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Iran to boycott 2026 World Cup draw over US visa row
AFP, Published on 28/11/2025
» TEHRAN - Iran is to boycott next week's World Cup finals draw in Washington because the United States refused to grant visas to several members of the delegation, the Iranian football federation announced on Friday.
'Mulholland Drive' and 'Twin Peaks' director David Lynch dies at 78
AFP, Published on 17/01/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - David Lynch -- the groundbreaking director behind "Mulholland Drive" and television's "Twin Peaks," who gained a cult following for his unsettling portraits of American life -- has died. He was 78 years old.
Japanese experimental nuclear fusion reactor inaugurated
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» TOKYO - The world's biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor in operation was inaugurated in Japan on Friday, a technology in its infancy but billed by some as the answer to humanity's future energy needs.
NASA gears up to deflect asteroid, in key test of planetary defense
AFP, Published on 23/09/2022
» WASHINGTON - Bet the dinosaurs wish they'd thought of this.
Astronomers reveal first image of black hole at Milky Way's centre
AFP, Published on 12/05/2022
» An international team of astronomers on Thursday unveiled the first image of a supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy -- a cosmic body known as Sagittarius A*.
Imran Khan dismissed as Pakistan PM after losing no-confidence vote
AFP, Published on 10/04/2022
» ISLAMABAD - Imran Khan was dismissed Sunday as Pakistan prime minister after losing a no-confidence vote in parliament following weeks of political turmoil.
World's longest race? 3,100 miles around a New York block
AFP, Published on 19/10/2021
» NEW YORK - It's the world's longest certified foot race: a 3,100-mile run that takes participants around the same New York block 5,649 times.
Inspire Brands to buy Dunkin' for $8.8bn
AFP, Published on 31/10/2020
» NEW YORK: The restaurant company Inspire Brands announced Friday it was buying Dunkin' Brands, owner of the Dunkin' donut and Baskin-Robbins ice cream chains, for $8.8 billion.
Champagne and donuts: Virus-beating Melbourne readies reopening party
AFP, Published on 27/10/2020
» MELBOURNE: Melbourne on Tuesday achieved what elated residents called the "double donut" -- two days of no new coronavirus cases -- as bars in Australia's second city readied for a midnight reopening after a gruelling months-long lockdown.
Translation tools, air purifiers: face masks go high-tech
AFP, Published on 21/10/2020
» SINGAPORE: From monitoring vital signs to filtering filthy air and even translating speech into other languages, the coronavirus-fuelled boom in mask-wearing has spawned an unusual range of high-tech face coverings.