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Ukraine sounds alarm as Hungary threatens EU support
AFP, Published on 11/12/2023
» BRUSSELS - Ukraine sounded the alarm over its European ambitions on Monday as EU leaders face a struggle to agree renewed financial support and an invitation to Kyiv to start formal membership talks.
Midnight strike deadline looms large for Detroit car giants
AFP, Published on 15/09/2023
» DETROIT - Detroit was on edge Thursday as the auto workers union stood poised for a historic strike of "Big Three" automakers as a midnight deadline approached.
World Cup chance to 'blow lid off' business of women's sports: Rapinoe
AFP, Published on 28/06/2023
» LOS ANGELES: United States veteran Megan Rapinoe said the upcoming Women's World Cup feels like a "paradigm shift" in the global business of women's sports even as inequities persist.
Sudan fighting intensifies despite US sanctions
AFP, Published on 02/06/2023
» KHARTOUM: Shelling rocked greater Khartoum on Friday, as fighting between Sudan's warring generals intensified despite US sanctions imposed after the collapse of a US- and Saudi-brokered truce.
Trudeau slams Facebook for threatening to block Canadian news
AFP, Published on 10/05/2023
» OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday slammed Meta after executives said it would block news for Canadian Facebook and Instagram users in response to a proposed law that would require digital giants to pay for local journalism content.
MLB locks out players in first work stoppage since 1994
AFP, Published on 02/12/2021
» NEW YORK - Major League Baseball locked out its players shortly after midnight on Thursday as failure to agree on a new collective contract sparked the sport's first work stoppage since 1994.
US touts leverage - but influence on Taliban seen as limited
AFP, Published on 01/09/2021
» WASHINGTON - After ending the 20-year US war, President Joe Biden hopes America's economic might can serve as leverage on the Taliban to shape the new Afghanistan. But experts question how much the triumphant Islamists can be swayed.
Google threatens to block Australians over media law
AFP, Published on 22/01/2021
» SYDNEY - Google threatened Friday to block Australian users from accessing its search service unless the government changed proposed legislation to make the internet giant pay news outlets for their content.
Talks could reshape Afghanistan, but peace not assured
AFP, Published on 11/09/2020
» KABUL - The Afghan government and the Taliban will this weekend begin talks to end nearly two decades of war, though few expect a peace deal any time soon.
Turkey's bid to become maritime powerhouse unsettles Mediterranean
AFP, Published on 23/08/2020
» ISTANBUL - Turkey's big push into the Mediterranean featuring controversial gas drilling, tough rhetoric and warships is rooted in a grand vision of a "Blue Homeland" that takes over waters claimed by EU neighbours.