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Montana court rules for young people in landmark US climate trial
AFP, Published on 15/08/2023
» WASHINGTON - In a landmark climate trial, a Montana court on Monday ruled in favor of a group of youths who accused the western US state of violating their rights to a clean environment.
JD Beck and DOMi, the supersonic jazz duo headed to the Grammys
AFP, Published on 03/02/2023
» NEW YORK - With their musical dexterity and supersonic sound, JD Beck and DOMi have attracted major attention from artists ranging from Herbie Hancock to Bruno Mars, and now the jazz duo is in the hunt for Grammys glory.
Nate Thayer, who interviewed Pol Pot, dead at 62
AFP, Published on 05/01/2023
» Nate Thayer, the larger-than-life American freelance journalist who scored a massive scoop with his 1997 interview with Pol Pot, the genocidal leader of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge, has died at 62, his family said Wednesday.
'I was counting dead trees': Scientists join climate crisis fight
AFP, Published on 28/10/2022
» MUNICH (GERMANY) - Laure-Anne Gateaux did not train as a tropical ecologist only to end up sitting on a busy shopping street in her lab coat with one hand glued to the ground.
Claiming Covid-19 'immunity,' Trump ready for election fight
AFP, Published on 11/10/2020
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Sunday declared himself immune from Covid-19 and ready for a fight as his White House race against surging rival Joe Biden enters its critical final weeks.
Youth warned against 'fever dream' of coronavirus invincibility
AFP, Published on 19/03/2020
» NEW YORK - Before shutdowns swept the globe and many were urged -- or mandated -- to stay indoors to stymie coronavirus's spread, Divya Sonti sensed the worst was yet to come.
With Baghdadi gone, who is heir to the 'caliph'?
AFP, Published on 28/10/2019
» BEIRUT - The US declaration of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death opens the question of his succession at the helm of the Islamic State jihadist organisation and analysts say the list looks short.
China refuses to allow US warships to make port calls in Hong Kong
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/08/2019
» HONG KONG: China has refused port visits to Hong Kong by two US warships amid continued trade tensions and diplomatic spats between the two sides over pro-democracy protests in the Asian financial hub.
Central bank is US economy's 'only problem': Trump
AFP, Published on 25/12/2018
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump renewed his verbal assault against the Federal Reserve on Monday, comparing the central bank to a blundering golfer after the stock market tanked yet again.
Wall Street battered as Treasury chief fails to reassure
AFP, Published on 25/12/2018
» NEW YORK - Wall Street shares plunged for a fourth straight session Monday as investors panned Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's efforts to try to reassure markets.