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Pope returns home from hospital, thanks faithful
AFP, Published on 23/03/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis was discharged from hospital Sunday after more than five weeks being treated for pneumonia, waving to cheering crowds and thanking everyone for their support.
FBI: North Korea behind $1.5 billion crypto theft
AFP, Published on 27/02/2025
» WASHINGTON - The US Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday accused North Korea of being behind the theft of $1.5 billion worth of digital assets last week, the largest crypto heist in history.
Key suspect in global malware ring caught
Reuters, Published on 30/05/2024
» SINGAPORE - A Chinese national has been arrested in an international operation on charges of creating and using malware that was used in cyberattacks, large-scale fraud and child exploitation, according to US authorities.
US auto union chief says 'preparing to strike' as talks deadlock
AFP, Published on 14/09/2023
» DETROIT - The head of the US auto workers union announced plans on Wednesday to strike against the three major Detroit car manufacturers, saying the two sides remain far from a new agreement.
US clampdown has crypto kings looking abroad
AFP, Published on 16/06/2023
» NEW YORK - After years on the sidelines, financial regulators in the United States are throwing the book at the free-wheeling cryptocurrency industry, with angry entrepreneurs threatening to take their business overseas.
Former Volkswagen boss Carl Hahn dies aged 96
AFP, Published on 15/01/2023
» BERLIN - Carl Hahn, who headed the Volkswagen group during the German car giant's heyday in the 1980s, has died, a spokeswoman for the Carl and Marisa Hahn Foundation told AFP on Sunday.
Pope Francis denounces 'ideological colonisation' on Canada visit
AFP, Published on 28/07/2022
» QUEBEC CITY: Pope Francis decried "ideological colonisation" Wednesday and renewed his apology to Indigenous peoples for decades of abuse in a speech to Canada's top officials, who invited him to take further action leading to "real reconciliation."
Decades after infamous beating death, recent attacks haunt Asian Americans
New York Times, Published on 16/06/2022
» MADISON HEIGHTS, Michigan: When Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man who lived near Detroit, was beaten to death with a baseball bat after being pursued by two white autoworkers in 1982, it horrified and mobilised Asian Americans across ethnic and linguistic lines.
Italy marks 30th anniversary of murder of anti-mafia judge Falcone
AFP, Published on 18/05/2022
» ROME: Thirty years ago, the Sicilian mafia killed judge Giovanni Falcone with a bomb so powerful it was registered by experts monitoring volcanic tremors from Etna on the other side of the island.
Music-loving pope visits Rome record store
AFP, Published on 12/01/2022
» ROME - Pope Francis, a lover of classical music, made a surprise visit to a Rome record store to bless the premises -- and picked up some vinyl while he was there.