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Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's first female prime minister
Reuters, Published on 21/10/2025
» TOKYO — Conservative nationalist Sanae Takaichi was appointed Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday in a parliamentary vote that handed her a majority in the lower house.
What is the pink stuff coating fire-ravaged Los Angeles?
AFP, Published on 15/01/2025
» LOS ANGELES — Above the roaring fires devastating parts of Los Angeles is an incongruous sight: air tankers dropping gallons of bright red and Barbie-pink slurry over forest, homes, cars, and anything else that might lie in the blazes' path.
OJ Simpson a free man after parole ends: police
AFP, Published on 15/12/2021
» LOS ANGELES - OJ Simpson, the professional football player-turned-movie-star whose double murder trial gripped and divided the United States, is a free man after finishing his parole, police said Tuesday.
Britney Spears says she 'cried for weeks' over documentary
AFP, Published on 31/03/2021
» PARIS - Britney Spears said she was "embarrassed" and "cried for two weeks" over her portrayal in a recent documentary about her career and mental health problems.
Woman in landmark US abortion case was paid for later activism: documentary
AFP, Published on 21/05/2020
» WASHINGTON - The woman at the center of the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the United States, Roe v Wade, says she was later paid by anti-abortion groups to denounce the landmark ruling, according to a documentary set for release on Friday.
Equities in freefall after Wall St, Europe implode on virus fears
AFP, Published on 13/03/2020
» HONG KONG: Asian equities went into freefall on Friday, extending a global rout that saw markets experience their worst day in decades as fears of a worldwide recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic wiped trillions off valuations.
Asian stocks nosedive, extending global rout on recession fears
AFP, Published on 13/03/2020
» TOKYO - Asian markets opened in freefall on Friday, extending a global rout that saw bourses experience their worst day in decades on fears of a recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Asian markets collapse, oil prices crash as virus spreads
AFP, Published on 09/03/2020
» HONG KONG: Equity markets collapsed on Monday as the rapidly spreading coronavirus fans fears over the global economy, while a crash in oil prices added to the panic with energy firms taking a hammering.
Currencies yo-yo following Iranian missile strike on US forces
Reuters, Published on 08/01/2020
» SINGAPORE: Currencies whipsawed on Wednesday as the safe-haven yen first jumped on news of Iranian missile strikes on bases hosting US troops in Iraq, before retreating as investors wagered it would not trigger a wider conflict in the region.
Convicted: the US sex cult leader who attracted the rich and famous
AFP, Published on 20/06/2019
» NEW YORK - A US jury on Wednesday convicted a "self-help" guru of racketeering, sex trafficking and other crimes for his leadership of a cult-like organization of sex slaves he branded like cattle.