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UK’s crumbling canals threatened with collapse
AFP, Published on 11/02/2026
» WHITCHURCH, England - On a misty winter’s day in the English midlands, engineers struggled to drag stranded narrowboats from a waterless, mud-filled canal that collapsed weeks earlier, in a delicate, multi-million-pound rescue operation.
Chinese student numbers at Harvard rise despite Trump visa crackdown
South China Morning Post, Published on 14/01/2026
» WASHINGTON — Enrolment at Harvard for Chinese students rose in the autumn from a year earlier, even as the Donald Trump administration moved to rein in visas for them and limit foreign enrolment and funding at the prestigious university.
Musk's DOGE team emerges from the shadows
AFP, Published on 29/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - It has worked in the shadows for months, but Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has now offered the first peek behind the curtain of the government cost-cutting drive it launched on behalf of US President Donald Trump.
On these apps, the dark promise of mothers sexually abusing children
The New York TImes, Published on 08/12/2024
» The promotional photo showed a mother affectionately hugging and kissing her daughter. The girl, around 8 years old, smiled into the camera.
Infantino says 'seize moment' in last-minute World Cup ticket plea
AFP, Published on 19/07/2023
» AUCKLAND - FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Wednesday urged fans to "seize the moment" and snap up Women's World Cup tickets, with most games yet to sell out on the eve of the tournament.
PGA board member resigns over 'serious concerns' on LIV deal: report
AFP, Published on 10/07/2023
» WASHINGTON - Randall Stephenson, a former AT&T chief executive, reportedly has resigned his PGA Tour Policy Board position over "serious concerns" about the tour's controversial deal with LIV Golf's Saudi backers.
CNN chief Chris Licht ends turbulent run at network
AFP, Published on 07/06/2023
» NEW YORK - Chris Licht, the embattled head of CNN, has stepped down "effective immediately," the network's parent company Warner Brothers Discovery announced Wednesday, as the global news outlet struggles to reverse a ratings decline.
From sharing site to anime giant, Crunchyroll marches forward
AFP, Published on 09/03/2023
» TOKYO - Once a semi-legal sharing site, Crunchyroll is now a streaming giant credited with helping Japanese anime transform from a nerdy subculture into a lucrative global industry poised to conquer new markets.
New York Times to buy sports news site The Athletic
AFP, Published on 07/01/2022
» NEW YORK - The New York Times will acquire sports news website The Athletic, the companies announced Thursday, the latest move by the iconic US newspaper in its diversification drive.
Theranos founder claims abuse by controlling boyfriend
AFP, Published on 30/11/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO - Fallen biotech star Elizabeth Holmes fought back tears while testifying at her fraud trial Monday as she recounted alleged abuse by a controlling boyfriend running operations at her failed blood testing startup.