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Britain's violent riots: What we know
New York Times, Published on 08/08/2024
» LONDON - After days of violent rioting set off by disinformation around a deadly stabbing rampage, authorities in Britain had been bracing for more unrest Wednesday. But by nightfall, large-scale anti-immigration demonstrations had not materialised, and only a few arrests had been made nationwide.
Trump, children sued for fraud in New York
AFP, Published on 22/09/2022
» NEW YORK - Donald Trump and family members lied to lenders and insurers for years, variously inflating and deflating his worth by billions for tax purposes, according to a suit filed by New York state's attorney general on Wednesday.
Ukraine crisis reveals growing Republican rift on Russia
AFP, Published on 28/01/2022
» WASHINGTON - As Washington rallies the international community against Russian aggression in Ukraine, conflict has broken out back home between traditional Republicans determined to defend democracy overseas and an isolationist base asking why America should take sides at all.
US have Europe in dire straits in quest to reclaim Ryder Cup
AFP, Published on 25/09/2021
» KOHLER (UNITED STATES) - The United States flexed their muscle at wind-whipped Whistling Straits Friday, dominating Europe 6-2 to launch their quest to regain the Ryder Cup.
US moves to block Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
AFP, Published on 17/09/2021
» WASHINGTON - The US Justice Department has challenged a plan that would dissolve Purdue Pharma, manufacturer of the OxyContin drug that has been blamed for the country's opioid crisis, while shielding its founders from lawsuits.
In US, an effort to commemorate thousands of lynching victims
AFP, Published on 30/08/2021
» DECATUR (UNITED STATES) - More than 120 years ago, a Black man was accused of raping a white woman in the city of Decatur, Illinois, but before Samuel Bush could be tried, a vicious mob forcibly took him from a local jail, beat him and hung him from a telephone pole. Now, an effort is underway to memorialize the brutal lynching.
Houston opens largest LGBTQ senior residence in US
AFP, Published on 28/06/2021
» HOUSTON - Life has thrown a lot of roadblocks at Dina Jacobs, a transgender woman, for trying to live authentically. But now, she can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Judge refuses to sequester Floyd trial jury after new unrest
AFP, Published on 13/04/2021
» MINNEAPOLIS - The judge presiding over the George Floyd murder trial in Minneapolis denied a defense request on Monday to sequester the jury, dismissing suggestions they could be swayed by a night of unrest over the shooting of a young Black man by the city's police.
British racing braces for coronavirus fallout
AFP, Published on 19/03/2020
» LONDON - British horse racing is preparing itself for tough times ahead after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered racecourses, putting jobs at risk and leaving the industry in limbo.
British Open's return offers sporting relief to Northern Ireland
AFP, Published on 17/07/2019
» PORTRUSH (UNITED KINGDOM) - The British Open's return to Northern Irish soil for the first time in 68 years this week brings some blessed sporting relief for a region in uncertain political times.