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Hollywood celebrates strike end as actors get back to work
AFP, Published on 10/11/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Hollywood celebrated Thursday after actors agreed to end a crippling months-long strike, kicking off a race to get the cameras rolling and salvage next year's movies and television shows.
Israel steps up Gaza strikes ahead of ground invasion
AFP, Published on 22/10/2023
» RAFAH (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES): Israel heavily bombarded Gaza overnight after warning it would intensify strikes ahead of a ground invasion, as the war sparked by Hamas's bloody attack entered its third week on Sunday.
Tense calm in divided Cyprus after UN says peacekeepers attacked
AFP, Published on 22/08/2023
» NICOSIA - A tense calm held Monday in Cyprus after the United Nations accused Turkish Cypriot forces of assaulting peacekeepers attempting to block road construction in the divided island's buffer zone.
A year on from Bucha, Zelensky hails Ukraine resistance
AFP, Published on 02/04/2023
» KYIV, Ukraine: President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday hailed Ukraine for fighting off "the biggest force against humanity of our time", one year after the first bodies were found in the streets of Bucha.
Taiwan president in US for visit that has China threatening reprisal
AFP, Published on 30/03/2023
» NEW YORK - Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in New York Wednesday for a visit that has triggered threats of reprisal by China if she meets with House speaker Kevin McCarthy -- and US warnings for Beijing not to overreact.
Large asteroid to zoom between Earth and Moon
AFP, Published on 25/03/2023
» PARIS: A large asteroid will safely zoom between Earth and the Moon on Saturday, a once-in-a-decade event that will be used as a training exercise for planetary defence efforts, according to the European Space Agency.
'No need to worry': Odds drop newly-found asteroid will hit Earth
AFP, Published on 14/03/2023
» PARIS - The chances have plummeted that a newly-discovered asteroid with the potential to wipe out a city will hit Earth on Valentine's Day 2046, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday.
US, S.Korea planning response to any N.Korea 'nuclear use:' White House
AFP, Published on 04/01/2023
» WASHINGTON - Washington and Seoul are planning an "effective coordinated" response if North Korea uses nuclear weapons, the White House warned on Tuesday.
Grinding inflation clouds 'Black Friday' shopping bonanza
AFP, Published on 25/11/2022
» NEW YORK - Retailers braced for their biggest test of the year: Will US consumers open their wallets wide for the Black Friday sales that kick off the holiday shopping season?
New US sanctions target Russia's pro-Putin oligarchs
AFP, Published on 04/03/2022
» WASHINGTON - The United States imposed sanctions on the ultra-wealthy Russian oligarchs at the heart of President Vladimir Putin's regime Thursday in the latest ratcheting up of pressure on the Kremlin to halt its invasion of Ukraine.