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Meet Alex, the taxi driver who became a Grand Slam-winning coach
AFP, Published on 02/02/2020
» MELBOURNE - It wasn't so long ago that Sofia Kenin's father was driving New York taxis and spoke English so poorly that he didn't know where he was supposed to be going. These days Alex Kenin, despite starting with close to zero tennis knowledge, is coaching a Grand Slam champion.
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Police arrest Japan taxi driver after running over pigeon
AFP, Published on 05/12/2023
» TOKYO - A Tokyo taxi driver was arrested for deliberately driving into a flock of pigeons and killing one, police said Tuesday, reportedly because he was angry that the birds were on the road.
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Four held over Liverpool taxi 'terrorist' blast
AFP, Published on 15/11/2021
» LIVERPOOL: Police in northwest England on Monday said they were treating a deadly blast outside a hospital in Liverpool as a "terrorist incident" involving a homemade bomb that was reportedly foiled by a quick-thinking taxi driver.
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Tokyo's taxi drivers face fan-free Olympics
AFP, Published on 12/07/2021
» TOKYO - In his white gloves, dark suit and tie, taxi driver Yuki Kawaguchi is ready to ferry passengers around Tokyo in style.
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S. Korea's self-driving upstarts take on tech giants
AFP, Published on 03/06/2020
» JEJU: In a workshop that blends a corporate office with a tool-packed garage, around 20 South Koreans are looking to take on the multi-billion-dollar giants of Uber, Tesla and Google parent Alphabet with a self-driving car of their own.
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A migrant's odyssey from Venezuela to the United States
AFP, Published on 27/12/2023
» MATAMOROS (MEXICO) - Lying in the jungle with a gun pointed at him, Marcel Maldonado remembered his mother's warning about the dangers of migrating overland to the United States -- and wondered if he'd get out alive.
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Attacker stabs German tourist to death in Paris
AFP, Published on 03/12/2023
» PARIS - A person known to the French authorities as a radical Islamist with mental health troubles stabbed a German tourist to death and wounded two people in central Paris on Saturday before being arrested, officials said.
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'Terrorist plot' probe after deadly Paris stabbing
AFP, Published on 03/12/2023
» PARIS: A man known to French authorities for radical Islamism with mental health troubles stabbed a tourist to death and wounded two other people in central Paris late Saturday night before being arrested, with prosecutors opening an investigation into a suspected "terrorist plot".
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'Failure' in psychiatric care of Paris attacker: minister
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» PARIS: There was a clear failure in the psychiatric care of the radicalised Islamist suffering from mental troubles who stabbed a German tourist to death in central Paris at the weekend before being arrested, France's interior minister said Monday.
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DR Congo's presidential candidates crisscross conflict-torn east
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» KINSHASA - Candidates have hit the campaign trail in the DR Congo's conflict-wracked east ahead of elections, holding rallies where the mood is festive -- even if the issue of security is never far from the surface.
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