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Mahrez treble fires Man City into FA Cup final
AFP, Published on 23/04/2023
» LONDON - Riyad Mahrez fired Manchester City into the FA Cup final as the Algerian's hat-trick sealed a 3-0 win against Sheffield United at Wembley on Saturday.
Nicaraguan migrants flee to US
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 15/01/2023
» Twice a week at a petrol station on the western edge of Nicaragua's capital, local residents gather, carrying the telltale signs of people on the move: loaded backpacks, clothes and toiletries stuffed in plastic bags, and heavy jackets in preparation for a chilly journey far from the stifling heat.
Pushing the cycling limits
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 17/07/2022
» Kevin Latta pushed his bike forward, following the Bull River down a ridge in the Canadian Rockies. The tyre tracks from riders ahead of him had disappeared.
Jeffrey Epstein's other fiddle
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 08/05/2022
» When Jeffrey Epstein died in prison in 2019, he took many secrets with him. One was how a sexual predator and college dropout managed to forge bonds with an astonishing number of the world's richest and most powerful men, like Britain's Prince Andrew and the crown prince of Saudi Arabia.
Ukraine invasion boosts calls for UK politics to tackle Russian cash
AFP, Published on 23/03/2022
» LONDON: From huge donations to political parties and bids for games of tennis with senior ministers, to nominations for peerages, Russian money in British politics has been a recurrent issue for years.
Fighting for a slice of paradise
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 13/02/2022
» The last time strangers approached Samuel Sanchez Tirado while he was trimming his front lawn, he pretended to be the landscaper so that they would leave him alone. He knew what the uninvited visitors wanted, and he was tired of having the same conversation over and over again.
From poaching to avocados, Kenya's elephants face new threat
AFP, Published on 18/03/2021
» KIMANA (KENYA) - Just after dawn, Tolstoy lumbers into view. A wandering giant, with tusks almost scraping the earth, this great elephant has roamed beneath Mount Kilimanjaro for nearly 50 years.
Corporate America looks to penalize Trump, Republicans -- for now
AFP, Published on 12/01/2021
» NEW YORK - In his final days in office, the biggest names in American business are dumping President Donald Trump over accusations that he incited the deadly mob attack last week on the US Capitol.
Panic-buying returns as Melbourne braces for lengthy lockdown
AFP, Published on 08/07/2020
» MELBOURNE: Shoppers in Australia's second-biggest city stripped supermarket shelves Wednesday as millions in Melbourne prepared for a return to virus lockdown, with warnings the new restrictions will cost the economy Aus$1 billion a week.
Iceland students see chilling reality of melting glacier
AFP, Published on 10/11/2019
» VIK, Iceland: Icelandic seventh-grader Lilja Einarsdottir is on an unusual field trip with her class: they're measuring the Solheimajokull glacier to see how much it has shrunk in the past year, witnessing climate change first-hand.