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Move on, says Trump as Epstein files trigger probe into British politician
AFP, Published on 04/02/2026
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - US President Donald Trump made a fresh plea Tuesday for Americans to move on from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, even as it left a prominent British politician facing a criminal probe on the other side of the Atlantic.
Riverside Ukraine city left with mud and memories
AFP, Published on 12/06/2023
» ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine: Zaporizhzhia residents braved grey skies and driving rain to visit the banks of the Dnipro, not to relax in riverside bars and resorts, but to contemplate a sea of mud.
From talking ducks to scary croissants: 2021's weirdest news
AFP, Published on 27/12/2021
» PARIS: How we laughed in 2021! Yes, the year was plagued by Covid, fires and floods... but it did throw up some weird and wonderful news to lift the spirits.
US concludes Russia poisoned Navalny, imposes sanctions
AFP, Published on 02/03/2021
» WASHINGTON - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on seven senior Russian officials as it said its intelligence concluded that Moscow orchestrated the near fatal poisoning of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
2020: World rocked by Covid-19, Trump and Black Lives Matter
AFP, Published on 27/12/2020
» PARIS: The Covid-19 pandemic cast a long pall over 2020 but it also saw President Donald Trump beaten by Joe Biden in a tumultuous US election and the Black Lives Matter movement shake the world.
Erdogan vows action over 'disgusting' Charlie Hebdo cartoon
AFP, Published on 29/10/2020
» ISTANBUL - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vented his outrage Wednesday at a "disgusting" cartoon in the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo depicting him looking up a woman's skirt while drinking beer in his underpants.
Machete-wielding sex burglar cleared after Aussie fantasy goes wrong
AFP, Published on 29/05/2020
» SYDNEY - A knife-toting Australian hired to break into another man's home, tie him up and stroke him with a broom has been cleared of intimidation after accidentally entering the wrong house.
This place is the pits: China opens luxury hotel in quarry
AFP, Published on 15/11/2018
» SHANGHAI - A hotel development sunk into a disused quarry in China opened its doors Thursday to deep-pocketed clientele.
China 'waterfall' skyscraper hit by torrent of ridicule
AFP, Published on 27/07/2018
» BEIJING: A skyscraper in southwest China that boasts what its owner calls the world's largest man-made waterfall has become the latest example of over-the-top architecture to draw national ridicule.