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UK synagogue attacker: Briton of Syrian descent
AFP, Published on 04/10/2025
» LONDON - The attacker who targeted a British synagogue, Jihad al-Shamie, was a British citizen of Syrian descent who was on police bail for a rape charge, police said on Friday.
Shear bliss for New Zealand's pampered sheep
AFP, Published on 23/11/2023
» WANAKA (NEW ZEALAND) - Classical music, soft mattresses and the gentlest touch of a wool clipper: welcome to the New Zealand farm indulging what may be the world's most pampered sheep.
Investments, inheritance leave Charles III sitting on a fortune
AFP, Published on 30/04/2023
» LONDON: Through inheritance, royal estates and shrewd investing while a prince, Charles III will be crowned on May 6 with a considerable fortune to his name.
Polar bear kills woman and baby in remote Alaskan village
AFP, Published on 19/01/2023
» LOS ANGELES: A polar bear killed a young woman and her baby son in a remote area of Alaska, police said, in a rare attack by an animal battling the worst effects of human-caused climate change.
Receding ice leaves Canada's polar bears at rising risk
AFP, Published on 30/09/2022
» CHURCHILL (CANADA) - Sprawled on rocky ground far from sea ice, a lone Canadian polar bear sits under a dazzling sun, his white fur utterly useless as camouflage.
France's Macron announces 'new page' in Algeria ties
AFP, Published on 26/08/2022
» ALGIERS - French President Emmanuel Macron announced a "new page" in ties with Algeria on Thursday, the first day of a three-day visit aimed at mending ties with the former French colony months after it marked 60 years of independence.
US drought exposes murky mob past of Las Vegas
AFP, Published on 04/07/2022
» LAS VEGAS: Mobsters who end up sleeping with the fishes are usually never seen again.
Time running out on Trump bid to overturn election results
AFP, Published on 08/12/2020
» WASHINGTON - Humiliation in the courts, witnesses who provide more farce than facts and a chief lawyer battling coronavirus -- Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the November 3 presidential election are not going well.
Hurricane Zeta slams into Louisiana coast
AFP, Published on 29/10/2020
» NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Zeta slammed into the southern United States as a Category 2 storm on Wednesday, bringing dangerous winds and surging ocean waves to Louisiana, which has been hit repeatedly during a busy hurricane season.
Two stunning track records with evolving technological progress to the fore
AFP, Published on 08/10/2020
» PARIS - The unwavering advance of technology continues unabated in athletics as two long-standing world records were obliterated within an hour at the same meeting by runners wearing Nike's controversial track spikes and guided by pacemaking lights.