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Bloomberg flirts with White House bid in challenge to Biden
AFP, Published on 09/11/2019
» CONCORD (UNITED STATES) - Billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg was positioning himself Friday to enter the crowded race for the Democratic presidential nomination, setting up a potential showdown with fellow septuagenarian Joe Biden as the leading centrist candidate.
Hundreds arrested on eve of verdict on Indian holy site
AFP, Published on 09/11/2019
» NEW DELHI - Fearing unrest, Indian police have reportedly arrested more than 500 people ahead of a Supreme Court ruling due Saturday on a hotly disputed religious site in the holy city of Ayodhya.
'Uncharted territory' as bushfires rage across Australia's east
AFP, Published on 09/11/2019
» SYDNEY - Australian firefighters warned they were in "uncharted territory" as they struggled to contain more than a dozen out-of-control bushfires across the east of the country on Friday.
US wants UN to take up Dalai Lama succession: envoy
AFP, Published on 09/11/2019
» WASHINGTON - The United States wants the United Nations to take up the Dalai Lama's succession in an intensifying bid to stop China from trying to handpick his successor, an envoy said after meeting the Tibetan spiritual leader.
Electric motorcycles ride to rescue in fuel-short Cuba
AFP, Published on 09/11/2019
» HAVANA - It is rush hour in Havana and the queue at the bus stop is longer than ever. Then a fleet of electric motorcycles appears, beeping their horns.
Verdict due in landmark Indian holy site dispute
AFP, Published on 09/11/2019
» NEW DELHI - India braced Saturday for a Supreme Court ruling over a holy site contested for centuries by Hindus and Muslims, which in 1992 sparked some of the deadliest sectarian violence since independence.
Divisions rife as Germany marks 30 years since Berlin Wall fall
AFP, Published on 09/11/2019
» BERLIN - Germany on Saturday marks 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall that ushered in the end of communism and national reunification, as the Western alliance that helped secure those achievements is riddled with divisions.
Pompeo slams Iran 'intimidation' of IAEA inspector as 'outrageous'
AFP, Published on 09/11/2019
» WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday slammed Tehran's treatment of an inspector with the UN's nuclear watchdog agency last week as "an outrageous and unwarranted act of intimidation."
Nike to probe former phenom Cain's claim of Salazar abuses
AFP, Published on 09/11/2019
» LOS ANGELES - Nike says it is investigating claims by former runner Mary Cain that she suffered physical and mental abuse as a member of the Nike Oregon Project headed by disgraced coach Alberto Salazar.
USOPC announces reforms in wake of Nassar sex scandal
AFP, Published on 09/11/2019
» LOS ANGELES - The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, under pressure in the wake of the Larry Nassar sex scandal that rocked USA Gymnastics, Friday announced major reforms to boost athlete representation and safety.