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Huge crowds expected for second day of pope lying in state
AFP, Published on 24/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Huge crowds were expected at St Peter’s Basilica on Thursday for a glimpse of Pope Francis’s body on the second day of public tributes ahead of the Catholic leader’s weekend burial.
Arsenal lacked 'energy' in Palace draw as Liverpool prepare to seal title
AFP, Published on 24/04/2025
» LONDON — Mikel Arteta admitted Arsenal have to get their "energy" back for the Champions League showdown with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) after a lacklustre 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace left Liverpool on the brink of winning the Premier League.
121-metre long cake gives a taste for records
AFP, Published on 24/04/2025
» ARGENTEUIL — Armed with 4,000 eggs and a truckload of sugar and cream, French pastry chefs on Wednesday completed a 121.8-metre (399 feet, eight inches) long strawberry cake which they have claimed is the world's longest ever made.
YouTube says more than 20 billion videos uploaded in 20 years
AFP, Published on 24/04/2025
» SAN BRUNO (UNITED STATES) — YouTube on Wednesday celebrated more than 20 billion videos being uploaded to the platform since the first clip debuted two decades ago.
Trump seeks 'fair deal' with China but pathway unclear
AFP, Published on 24/04/2025
» WASHINGTON — United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday played up prospects of a "fair deal" on trade with China, but his top officials offered few details of how Washington might de-escalate its damaging tariff war with Beijing.
Israeli strikes kill 17 in school-turned-shelter
AFP, Published on 23/04/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) — Gaza's civil defence agency on Wednesday said its crew recovered charred bodies from a school-turned-shelter for displaced people, as Israeli strikes killed 17 people in the Hamas-run territory since dawn.
Patients with leprosy face lasting stigma in Ethiopia
AFP, Published on 23/04/2025
» ADDIS ABABA — Tilahun Wale not only lost his right foot to leprosy -- a disease that still affects thousands in Ethiopia -- he also lost his family.
Coral reefs pushed to brink as bleaching crisis worsens
AFP, Published on 23/04/2025
» PARIS — An unprecedented coral bleaching episode has spread to 84% of the world's reefs in an unfolding human-caused crisis that could kill off swathes of the essential ecosystems, scientists warned Wednesday.
Trump says won't fire Fed chief, signals China tariffs will come down
AFP, Published on 23/04/2025
» WASHINGTON — United States President Donald Trump said Tuesday he had no intention of firing the chair of the US Federal Reserve and signalled a "substantial" lowering of tariffs on China -- moves that brought relief to global markets spooked by his aggressive policies.
UK hosting new round of Ukraine talks
AFP, Published on 23/04/2025
» LONDON - Britain hosts a new round of talks on Wednesday involving the United States, Ukraine, and European nations amid a new US effort to end Russia's war in Ukraine.