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Trump unloads on allies as Davos showdown looms
AFP, Published on 20/01/2026
» ZURICH - US President Donald Trump has made an astonishing series of attacks apparently designed to humiliate allies France, Britain and Canada as the row over Greenland threatens to engulf the Davos forum.
Russia might try to take Ukrainian city of Sumy, Putin says
AFP, Published on 21/06/2025
» SAINT PETERSBURG - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he did not "rule out" his forces attempting to seize the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy, raising fresh doubts over the prospect of peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv.
Harvard sues Trump over US federal funding cuts
AFP, Published on 22/04/2025
» NEW YORK - Harvard sued US President Donald Trump's administration Monday in a sharp escalation of the fight between the prestigious university and the Republican, who has threatened its funding and sought to impose outside political supervision.
Trump says 'joke' Harvard should be stripped of funds
AFP, Published on 16/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump called Harvard a "joke" Wednesday and said it should lose its government research contracts after the top US university refused to accept demands to come under outside political supervision.
Iraqi protesters target Danish embassy
Reuters, Published on 22/07/2023
» BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces fired tear gas to repel hundreds of protesters as they tried to get to the Danish Embassy in Baghdad early on Saturday after reports that a Koran was burned in Denmark, according to a government source and videos on social media.
Relative of Brigitte Macron beaten up at family chocolate shop
AFP, Published on 17/05/2023
» LILLE (FRANCE) - A relative of French first lady Brigitte Macron has been beaten up outside her family's chocolate shop in an apparent politically motivated assault that sparked widespread condemnation on Tuesday.
One dead in Kenya as fresh opposition protests turn violent
AFP, Published on 28/03/2023
» NAIROBI - A young man was shot dead in Kenya on Monday, a hospital said, as anti-government protests turned increasingly violent, with police firing tear gas at opposition leader Raila Odinga's convoy and his supporters, and looters going on the rampage.
Actor James Cromwell bashes world leaders for absence at UN nature summit
AFP, Published on 15/12/2022
» MONTREAL - A high-stakes UN summit in Canada seen as vital to saving the world's biodiversity has failed to attract a single world leader beyond the host country's prime minister Justin Trudeau.
Doubts about Russia's retreat from Kherson
AFP, Published on 10/11/2022
» MYKOLAIV, Ukraine: Few Ukrainians shopping for socks and extension cords on the main market of the biggest city near the Kherson front on Thursday could believe the Russians really were pulling back.
How an indebted US physician sells Covid falsehoods
AFP, Published on 31/08/2021
» WASHINGTON: For Sherri Tenpenny, God is on the side of those who spurn Covid-19 vaccines. Making money, critics say, is the Ohio osteopath's higher calling.