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EU was born to 'screw' US, Trump says
AFP, Published on 27/02/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the European Union was born to "screw" the United States, laying bare his hostility to the longtime US partner as he detailed new tariffs.
Erdogan sworn in for third term as Turkish president, vows unity
AFP, Published on 03/06/2023
» ANKARA - Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in for a third term as president on Saturday, promising to serve "impartially" after winning a historic runoff election to extend his two-decade rule.
US rapper A$AP Rocky faces trial over alleged assault in Sweden
AFP, Published on 30/07/2019
» STOCKHOLM - US rapper A$AP Rocky faces assault charges in a Stockholm court on Tuesday over a June street brawl, after weeks of detention which has stirred diplomatic tensions and fan outrage.
Swedish politicians slam Trump 'interference'
AFP, Published on 26/07/2019
» STOCKHOLM: Swedish politicians Friday fired back at US President Donald Trump, after he rowed with Prime Minister Stefan Lofven over Sweden's move to press assault charges against American rapper A$AP Rocky.
Paddy Ashdown: British marine who led Bosnia with an iron fist
AFP, Published on 23/12/2018
» LONDON - Paddy Ashdown, who died on Saturday aged 77, was a former marine and British opposition politician who served as the top international envoy in Bosnia following the Yugoslav Wars.
Xi: China ready for world leadership
Reuters, Published on 18/01/2017
» DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - Chinese President Xi Jinping offered a vigorous defence of free trade at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday in a speech that underscored Beijing's desire to play a greater global role as the United States turns inward.
Public trust in the Web 'eroded' says global cyber commission
AFP, Published on 15/04/2015
» THE HAGUE - The public's trust in the Internet has been severely eroded by a cloak-and-dagger approach to collecting private data online leaving it open to abuse, the Global Commission on Internet Governance said on Wednesday.
The battle to claim Santa Claus's home
News, Published on 25/12/2014
» A couple of years ago, a Canadian minister proudly declared that Santa Claus was a citizen of Canada. After all, his home and toy factory are at the North Pole, which, according to the minister's interpretation, belongs to Canada.
New 'human right': internet access
AFP, Published on 25/11/2014
» OTTAWA - Affordable access to the Internet should be a human right, as it represents hope for political freedom and economic prosperity to many around the world, according to a survey Monday.
Sweden calls off search for mystery subs
AFP, Published on 24/10/2014
» Sweden called off a massive hunt Friday for at least one mystery foreign submarine in its waters that had worrying echoes of Cold War stand-offs, after calling the incursion "unacceptable".