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Man Utd punish wasteful Wolves for winning Premier League start
AFP, Published on 15/08/2023
» MANCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) - Manchester United survived an onslaught from Wolves and huge claims for a late penalty to start the Premier League season with a 1-0 win thanks to Raphael Varane's header on Monday.
Drop in illegal US entries continues after migrant policy shift
AFP, Published on 18/05/2023
» WASHINGTON - Attempted illegal crossings of the southern US border have plunged since new policies to deal with undocumented migrants came into place last week, a US official said Wednesday.
Mexico arrests son of notorious drug kingpin 'El Chapo'
AFP, Published on 06/01/2023
» CULIACáN (MEXICO) - Mexican security forces on Thursday captured a son of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, scoring a high-profile win in the fight against powerful cartels days before US President Joe Biden visits.
Angola bids solemn farewell to ex-strongman dos Santos
AFP, Published on 28/08/2022
» LUANDA - Angolans and world leaders gathered on Sunday for the state funeral of former strongman president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, whose nearly four-decade rule of the oil-rich nation was marred by allegations of plunder and nepotism.
Covid, pandemic and lockdown: how 2020 changed the world
AFP, Published on 27/12/2020
» PARIS: When the world celebrated the dawn of a new decade with a blaze of firework parties and revelry on Jan 1, few could have imagined what 2020 had in store.
Amazon fires 'quicken Andean glacier melt'
AFP, Published on 28/11/2019
» PARIS - Fires in the Amazon rainforest are likely to increase the rate of melting of Andean glaciers, potentially disrupting water supply for tens of millions of people, scientists said on Thursday.
'Game of Thrones' cast defend final season at Comic-Con
AFP, Published on 20/07/2019
» SAN DIEGO - The "Game of Thrones" cast leapt to the defense of its much-maligned final season in front of a boisterous crowd at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, blaming the backlash on negative media coverage.
Limping, but still standing, Elton John set to wow Cannes
AFP, Published on 16/05/2019
» CANNES (FRANCE) - Elton John limped into Cannes Thursday for the premiere of "Rocketman", the much-hyped warts-and-all movie about his wild rock 'n' roll years.
Lula remains in jail as Brazil judge voids shock release order
AFP, Published on 09/07/2018
» RIO DE JANEIRO - A Brazilian appeals court judge Sunday ruled former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must remain in jail, in a dizzying day of judicial orders and counter-orders months before the country's presidential vote.