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World begins to bid goodbye to 2025 with fireworks and icy plunges
Reuters, Published on 31/12/2025
» Dec 31 - 10...nine...eight...As Wednesday turned to Thursday, people around the world said goodbye to a sometimes challenging 2025 and expressed hopes for the new year to come.
100 abducted Nigerian children handed over to state officials
AFP, Published on 09/12/2025
» MINNA (NIGERIA) - Around 100 schoolchildren kidnapped from a Catholic school in Nigeria last month were handed over to state officials Monday, AFP reporters saw.
Trump clashes with Democrats as he expands National Guard plans
AFP, Published on 25/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump threatened to deploy National Guard troops Sunday to yet another Democratic stronghold, the Maryland city of Baltimore, as the US president seeks to expand his crackdown on crime and immigration.
UK appoints Blaise Metreweli first woman head of MI6 spy service
AFP, Published on 16/06/2025
» LONDON - The UK government has appointed Blaise Metreweli as the first-ever woman to head its MI6 spy service as the country faces "threats on an unprecedented scale", Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Sunday.
Medical researchers caught in crossfire of Trump gender war
Reuters, Published on 08/02/2025
» Scientists are struggling to respond to a Trump administration order to review papers already submitted for publication for content now banned by the federal government, according to interviews with six researchers.
New Zealand nearly triples levy on international tourists
Reuters, Published on 03/09/2024
» WELLINGTON - New Zealand will nearly triple entry fees for tourists, the government said on Tuesday, spurring criticism from the key tourism sector the higher levy will deter visitors.
Pop, pop, pop, then a bloodied Trump rushed from election rally
Reuters, Published on 14/07/2024
» BUTLER, Pennsylvania: Donald Trump was standing on a stage behind a podium, six minutes into his speech at an outdoor rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, his head turned to the right, under a clear sky and in broiling heat.
Baltimore rescuers lose hope for more survivors from bridge collapse
Reuters, Published on 27/03/2024
» BALTIMORE - Rescuers have lost hope of finding more survivors of the Baltimore bridge collapse, the coast guard said, as efforts switched on Wednesday to looking for bodies of the missing and more answers to why a container ship smashed into the span.
Thousands rally for Israel in Washington
AFP, Published on 15/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - Thousands streamed to a rally in Washington on Tuesday to support Israel and to condemn anti-Semitism in a riposte to weeks of largely pro-Palestinian demonstrations across a deeply divided United States.
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.