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Historic Macau Grand Prix returns to Las Vegas of the east
AFP, Published on 18/11/2023
» MACAU - Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher both conquered the Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix on its treacherous street circuit before becoming legends of motor racing.
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Thousands stuck in deep mud at Burning Man festival
AFP, Published on 03/09/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Tens of thousands of drenched festivalgoers were stranded Sunday in deep, sticky mud in the Nevada desert after torrential rain turned the annual Burning Man gathering into a quagmire.
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More than 2,700 detained in Philippine trafficking crackdown
AFP, Published on 27/06/2023
» MANILA: Philippine authorities have detained more than 2,700 people during raids on several buildings in Manila where hundreds of trafficking victims were paid to recruit players for online games, police said on Tuesday.
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Australian casino group fined US$290m for lax controls
AFP, Published on 31/05/2023
» SYDNEY: Australia's Crown Resorts is set to pay a civil penalty of A$450 million (US$290 million) for lax money laundering controls that saw cash being carried into a casino in paper bags, shoe boxes and suitcases.
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Cambodian union leader jailed over casino strike
AFP, Published on 25/05/2023
» PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian court on Thursday jailed a woman union leader for two years for leading a strike against the country's biggest casino to demand the reinstatement of workers laid off during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The 'water cops' of Las Vegas make city a model in drought-hit US
AFP, Published on 08/05/2023
» LAS VEGAS - Known around the world as an oasis of overindulgence, the desert city of Las Vegas has emerged as a surprising model of austerity and prudence when it comes to water.
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French court dismisses case against TotalEnergies E. Africa oil project
AFP, Published on 01/03/2023
» PARIS - A French court on Tuesday dismissed a landmark case against TotalEnergies for a massive oil project in Uganda and Tanzania after several NGOs filed a suit to suspend the controversial project.
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Macau ponders future even as tourists and gamblers return
AFP, Published on 23/01/2023
» MACAU: Macau's streets were packed in the run-up to the Lunar New Year after pandemic controls were abruptly lifted but it is far from business as usual as the Chinese casino hub wrestles with questions about its future.
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Eight killed, dozens missing in Malaysia landslide
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» KUALA LUMPUR: At least eight people died after a landslide struck a Malaysian campsite Friday, officials said, as rescuers searched for dozens who were still missing.
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S.Africa's ghost hunters look for clues in hollow rooms
AFP, Published on 17/11/2022
» PRETORIA - Shortly after nightfall, flashlight in hand, Rivas Bright knocks twice on the broken window of an abandoned building in Pretoria, South Africa.
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