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US soldier allegedly bet on Maduro operation using intel
AFP, Published on 24/04/2026
» WASHINGTON - A US soldier faces charges for using classified information to bet on online prediction markets related to the US operation to capture former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, the Department of Justice said on Thursday.
India criticises 'poor taste' Trump post against immigrants
AFP, Published on 24/04/2026
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - India on Thursday criticised as inappropriate a post by US President Donald Trump that called the South Asian country a "hellhole".
Israel, Lebanon extend ceasefire as Trump hopes for historic deal
AFP, Published on 24/04/2026
» WASHINGTON — Israel and Lebanon on Thursday extended a shaky ceasefire by three weeks, United States President Donald Trump announced Thursday, as he voiced hope for a historic three-way meeting soon and a potential peace deal.
US eases access to marijuana for medical use
AFP, Published on 24/04/2026
» WASHINGTON - The US government on Thursday made it easier for Americans to use cannabis for medical reasons by reclassifying the drug and enabling more research into its safety and efficacy.
‘Dancing in their hands’: Japan’s kabuki wig masters
AFP, Published on 23/04/2026
» TOKYO - Every actor in kabuki — a traditional Japanese performing art celebrated for its striking makeup and elaborate costumes — relies on one final, essential element to fully inhabit their role: the wig.
Deportees from US stranded and ‘scared’ in DR Congo
AFP, Published on 23/04/2026
» KINSHASA - Spending the past five days cooped up in a hotel in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo is not quite what a group of Latin Americans expected when they sought asylum in the United States.
Trump’s ‘low IQ’ slur and the right’s race obsession
AFP, Published on 23/04/2026
» WASHINGTON - When US President Donald Trump this week attacked Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and top House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, two of America’s most prominent Black figures, he chose a particularly pejorative insult: “low IQ person”.
Tears and smiles at benefit concert for Swiss fire victims
AFP, Published on 23/04/2026
» LAUSANNE - A benefit concert was held Wednesday in tribute to the victims of a fire on New Year’s Day that killed 41 people in an upscale Swiss ski resort, nearly four months on from the tragedy.
Tiny, defiant Nile island caught up in Sudanese war
AFP, Published on 22/04/2026
» KHARTOUM - For nearly two years, Al-Shubbak watched through ancient grey eyes as Tuti, the crescent-shaped island in the heart of the Sudanese capital she calls home, emptied of its inhabitants under a punishing paramilitary siege.
Oil and stocks steady amid hope for peace talks
AFP, Published on 21/04/2026
» LONDON - Oil prices dipped and stocks mostly edged higher Tuesday as investors held out hope that despite conflicting rhetoric there was scope for a deal to end the Middle East war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to oil and gas shipments.