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May 1968, France in revolt
AFP, Published on 20/03/2018
» PARIS - Fifty years ago France was rocked by a violent student revolt that drew in factory workers in an outpouring of emotion that still marks the country.
Nostalgia or nationalism? Germany split over new ministry
AFP, Published on 12/03/2018
» BERLIN: Is it about lederhosen, bratwurst and beer? Will it stir a healthy patriotism? Or does it hark back to the darkest chapter of German history by championing nationalism and excluding minorities?
N. Korea in focus as biggest Paralympics opens
AFP, Published on 09/03/2018
» PYEONGCHANG (SOUTH KOREA) - North Korea's athletes took centre stage as the biggest Winter Paralympics in history opened in South Korea on Friday with a glittering ceremony after a rapid round of diplomacy hit dizzying heights.
Swiss win inaugural team gold, Norway set medals record
AFP, Published on 24/02/2018
» PYEONGCHANG (SOUTH KOREA) - Wendy Holdener led a strong Switzerland team to alpine team skiing gold on Saturday, as Norway took bronze to set a new record of 38 medals at a Winter Olympics.
Coughing fit, prankster hinder Theresa May speech
Reuters, Published on 05/10/2017
» MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May's bid to reassert her dwindling authority was marred on Wednesday by a calamitous keynote speech interrupted by repeated coughing fits, a prankster and even letters of her slogan falling off the stage.
Saudis to lift world's only ban on women drivers
Associated Press, Published on 27/09/2017
» RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday announced that women will be allowed to drive for the first time in the ultra-conservative kingdom next summer, fulfilling a key demand of women's rights activists who faced detention for defying the ban.