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Arsenal late show denies Man City, Villa still winless
AFP, Published on 22/09/2025
» LONDON - Gabriel Martinelli's 93rd minute equaliser saved Arsenal's Premier League title bid from a damaging defeat to Manchester City, while Aston Villa remain winless after a limp 1-1 draw at 10-man Sunderland.
Pro-Palestinian protests rock Spain's Vuelta cycling race
AFP, Published on 04/09/2025
» MADRID - Spain's premier cycling race, La Vuelta, has been shaken by pro-Palestinian protests which riders believe have put them at risk and threaten to derail the event.
Nine-year-old Thai tattooist makes his mark
AFP, Published on 17/03/2025
» Wielding a cumbersome tattoo gun with his small hands swamped in surgical gloves, nine-year-old Napat Mitmakorn expertly inks the pattern of a fanged serpent on a man's upper thigh.
Vivienne Westwood, punk queen turned fashion dame, dies aged 81
AFP, Published on 30/12/2022
» PARIS: Doyenne of British design Vivienne Westwood, who melded music and fashion together to create punk and brought rebellious politics to the catwalk, died on Thursday aged 81, her family said.
EU lawmakers say Hungary no longer a 'full democracy'
AFP, Published on 16/09/2022
» STRASBOURG (FRANCE) - Hungary reacted furiously Thursday to a vote in the European Parliament that declared that the country was no longer a "full democracy" and that the European Union needed to act.
Moscow trades US ex-Marine for Russian pilot in prisoner swap
AFP, Published on 28/04/2022
» MOSCOW - Russia and the United States swapped prisoners Wednesday despite fierce tensions over Ukraine, with Moscow handing over a jailed ex-Marine in exchange for a Russian pilot convicted of drug smuggling.
At least 37 dead as Indian bus plunges into canal
AFP, Published on 16/02/2021
» At least 37 passengers were killed when a bus plunged into a canal in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, police told AFP as recovery efforts continued.
737 skids into Florida river, no fatalities
AFP, Published on 04/05/2019
» MIAMI: A Boeing 737 skidded off a runway into a river after crash-landing during a lightning storm in Florida on Friday, officials said, with terrified passengers all safely evacuated to shore from the stricken jet's wings.
Perilous times for Australia wildlife amid severe drought
AFP, Published on 01/11/2018
» BOOLIGAL, Australia: From abandoned baby kangaroos to wallabies being blinded by the sun and koalas having to go walkabout to look for eucalyptus leaves, Australia's exotic wild animals are struggling to adapt to a crippling drought.
Australia ease pressure on Cheika with remarkable win
AFP, Published on 07/10/2018
» SALTA (ARGENTINA) - Australia wiped out a 24-point half-time deficit for a stunning 45-34 Rugby Championship triumph over Argentina in Salta Saturday to ease the pressure on under-fire coach Michael Cheika.