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French deputy asks for return of Statue of Liberty
AFP, Published on 17/03/2025
» PARIS - France should take back the Statue of Liberty because the US no longer represents the values that led France to offer the statue, a French Euro-deputy said Sunday.
‘I’m home’: Ukrainians walk back from Russia
AFP, Published on 15/11/2023
» KRASNOPILLIA, Ukraine - To reach Ukrainian soil from Russia, teacher Olena Yevdokiyenko had to lug suitcases and push her mother's wheelchair for two kilometres in the dark.
Biden requests $75bn for Ukraine and Israel
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden has urgently requested $75 billion in military aid for Ukraine and Israel in a $106-billion national security package, but Republican paralysis in Congress means it will hit an immediate wall.
Sinner, saviour or both? Trump woos evangelicals, women
AFP, Published on 16/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - Former US president Donald Trump courted evangelical Christians and women at two back-to-back Washington events on Friday — voting blocs whose loyalties to him once seemed contradictory but have now become a well-established part of his base.
Monarchy is 'theatre', says Jude Law
AFP, Published on 22/05/2023
» CANNES, France: Jude Law has become an immediate awards contender for his demonic performance as English King Henry VIII at Cannes, but he told reporters on Monday that he sees the current British monarchy as "theatre".
Praying for victory: Ukraine Muslims mark Ramadan
AFP, Published on 04/04/2023
» UNDISCLOSED LOCATION (UKRAINE) - Muslims are observing Ramadan in war-ridden Ukraine for a second year, and most people praying at a mosque near the eastern front line this week were soldiers in camouflage fatigues.
Brazil's Bolsonaro takes birthday swipe at Covid restrictions
AFP, Published on 22/03/2021
» BRASíLIA - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro used the occasion of his 66th birthday Sunday to renew his attacks on Covid-19 stay-at-home measures, telling supporters he would fight for their "freedom."
The soundtrack of the Arab uprisings in 10 songs
AFP, Published on 30/11/2020
» BEIRUT - Few of the pro-democracy protesters who took the Middle East by storm a decade ago had a flag to raise or a leader to follow. But all of them had a song to sing.
From hope to agony, what's left of the Arab Spring?
AFP, Published on 23/11/2020
» BEIRUT: Ten years ago, a wildfire of revolts in the Arab world touched off an unlikely series of events that swelled, then dashed many hopes, and irrevocably changed the region.
13 charged in plot to kidnap US governor, start 'civil war'
AFP, Published on 09/10/2020
» WASHINGTON: Thirteen men, including members of two right-wing militias, have been arrested for plotting to kidnap the Democratic governor of the US state of Michigan and spark a "civil war," officials said on Thursday.