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Upstart gangsters shake Japan's yakuza
AFP, Published on 19/12/2025
» TOKYO - When Takanori Kuzuoka began climbing the criminal career ladder, he didn't fancy joining Japan's old-school yakuza, with their tattoos, rigid hierarchy and codes of honour.
Philippines’ Duterte bound for ICC’s Hague jail with spiritual advisers and volleyball
Bloomberg, Published on 13/03/2025
» Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will be trading his cozy countryside home for the sterile walls of the International Criminal Court’s detention centre, following his high-profile arrest as part of a probe into his deadly war on drugs.
Streaming giants battle for anime supremacy
AFP, Published on 11/05/2023
» TOKYO - From R-rated sci-fi to teen biker gang adventures, streaming platforms are locked in an intensifying battle for dominance in one of the entertainment sector's hottest and most lucrative mediums: anime.
Hells Angels founder Sonny Barger dead at 83
AFP, Published on 30/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - Sonny Barger, a founding member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club who spent decades as the public face of the notorious biker gang, has died at the age of 83, according to his Facebook page.
French police arrest man over 2012 Alps killing of British family
AFP, Published on 13/01/2022
» GRENOBLE (FRANCE) - French police Wednesday detained a man over the 2012 killing of a British family of Iraqi origin in a remote Alpine region, prosecutors said, a rare development in one of France's most notorious unsolved cold cases.
Mountain biking rivals skiing in Austria as Alps warm
AFP, Published on 26/08/2021
» SANKT CORONA (AUSTRIA) - A village in the Austrian Alps known for its family-friendly ski resort has been forced to adapt to waning snow due to climate change, turning to a new downhill sport -- mountain biking.
US biker rally may have led to 260,000 new Covid-19 cases
AFP, Published on 09/09/2020
» WASHINGTON: A massive motorcycle rally held in the US state of South Dakota last month may have been responsible for 260,000 new coronavirus cases, according to an analysis published Tuesday.
Biker paramedics ride to the rescue in Venezuelan capital
AFP, Published on 24/06/2020
» CARACAS - Zully Rodiz and her kind are seen as modern-day angels in the chaos of the Venezuelan capital, roaring off on powerful motorcycles to the scene of a road accident or to bring medicine to the sick.
Dakar Rally in mourning as Portuguese rider Goncalves dies in crash
AFP, Published on 12/01/2020
» WADI AD-DAWASIR (SAUDI ARABIA) - Portuguese motorbike rider Paulo Goncalves has died after a crash in the Dakar Rally on Sunday, the 40-year-old becoming the gruelling motorsport marathon's 25th fatality.
Dakar's women drivers helping their Saudi sisters
AFP, Published on 09/01/2020
» JEDDAH (SAUDI ARABIA) - They may be few in number but the women who have come to Saudi Arabia to race their vehicles across the sands in this year's Dakar Rally are making their voices heard.