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Trump declassifies JFK, RFK, Martin Luther King Jr assassination files
AFP, Published on 24/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday declassifying files on the 1960s assassinations of president John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Hungry Nuggets face odds-defying Heat in NBA Finals
AFP, Published on 31/05/2023
» DENVER: A Denver Nuggets squad looking to prove its championship quality and an upstart Miami Heat lineup that made defying the odds a trademark are on an NBA Finals collision course.
Out of the shadows: women in the French Resistance
AFP, Published on 02/03/2023
» PARIS - For decades after the end of World War II, the thousands of women who took part in France's resistance against Nazi German occupation in WWII rarely got a mention in the history books.
New trove of secret Kennedy assassination files made public
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» WASHINGTON - A new trove of secret files related to the November 1963 assassination of US president John F. Kennedy was released on Thursday, but the White House held thousands of documents back, citing national security concerns.
Serena seen as icon with Ali by fellow US tennis legends
AFP, Published on 25/08/2022
» NEW YORK: Serena Williams ranks alongside such icons as Muhammad Ali among the greatest legends in sport, retired US tennis stars John McEnroe and Chris Evert said on Wednesday.
NBA legend Kobe Bryant killed in helicopter crash
AFP, Published on 27/01/2020
» LOS ANGELES - NBA legend Kobe Bryant died Sunday when a helicopter crashed and burst into flames in foggy conditions in suburban Los Angeles, leaving five people dead, US media reported on Sunday.
Leading African clubs long for CAF title
AFP, Published on 10/01/2019
» JOHANNESBURG - A number of popular African clubs who have not won a continental competition for a long time will be in CAF Confederation Cup play-offs first-leg action this weekend.
Time our enemy, admit new 2019 Africa Cup of Nations hosts Egypt
AFP, Published on 08/01/2019
» DAKAR - Egypt football boss Hany Abo Rida admitted Tuesday that his country faced a race against the clock to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations during June and July.
Lest they forget: Five families' mementos from World War I
AFP, Published on 13/10/2018
» PARIS - The 1914-18 "War to End All Wars" threw up all manner of fates for millions across a brutalised continent -- from couples torn apart to heroic acts in forgotten battles and even epic quests for long lost family members.