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World Cup tickets set at $60 after backlash
AFP, Published on 17/12/2025
» PARIS — World Cup organisers unveiled a new cut-price ticket category on Tuesday after a backlash by fans over pricing for the 2026 tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Travel worries ease as Airbus delivers quick software fix
AFP, Published on 29/11/2025
» PARIS - Fears of days of travel chaos across the world eased on Saturday after the plane manufacturer Airbus intervened rapidly to deliver a software upgrade it had said was immediately needed on 6,000 of its stalwart A320 passenger jets.
UK artist turns 'money for old rope' into £1m art exhibition
AFP, Published on 14/11/2025
» LONDON - British artist David Shrigley has piled tonnes of discarded rope into a London gallery and put a £1 million price tag on it, in a playful take on the phrase "money for old rope".
Amazon to pay $2.5bn to settle Prime enrolment case
AFP, Published on 26/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - Amazon agreed Thursday to pay $2.5 billion to settle allegations from a US regulator that it used deceptive practices to enrol consumers in Amazon Prime and made it difficult to cancel subscriptions.
Kneecap cancel US tour, citing UK court hearing in terrorism case
AFP, Published on 26/08/2025
» LONDON - The Irish rap group Kneecap has cancelled a planned tour in the United States, citing a UK court hearing in a case one of its members is facing for allegedly supporting Hezbollah.
Ancient Myanmar ball game battles for survival in troubled nation
AFP, Published on 03/06/2025
» YANGON - Mastering control of the rising and falling rattan chinlone ball teaches patience, says a veteran of the traditional Myanmar sport -- a quality dearly needed in the long-suffering nation.
Trump says he’ll be ‘kind’ with tariffs
AFP, Published on 01/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - America’s trading partners were bracing on Tuesday for an expected fresh raft of tariffs, while US President Donald Trump promised to be “very kind” in addressing what he says are unfair trade imbalances.
Mud-struck German heavy metal bash slashes attendance
AFP, Published on 02/08/2023
» WACKEN (GERMANY) - The world's biggest heavy metal music festival starting in northern Germany on Wednesday was forced to cap attendance after heavy rains turned its outdoor venue into a muddy quagmire.
Six killed in banned Kenya protests
AFP, Published on 13/07/2023
» NAIROBI - Six people were killed on Wednesday in clashes between police and demonstrators who joined banned opposition protests against tax hikes, police officers told AFP.
Kenya police fire tear gas as protesters defy ban
AFP, Published on 12/07/2023
» NAIROBI - Kenyan officers on Wednesday fired tear gas on protesters who defied a police ban to join a demonstration against tax hikes called by opposition leader Raila Odinga.