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US immigration agency on a shopping spree
AFP, Published on 23/10/2025
» NEW YORK - The agency overseeing Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown is spending tens of millions of dollars on guns, ammunition, body armor and surveillance technology, according to procurement records reviewed by AFP.
Greenpeace ordered to pay $660m in US pipeline suit
AFP, Published on 20/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - A jury in North Dakota on Wednesday ordered Greenpeace to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages in a closely watched lawsuit brought by a US pipeline operator, raising serious free speech concerns.
Deadline looms for US federal worker resignations under Musk plan
AFP, Published on 07/02/2025
» WASHINGTON - More than two million US federal workers were hours away from a deadline Thursday to quit with eight months' pay or risk being fired on the spot in a plan by billionaire Elon Musk to gut the civil service.
Hong Kong kindergarten closures loom amid low birth rates, 40 schools at risk
South China Morning Post, Published on 03/02/2025
» About 40 kindergartens are expected to close down in Hong Kong by the end of this school year due to the effects of the city's record low birth rate in 2022, operators have said, with the education minister suggesting campus relocation as one solution for survival.
Do or DEI: Trump's assault on diversity divides America
AFP, Published on 28/01/2025
» WASHINGTON — For United States President Donald Trump's allies, his crackdown on the "illegal and immoral discrimination" of equal opportunities programs reflects a shifting electorate that has lost patience with ineffective and performative political correctness.
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.
Resisting Russia, Moldova’s president fights to keep power
Bloomberg, Published on 03/11/2024
» The several hundred people gathered inside a hall in the Moldovan village of Pirlita wore winter clothes to keep out the chill. Heating is a luxury the local mayor can’t afford, even when the president visits.
Israeli forces battle Palestinian militants in south Gaza
AFP, Published on 10/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israeli forces on Sunday fought Palestinian militants around southern Gaza's main city, as the UN chief decried divisions that had "paralysed" the Security Council's response to the over two-months-old war.
Urban fighting rages in Gaza
AFP, Published on 07/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP - Heavy urban combat raged in and around Gaza's biggest cities on Thursday as the bloodiest ever war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas entered its third month since the October 7 attacks.
'Existential risk': Quebec's English-language universities fear massive fee hikes
AFP, Published on 24/11/2023
» SHERBROOKE (CANADA) - A chill has fallen over the three English-language universities in Canada's Quebec province, as winter arrives with students and administrators worried about plans to nearly double tuition by next school year.