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Extravagant opera costumes up for auction
AFP, Published on 12/02/2026
» GENEVA - Sandra Delpierre’s fingers linger on a long blue and white fur coat and graze a pair of angel wings as she winds past thousands of colourful costumes used in opera performances.
Tesla profits tumble on lower EV sales, AI spending surge
AFP, Published on 29/01/2026
» NEW YORK - Tesla reported a 61-percent drop in fourth-quarter profits on Wednesday due to lower auto sales and increased expenses as CEO Elon Musk ramps up technology investments.
Twenty-six charged in latest basketball gambling scandal
AFP, Published on 16/01/2026
» LOS ANGELES - Twenty-six people have been charged with fixing US college and Chinese professional basketball games in an alleged transnational criminal conspiracy, federal prosecutors said on Thursday.
US university killer's mystery motive sought after suicide
AFP, Published on 20/12/2025
» NEW YORK - Claudio Neves Valente came to the United States as an ambitious physics student at Brown University, but ended his life while hiding from police after killing two students at the Ivy League institution as well as an MIT professor.
Israel says Hamas 'will be disarmed' after group proposes weapons freeze
AFP, Published on 11/12/2025
» JERUSALEM — Israel said on Thursday Hamas "will be disarmed" as part of the US-sponsored peace plan for Gaza, after a top leader from the Palestinian Islamist movement suggested a weapons freeze.
EU agrees to ban Russian gas by autumn 2027
AFP, Published on 03/12/2025
» BRUSSELS - European Union lawmakers and member states reached a deal Wednesday to ban all imports of Russian gas by autumn 2027, as the bloc seeks to choke off key funds feeding Moscow’s war chest.
Mother sentenced to life in prison for New Zealand's 'suitcase murders'
AFP, Published on 26/11/2025
» AUCKLAND - A mother who murdered her two children and stuffed them into suitcases stashed inside a storage locker was on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment in New Zealand.
Israel launches fresh strikes on Gaza, Qatar warns of escalation
AFP, Published on 20/11/2025
» GAZA CITY — Gaza health authorities said fresh Israeli air strikes killed four people Thursday as Qatar, a mediator of the weeks-long ceasefire, warned that renewed attacks threatened to undermine the fragile truce between Israel and Hamas.
Memory chip crunch could drive up smartphone prices
AFP, Published on 20/11/2025
» TOKYO - Shoppers could face higher prices for phones, laptops and other devices next year, manufacturers and analysts warn, as AI data centres gobble up memory chips used in consumer electronics.
Ukraine signs deal with Greece for winter deliveries of US gas
AFP, Published on 16/11/2025
» ATHENS - Ukraine signed a deal with Greece on Sunday for winter deliveries of American liquefied natural gas to Kyiv, as Ukrainian energy infrastructure is battered by Russian strikes.