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Australia to restart aerial shooting of wild horses
AFP, Published on 27/10/2023
» SYDNEY - Australia approved on Friday the aerial shooting of wild horses in one of the country's largest national parks, resuming a contentious practice that authorities described as "essential" to protect native wildlife.
Inside a US abortion clinic director's post-Roe odyssey
AFP, Published on 20/06/2023
» MOORHEAD (UNITED STATES) - As a first-year college student from the Minneapolis suburbs, Tammi Kromenaker was proudly anti-abortion, at one point slapping a "God is pro-life" bumper sticker on her dormitory room wall.
US Supreme Court preserves abortion pill access
AFP, Published on 22/04/2023
» WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily preserved access to a widely used abortion pill, freezing rulings by lower courts that would have banned or severely restricted availability of the drug.
Bach 'disturbed' by Valieva's Olympic performance
AFP, Published on 18/02/2022
» BEIJING - IOC president Thomas Bach said Friday it was "chilling" to see how Kamila Valieva's coach treated the Russian teenager after a doping scandal engulfing the skater culminated in an error-strewn performance at the Beijing Olympics.
Lower-league football clubs 'face extinction' without rescue package
AFP, Published on 29/10/2020
» MANSFIELD (UNITED KINGDOM) - Football clubs outside the Premier League that are the beating heart of the English game will vanish unless a financial rescue package is agreed imminently.
Previous winners of the Nobel Economics Prize
AFP, Published on 14/10/2019
» STOCKHOLM - The Nobel Economics Prize was on Monday awarded to Indian-born Abhijit Banerjee of the US, his French-American wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer of the US "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty," the jury said.
Bottlenecks and stockpiles: UK firms in last Brexit stretch
AFP, Published on 06/10/2019
» LONDON: British companies are ramping up preparations ahead of Brexit, spearheaded by the food and drink sectors stockpiling extra ingredients and bottles.
Estonian kid Kelly Sildaru ready to light up freestyle ski worlds
AFP, Published on 06/02/2019
» PARK CITY (UNITED STATES) - Fresh from winning three medals at the Winter X-Games, Estonia's 16-year-old freestyle ski sensation Kelly Sildaru is looking to take the World Championships by storm this week.
Melbourne set to roast on hottest day in decade
Associated Press, Published on 25/01/2019
» MELBOURNE: Tens of thousands of Melbourne homes and businesses lost power Friday as air-conditioners taxed the power supply on what was forecast to be the hottest day in a decade for Australia's second-largest city.
Previous winners of the Nobel Economics Prize
AFP, Published on 08/10/2018
» STOCKHOLM - The Nobel Economics Prize was on Monday awarded to American economists William Nordhaus and Paul Romer for "integrating climate change" and "technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis".