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PSG, Porto into Champions League last 16 as Newcastle exit
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» PARIS - Paris Saint-Germain and Porto qualified for the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday as Newcastle bowed out of Europe after losing 2-1 at home to AC Milan.
A rush for firearms in wartime Israel
AFP, Published on 23/11/2023
» JERUSALEM - Declaring her preference for "something light and comfortable", an Israeli mother-of-four browsed through a collection of pistols in a Jerusalem gun store, which appeared to be experiencing a business boom in wartime.
Gun salutes mark King Charles’ 75th birthday
AFP, Published on 14/11/2023
» LONDON - Gun salutes rang out across central London on Tuesday to mark Charles III's 75th birthday, just over a year since he became king and British head of state after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
'Blue-eyed Korean' tasked with shaking up Seoul politics
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» SEOUL - South Korea-born American doctor John Linton is on a mission no other foreigner has ever undertaken in ethnically homogenous South Korea: trying to shake up the country's highly confrontational politics.
Elon Musk issues warning about 'humanoid robots' in AI 'age of abundance'
AFP, Published on 03/11/2023
» LONDON - The owner of X Elon Musk on Thursday predicted the future with AI would be an "age of abundance" with a "universal high income" instead of a universal basic income but warned of "humanoid robots" that might chase humans.
King Charles says 'no excuse' for colonial abuses during Kenya visit
AFP, Published on 01/11/2023
» NAIROBI - King Charles III said Tuesday there could be "no excuse" for British colonial atrocities against Kenyans as he visited the country, but did not offer the apology demanded by some in the East African nation.
King Charles in Kenya as colonial abuses loom large
AFP, Published on 31/10/2023
» NAIROBI - King Charles III paid a solemn visit Tuesday to the birthplace of independent Kenya, at the start of a trip clouded by calls for an apology over Britain's bloody colonial past.
UK police charge Greta Thunberg after climate protest arrest
AFP, Published on 19/10/2023
» LONDON - UK police on Wednesday charged Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg with a public order offence, following her detention at a protest outside an annual gathering of energy industry figures in London.
Oh, deer: In US capital, 'Bambi' is increasingly unwelcome
AFP, Published on 04/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - To some, they are a magical sight to behold in the heart of the city -- to others a pest that eats through their gardens, endangers traffic and helps spread tick-borne diseases.
Rented electric scooters vanish from Paris streets
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» PARIS - Parisians woke up on Friday to a world without rented electric scooters, loathed as a pedestrian-bothering nuisance by some but mourned by others.