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Disarray grips Hong Kong ahead of mass Covid testing, isolation
AFP, Published on 02/03/2022
» HONG KONG: Overflowing hospitals, empty supermarket shelves and grim quarantine camps -- Hong Kong is in chaos battling a ballooning Covid outbreak in a business hub once renowned for its efficiency.
French abortion film wins on big night for women at Venice festival
AFP, Published on 12/09/2021
» VENICE: A timely film about illegal abortions in 1960s France won the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion on Saturday, capping a strong night for women including Penelope Cruz and Jane Campion.
Tight race to close MeToo-influenced Venice film fest
AFP, Published on 11/09/2021
» VENICE - The Venice Film Festival roared back to life this year with a starry and feminist-tinged selection that leaves the competition wide open for who will take home the Golden Lion on Saturday.
'Mind-blowing' Alpine triumph hauls Aussie O'Connor into Tour de France frame
AFP, Published on 05/07/2021
» TIGNES (FRANCE) - Australian climber Ben O'Connor soared to a high-altitude stage win on the Tour de France on a cold, rainy Sunday that culminated in an energy-sapping 21km ascent to the ski resort of Tignes.
The soundtrack of the Arab uprisings in 10 songs
AFP, Published on 30/11/2020
» BEIRUT - Few of the pro-democracy protesters who took the Middle East by storm a decade ago had a flag to raise or a leader to follow. But all of them had a song to sing.
Security and trade tops agenda as Obama meets Vietnam leaders
AFP, Published on 23/05/2016
» HANOI - Barack Obama will meet communist Vietnam's senior leaders on Monday, kicking off a landmark visit that caps two decades of post-war rapprochement, as both countries look to push trade and check Beijing's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea.
Obama wrestles history on symbolic Vietnam, Japan trip
AFP, Published on 20/05/2016
» WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama will try to turn the page on a war-strewn history with Vietnam and Japan when he begins a two-nation Asia visit Monday, including a somber pilgrimage to Hiroshima, site of the world's first nuclear attack.
Obama to make historic visit to Hiroshima
AFP, Published on 10/05/2016
» WASHINGTON - Barack Obama will become the first US president to visit Hiroshima during a trip to Japan later this month, the White House said Tuesday.
10-man Belgium send South Korea packing
AFP, Published on 27/06/2014
» Jan Vertonghen led 10-man Belgium to a 1-0 victory over South Korea on Thursday that gave them top place in their World Cup group and ended Asian hopes in the competition.
Obama picks 'exceptionally qualified' Yellen to lead Fed
AFP, Published on 09/10/2013
» US President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated economist Janet Yellen to lead the Federal Reserve in a move expected to sustain the Fed's easy money policies and its focus on cutting joblessness.