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'Valheim' rides Viking gaming mania to 5 million sales
AFP, Published on 12/03/2021
» BRUSSELS: If you've felt a recent urge to unleash your inner Viking, you're not alone: millions of people have been riding the waves, swigging mead and slaying the enemy in a craze for the video game "Valheim".
New documentary paints disturbing picture of Woody Allen
AFP, Published on 21/02/2021
» NEW YORK: A new documentary series premiering Sunday on the HBO network, "Allen v. Farrow," paints a damning picture of Oscar-winning director Woody Allen, particularly regarding his alleged sexual abuse of young adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow.
Biathlon boss linked to corruption, prostitutes and hunting parties
AFP, Published on 29/01/2021
» PARIS - Former biathlon boss Anders Besseberg was accused on Thursday of covering up Russian doping cases in exchange for favours in a damning independent report which cites corruption, prostitutes and hunting parties.
High cost to wildlife from shark nets protecting S.Africa beaches
AFP, Published on 13/01/2021
» UMKOMAAS (SOUTH AFRICA) - "They're basically curtains of death," said shark diver Walter Bernardis as he reached over the side of his zodiac inflatable boat to pull up a net bobbing in eastern South Africa's subtropical waters.
US sues Walmart over opioid crisis
AFP, Published on 23/12/2020
» NEW YORK - The US Justice Department sued Walmart over its role in the opioid crisis on Tuesday, alleging the giant retailer wrongly filled prescriptions and worsened a public health disaster.
Mixed retailer optimism on 'Black Friday' amid pandemic
AFP, Published on 28/11/2020
» NEW YORK - The coronavirus is clouding "Black Friday" much as it has overshadowed 2020 in general, but some leading experts still expect strong overall sales even as shopping patterns are altered.
Ethiopia bombs Tigray arms depots, thousands flee fighting
AFP, Published on 12/11/2020
» ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia's air force said Wednesday it had bombed arms and fuel depots in the northern region of Tigray, as an escalation in fighting prompted thousands more people to seek refuge in neighbouring Sudan.
Fresh push to save Vienna's Jewish cemetery 'jewel'
AFP, Published on 29/10/2020
» VIENNA - "It might sound strange but when I came here for the first time... I fell in love with this place," says Jennifer Kickert, spokeswoman for an association striving to clean up a long-neglected Jewish cemetery in Vienna's north-eastern suburbs.
Fauci says Trump campaign ad twists his words on virus
AFP, Published on 12/10/2020
» WASHINGTON: Top government scientist Anthony Fauci said Sunday that an ad aired by Donald Trump's reelection campaign was edited to make him seem to endorse the president's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Europe's captive tiger trade 'risks spurring illegal demand'
AFP, Published on 30/09/2020
» PARIS: Trade in tigers bred in captivity in Europe risks encouraging illegal demand for the endangered big cats, according to a new report published Wednesday by wildlife groups that warns lax oversight is enabling the grisly market for their body parts.