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US fund Pershing Square launches takeover bid for Universal Music
AFP, Published on 07/04/2026
» PARIS — American hedge fund Pershing Square, led by the activist investor Bill Ackman, announced Tuesday that it had offered to buy Universal Music Group in a merger, saying it believed the music giant was undervalued by stock markets.
'Hero' Australian dog who saved 100 koalas retires
AFP, Published on 25/03/2026
» SYDNEY — An Australian dog credited with saving over 100 koalas from bushfires is retiring after a decade of service.
Eight people arrested in Brazil for 'brutal' attack on capybara
AFP, Published on 24/03/2026
» RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL) - Rio de Janeiro police said Monday they had arrested eight people for brutally beating a capybara -- the world's largest rodent whose chill demeanor has inspired countless memes online in recent years.
Why 1,000 stranded ships lost their GPS in the Mideast
AFP, Published on 08/03/2026
» WASHINGTON - The global positioning system (GPS) capabilities of cargo ships, oil tankers and other vessels stuck in the Middle East because of the widening war are likely worse than those in your cell phone.
Rising fuel prices could spark domestic wildfire for Trump
AFP, Published on 07/03/2026
» WASHINGTON - Sean Robinson, a 54-year-old schoolteacher in the US capital Washington, did not realise how high fuel prices had gone until he arrived at the pump on Friday.
Grabbing the bull by the tail: Venezuela’s cowboy sport
AFP, Published on 07/03/2026
» SAN FERNANDO DE APURE, Venezuela - Four mounted cowboys jostle for position near the bull pen gate.
EU to ban plant-based 'bacon' but veggie 'burgers' survive chop
AFP, Published on 06/03/2026
» BRUSSELS - EU member states and lawmakers agreed on Thursday to ban using meat-related terms such as "steak" and "bacon" to market plant-based foods -- but spared veggie "burgers" and "sausage".
'Public lynching': Senegal cracks down on LGBTQ+ community
AFP, Published on 26/02/2026
» DAKAR - From a rise in arrests to online attacks, Senegal has been under an intensified crackdown on same-sex relations in recent weeks, prompting outcry from human rights groups and driving some in the LGBTQ+ community to consider exile.
S.Korea's Park Chan-wook to head Cannes festival jury
AFP, Published on 26/02/2026
» PARIS — South Korean filmmaker Park Chan‑wook, the first from his country to head the Cannes film festival jury, will preside over the 79th edition in May, organisers announced Thursday.
Frederick Wiseman, documentarian of America's institutions, dead at 96
AFP, Published on 17/02/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - US documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman died Monday, a representative confirmed to AFP. He was 96 years old.