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Cancer claims OJ Simpson at 76
Published on 11/04/2024
» OJ Simpson, the American football star who was acquitted in a sensational 1995 trial of murdering his former wife but was found responsible for her death in a civil lawsuit and was later imprisoned for armed robbery and kidnapping, has died at the age of 76.
Track hero turned killer Pistorius released
Published on 05/01/2024
» PRETORIA, South Africa - Former Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius was released on parole on Friday, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend in a crime that shocked South Africa, a country long inured to violence against women.
Nazi survivor worries about anti-Semitism in her UK haven
AFP, Published on 02/12/2023
» LONDON - Alexandra Greensted was one of around 10,000 Jewish children rescued from the Nazis' clutches and transported to London, but 84 years on, she is now worried about anti-Semitism in her UK haven.
From Berlusconi to Prigozhin and Tina Turner: notable deaths of 2023
AFP, Published on 28/11/2023
» PARIS - From Italy's ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi to rock queen Tina Turner and Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, here are some of 2023's most notable deaths.
S.Africa's Pistorius granted parole over girlfriend's murder
AFP, Published on 24/11/2023
» PRETORIA - South Africa's ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison in January after he was granted parole on Friday, a decade after he shot dead his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in a crime that gripped the world, prison authorities said.
S. Africa's Pistorius in fresh parole bid decade after murder
AFP, Published on 24/11/2023
» PRETORIA: South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was Friday seeking an early release from prison, a decade after he killed his girlfriend in a crime that gripped the world.
Toxic? Britney tells of troubles in new memoir
AFP, Published on 24/10/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears, the dewy-eyed child star who became a global pop phenomenon and then melted down in full view of the world, tells her story Tuesday with the release of her already bestselling memoir.
S. Korean migrant's tale to open Asia's biggest film festival
AFP, Published on 04/10/2023
» SEOUL - A South Korean film about a disillusioned young woman who relocates to New Zealand will open Asia's largest film festival Wednesday as it looks to rally from a year marked by scandal and budget cutbacks.
NSYNC reunites for first song in more than two decades
AFP, Published on 29/09/2023
» NEW YORK - The boy band NSYNC has released their first song in more than 20 years, reuniting to record "Better Place" for the soundtrack of the upcoming "Trolls" movie.
Conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch hands empire to son Lachlan
AFP, Published on 22/09/2023
» NEW YORK - Rupert Murdoch announced Thursday he will step down as chairman of his global media empire, a conservative behemoth that shaped politics across continents, and hand control over to his son Lachlan.