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India probes deadly Delhi car blast
AFP, Published on 11/11/2025
» NEW DELHI - India’s defence minister vowed on Tuesday that those responsible for a deadly car explosion in the heart of the capital that killed at least eight people will face justice.
Australia to oust monarch from banknotes
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» SYDNEY: Australia will erase the British-based monarch from its banknotes, replacing the late Queen Elizabeth II's image on its A$5 note with a design honouring Indigenous culture, the central bank said Thursday.
Venezuela's inflation-battered bolivar sheds 6 zeroes
AFP, Published on 02/10/2021
» CARACAS - The official exchange rate of Venezuela's bolivar went from 4.18 million to the US dollar overnight to just 4.18 as the impoverished country slashed six zeroes off its inflation-battered currency Friday to simplify transactions.
Zimbabwe's new biggest banknote is worth just $0.60
AFP, Published on 07/07/2021
» HARARE - Zimbabwe's central bank on Tuesday announced the introduction of a new 50-dollar note, the country's highest denomination, worth only around $0.60 in US currency.
Witness at Floyd trial feels 'disbelief and guilt' over his death
AFP, Published on 01/04/2021
» MINNEAPOLIS - A store clerk said Wednesday at the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin that he regretted accepting the fake $20 bill from George Floyd that led to his arrest and eventual death.
Massive protests in Russia's far east rattle Kremlin
AFP, Published on 01/08/2020
» KHABAROVSK (RUSSIA) - Locals say a struggle for democratic freedoms is unfolding in the far eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk, where the arrest of a popular governor has unleashed massive protests.
Up for grabs: Tokyo art exhibit invites theft
AFP, Published on 12/07/2020
» TOKYO: The Tokyo art exhibit opened to enthusiastic visitors, but many of those circulating weren't just there to soak in some culture -- they were casing the joint for a midnight raid.
Hundreds of troops deployed as angry US anti-racism protests spread
AFP, Published on 29/05/2020
» MINNEAPOLIS - Hundreds of troops deployed to the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul early Friday after a third night of rioting over police brutality against African Americans left hundreds of shops damaged and a police station on fire.
Kenyans rush to swap banknotes as cash ban looms
AFP, Published on 27/09/2019
» NAIROBI - Last week a man walked into a Nairobi car yard and paid for a luxury Mercedes with a mountain of 1,000 shilling ($10/9 euros) banknotes, desperate to offload cash that within days would be worthless.
China says can't hold US trade talks with 'knife to the throat'
AFP, Published on 25/09/2018
» BEIJING - China said on Tuesday it was impossible to hold trade talks with the United States while Washington is imposing tariffs that are like "holding a knife to someone's throat".