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Germany's Scholz weathers shocks in turbulent first year
AFP, Published on 04/12/2022
» FRANKFURT (GERMANY) - A war in his backyard, galloping economic crisis, and unhappy partners at home and abroad -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has weathered unprecedented shocks in his first year, while struggling to make a mark on the global stage.
Australia's 'Big Wet' eases, but thousands still isolated
AFP, Published on 24/03/2021
» WINDSOR (AUSTRALIA) - Rescue teams raced emergency supplies to flood-hit Australians Wednesday, as trapped residents waited for still-swollen rivers to ebb, so the long, hard clean-up can begin.
Nationals, Yankees kneel as baseball season opens
AFP, Published on 24/07/2020
» WASHINGTON - The Washington Nationals and New York Yankees kneeled in a gesture of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement on Thursday as Major League Baseball's coronavirus-delayed season got under way.
MLB Nats, Astros cancel workouts for lack of virus test results
AFP, Published on 07/07/2020
» WASHINGTON - The reigning World Series champion Washington Nationals and the team they beat for the title, the Houston Astros, called off practice Monday after not receiving results from COVID-19 tests taken Friday.
Oxfam Asia sex abuse revealed
Online reporters with agencies, Published on 15/02/2018
» LONDON/MANILA: Britain will stop funding overseas aid agencies if they fail to learn the lessons from Oxfam's sex abuse scandal, and the government will discuss possible prosecutions with law enforcement, the British development minister said on Wednesday.