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Trump dimisses Kavanaugh accuser as 'drunk'
AFP, Published on 26/09/2018
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump dismissed the latest accuser of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as "drunk" and "messed up" on Tuesday, slamming the sexual abuse allegations against his pick for the top US court as a "con game" by Democrats.
Instagram departures add to woes for Facebook
AFP, Published on 25/09/2018
» WASHINGTON - The departure of Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger adds to the woes of parent firm Facebook as it tries to repair its image hurt by privacy scandals and curb manipulation and misinformation.
Instagram co-founders resign from Facebook-owned company
AFP, Published on 25/09/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO - Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have announced they are leaving the photo-sharing app bought by Facebook six years ago, setting a new test for the parent company as it works to quell mounting turmoil.
'Ka pai': New Zealand's Maori language back from brink
AFP, Published on 25/09/2018
» WELLINGTON - Beneath the carved timber roof of a traditional "marae" meeting house at Wellington High School, dozens of students watch entranced as a play performed entirely in the Maori language unfolds.
Canada's Cirque du Soleil dazzles Riyadh after diplomatic row
AFP, Published on 24/09/2018
» RIYADH - Canada-based Cirque du Soleil staged their first show in Saudi Arabia on Sunday with a dazzling display of high-wire thrills, despite a diplomatic spat between Ottawa and Riyadh.
'Terrorists' kill at least 29 at Iran military parade
Published on 22/09/2018
» TEHERAN: Twenty-nine people, including women and children, were killed and 57 wounded by militants who opened fire on a military parade in southwestern Iran on Saturday, local media reported.
Knights of the tripe: French food cults defend local fare
AFP, Published on 19/09/2018
» BAGNOLES-DE-L'ORNE (FRANCE) - On a Saturday morning in September in the Normandy countryside a group of men and women gather for an ancient French initiation ceremony.
Shattered buildings, swamped fields: the aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut
AFP, Published on 16/09/2018
» ALCALA (PHILIPPINES) - The skeleton of a shattered school, bare walls of homes stripped of their roofs and vast cornfields drowned in muddy floodwaters: this is the aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut as seen from the air.
'Nowhere to worship': Crackdown bedevils China's Catholics
AFP, Published on 15/09/2018
» PUYANG (CHINA) - A government sign outside a Catholic church in central China warns that children are not allowed to attend mass. "Illegal" churches are being bulldozed. Priests are handing over personal information about their flocks to authorities.
US rights group wades into yoga pants school dress code row
AFP, Published on 12/09/2018
» CHICAGO - Yoga pants and leggings have become a staple in the wardrobes of many Americans -- but one US school district is under fire for allegedly punishing young girls who wear them to class.