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Trump 'Golden Dome' plan tricky and expensive: experts
AFP, Published on 20/06/2025
» LE BOURGET (FRANCE) - President Donald Trump's proposed "Golden Dome" defence system is a plan that will face mammoth technical and financial hurdles, and could increase global insecurity, experts say.
Trump freezes VOA, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe
AFP, Published on 16/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration on Saturday put journalists at Voice of America and other US-funded broadcasters on leave, abruptly freezing outlets long seen as critical to countering a Russian and Chinese information offensive.
No home, no insurance: The double hit from Los Angeles fires
AFP, Published on 22/01/2025
» MALIBU — As he looks at the ruins of his home razed when deadly fires tore through the Los Angeles area, Sebastian Harrison knows it will never be the same again, because he was not insured.
Bulked-up Fury promises 'war' in Usyk rematch
AFP, Published on 21/12/2024
» RIYADH (SAUDI ARABIA) - Tyson Fury weighed in at the heaviest of his career on Friday as he vowed to go to war with Oleksandr Usyk in their world title rematch.
Bach's successor must give Russia cold shoulder: Ukrainian sports minister
AFP, Published on 17/12/2024
» PARIS - The successor to Thomas Bach as International Olympic Committee president must "embody the principles of justice" and that means refusing to welcome Russia back into the sporting world, Ukraine's Sports Minister Matviy Bidnyi has told AFP.
Kamala Harris hits the campaign trail
Reuters, Published on 23/07/2024
» WASHINGTON - US Vice President Kamala Harris was preparing to campaign in the critical battleground state of Wisconsin for the first time as a presidential candidate on Tuesday after securing enough Democratic Party delegate support to clear a path to the nomination.
Biden ends failing reelection campaign, backs Harris as nominee
Reuters, Published on 22/07/2024
» REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware: US President Joe Biden abandoned his floundering reelection bid on Sunday under growing pressure from his fellow Democrats and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the party's candidate to face Republican Donald Trump in the November election.
UK climate activists target 'Rokeby Venus' painting
AFP, Published on 06/11/2023
» LONDON - Climate protesters on Monday smashed the glass cover of the "Rokeby Venus" painting by Spanish artist Diego Velazquez at London's National Portrait Gallery, in the latest protest against fossil fuels.
Red airwave: America's conservative talk radio saturation
AFP, Published on 06/10/2023
» ASHLAND, US: With Pixie the Chihuahua curled nearby and studio walls covered in mementos, Jeff Katz leans into the radio microphone and delivers a rather less cozy message to his conservative audience: Joe Biden and Democrats are corrupt villains destroying America.
New species of snake found in Peru named after Harrison Ford
AFP, Published on 17/08/2023
» LIMA - Scientists working in Peru have named a new species of snake after Harrison Ford in honor of the "Indiana Jones" actor's support for conservation work.