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UK video game industry, home of Lara Croft, fights gender imbalance
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» LONDON - Giving life to a black elf in a fantasy video game, softly spoken schoolgirl Hannah leans into the microphone to deliver an ominous warning: "This world, and everything in it, will burn!"
China urges North, South Korea to 'seize opportunity'
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» BEIJING: China has cautiously welcomed an agreement by North and South Korea to hold a historic summit, urging both sides to "seize the current opportunity" to promote the denuclearisation of the peninsula.
Man charged with felony theft of Oscar
Associated Press, Published on 07/03/2018
» LOS ANGELES: A 47-year-old man was charged on Tuesday with stealing Frances McDormand's Academy Award at a party after the presentation of the Oscars.
Tons for Bairstow, Root as England set big target
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» DUNEDIN (NEW ZEALAND) - Centuries by Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root helped England set New Zealand a challenging total of 336 in the fourth one-day international in Dunedin Wednesday.
MPs mock harassment claims as #MeToo falls flat in Russia
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» MOSCOW - Sofia Rusova was a young political journalist in a provincial Russian city when a lawmaker pursued her with sexual text messages, staked her out and even assaulted her near her apartment.
German far-right 'terror' group faces verdicts for attacks
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» DRESDEN (GERMANY) - Eight members of a German far-right group face verdicts Wednesday after a year-long terrorism trial over a series of explosives attacks targeting refugees and anti-fascist activists.
N. Korean athletes arrive in the South for Paralympics
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» SEOUL - North Korean athletes and delegates arrived in the South Wednesday to take part in the Winter Paralympics, as part of an Olympics-driven detente between the two neighbours.
Ivorian migrant mourns 'four lost years' on road to Europe
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» BRIANçON (FRANCE) - For many migrants arriving in Europe, it's difficult to talk about the toll taken by the journey. But Ibrahim Soumahoro is unusually frank: the four years spent getting to France have been "lost years".
China 'unhappy' but calm over US carrier visit to Vietnam
Associated Press, Published on 07/03/2018
» BEIJING: Beijing is unhappy with the first visit by a US aircraft carrier to a Vietnamese port since the Vietnam War and is monitoring developments, a Communist Party newspaper said Wednesday.
Amazon CEO's wealth soars to new heights while Trump's sinks
Associated Press, Published on 07/03/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has become the first US$100 billion mogul to top Forbes' annual rankings of the world's richest people. But President Donald Trump's fortune sank during his first year in office despite a surging stock market.