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Australia joins countries suspending post to US
AFP, Published on 26/08/2025
» SYDNEY — Australia joined on Tuesday a string of countries suspending some postal deliveries to the United States, citing a "complex and rapidly evolving situation" with US President Donald Trump's looming tariffs.
Chinese ships collide while chasing Philippine vessel
AFP and Reuters, Published on 11/08/2025
» Two Chinese ships collided while pursuing a Philippine patrol boat in the South China Sea on Monday, with one of them sustaining “substantial damage”, the Philippine Coast Guard said.
David Beckham among Britain’s new knights
Reuters, Published on 14/06/2025
» LONDON - Former England football captain David Beckham and actor Gary Oldman were knighted in King Charles’ annual birthday honours list on Saturday, while sculptor Antony Gormley was made a Companion of Honour.
Dua Lipa, public figures urge UK to end Israel arms sales
AFP, Published on 29/05/2025
» LONDON - Pop star Dua Lipa joined some 300 UK celebrities in signing an open letter Thursday urging Britain to halt arms sales to Israel, after similar pleas from lawyers and writers.
French prosecutors urge 10-year terms for Kardashian robbers
AFP, Published on 21/05/2025
» PARIS - Prosecutors on Wednesday urged a French court to hand 10-year prison terms to the four men accused of robbing American superstar Kim Kardashian of some $10 million worth of jewellery at a Paris hotel.
‘I thought I was going to die,’ Kardashian tells Paris robbery trial
AFP, Published on 13/05/2025
» PARIS - American celebrity Kim Kardashian told a Paris court on Tuesday she feared she was going to be killed by masked men who robbed her at gunpoint of millions of dollars' worth worth of jewellery during the French capital’s fashion week.
Trial begins in Paris over 2016 gunpoint robbery of Kim Kardashian
AFP, Published on 28/04/2025
» PARIS - Ten suspects go on trial in Paris on Monday over the 2016 robbery of the US celebrity Kim Kardashian, which saw some US$10 million worth of jewellery stolen from the reality TV star and influencer.
Man Utd embarrassed by Bournemouth, Chelsea held at Everton
AFP, Published on 22/12/2024
» LONDON - Manchester United crashed to a humiliating 3-0 home defeat to Bournemouth, while Chelsea missed the chance to go top of the Premier League after a 0-0 draw at Everton on Sunday.
Nobel economics prize goes to inequality researchers
Reuters, Published on 15/10/2024
» STOCKHOLM: Three US-based academics won the 2024 Nobel economics prize on Monday for research that explored the aftermath of colonisation to understand why global inequality persists today, especially in countries dogged by corruption and dictatorship.
‘Godfather of AI’ co-winner of physics Nobel
Reuters, Published on 08/10/2024
» STOCKHOLM - Geoffrey Hinton — often called the “Godfather of AI” — and John Hopfield have won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries and inventions that laid the foundation for machine learning.