23/11/2025
» BARCELONA - Barcelona made a triumphant return to their rebuilt Camp Nou stadium on Saturday following two-and-a-half years in exile with a 4-0 win over Athletic Bilbao to go joint top of La Liga.
France's Sarkozy says prison a 'nightmare' as prosecutors seek his release
AFP, Published on 10/11/2025
» PARIS - Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday called his imprisonment a "nightmare" as prosecutors requested the former French president be released from jail pending an appeals trial over Libyan funding.
Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, White Stripes among Rock Hall of Fame inductees
AFP, Published on 10/11/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, the White Stripes and Soundgarden were among this year's inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday, adding their names to the pantheon of music's most esteemed and beloved acts.