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Former EU Commission president Jacques Delors dies at 98
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» PARIS - Jacques Delors, a former head of the EU Commission and key figure in the creation of the euro currency, has died, his daughter Martine Aubry told AFP on Wednesday.
Kevin McCarthy, US House speaker felled by his own side
AFP, Published on 04/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - Republican Kevin McCarthy rode the tiger of far-right US politics led by Donald Trump to achieve his dream of becoming House speaker early this year. Then on Tuesday, the tiger turned and ate him.
Biden 'optimistic' on debt talks with Republicans as default looms
AFP, Published on 15/05/2023
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden said Sunday he remains "optimistic" about finding an agreement with his Republican opponents to raise the US debt limit and avoid a default, which his administration warned would cause "catastrophic" consequences.
Australians rescued from rooftops as torrential rain ravages rural towns
Reuters, Published on 15/11/2022
» SYDNEY: Hundreds of residents in flood-ravaged Australia's southeast were rescued by helicopter and boat after rivers rose rapidly on Tuesday, cutting off entire towns and inundating houses, highways, bridges and farms.
Climate change 2021: There's no turning back now
AFP, Published on 27/12/2021
» PARIS: Across a quarter century of UN climate conferences tasked with saving humanity from itself, one was deemed a chaotic failure (Copenhagen/2009), another a stunning success (Paris/2015), and the rest landed somewhere in between.
New Zealand's Ardern says Glasgow 'make or break' for climate
AFP, Published on 06/11/2021
» WELLINGTON - Jacinda Ardern has warned the Glasgow climate summit is "make or break" in the fight to curb global warming, saying the world is now paying the price for decades of procrastination.
Israel in cold war over Ben & Jerry's ice cream ban
AFP, Published on 23/07/2021
» BEER-TUVIA (ISRAëL) - Israeli Avi Zinger said the ice cream he makes usually brings joy, but Ben & Jerry's decision to stop selling in occupied Palestinian territory has cast his factory into a political storm.
McIlroy hoping to provide spark for Europe in Ryder Cup showdown
AFP, Published on 22/09/2018
» PARIS - Four-time major champion Rory McIlroy's most important drive leading to the Ryder Cup might have come in a car instead of with a golf club.
Nuclear risk-taker Trump gambles all in talks with Kim
AFP, Published on 13/06/2018
» WASHINGTON - If Donald Trump's high-stakes, long-odds bet on building peace with North Korea pays off, it will be because he confidently dismissed all expert advice, moral qualms and diplomatic norms.