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Musk defends war on US government ‘fraudsters’
The New York Times, Published on 12/02/2025
» WASHINGTON — Billionaire Elon Musk, in an extraordinary Oval Office appearance on Tuesday, said he was providing maximum transparency in his US government cost-cutting initiative but offered no evidence for his sweeping claims that the federal bureaucracy had been corrupted by cheats and officials who had approved money for “fraudsters”.
Virginia goes to polls in too-close-to call bellwether election
AFP, Published on 02/11/2021
» WASHINGTON - The US state of Virginia prepared to vote Tuesday for its next governor in a margin-of-error skirmish seen as the first major test of President Joe Biden's political brand.
British PM Johnson upbeat despite UK's woes
AFP, Published on 03/10/2021
» MANCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday vowed to press on with his post-Brexit agenda for Britain, even as the country faces a growing supply chain crisis made worse by its EU departure.
Iran, US heat up war of words on Iraq despite virus pandemic
AFP, Published on 02/04/2020
» TEHRAN - Iran said Thursday it "only acts in self-defence" after President Donald Trump warned it against attacks on US troops in Iraq, as a new war of words heated up despite the coronavirus pandemic.
China swim star Sun 'no drug cheat' - coach Cotterell
AFP, Published on 26/07/2019
» GWANGJU (SOUTH KOREA) - Chinese swim king Sun Yang is no drug cheat and has been the victim of "ill-informed" protests from athletes at the world championships, insists his Australian coach.
China swim coach slams 'irrational' Sun doping protests
AFP, Published on 25/07/2019
» GWANGJU (SOUTH KOREA) - China's head swim coach has hit back at world championship protests against Sun Yang over fresh allegations of doping breaches, calling them "harmful" and "prejudiced".
Trump delivers hard line on new China tariffs threat
AFP, Published on 10/06/2019
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump warned Monday he will slap huge new tariffs on China if his counterpart Xi Jinping doesn't show up for a planned face-to-face meeting later this month and insisted the Chinese economy will never overtake the United States.
Ex-Australian prime minister Bob Hawke dies at age 89
AP, Published on 16/05/2019
» CANBERRA: Bob Hawke, Australia's longest-serving Labor Party prime minister, whose charisma and powers of persuasion earned him near-folk hero status among many Australians, died on Thursday, his wife said. He was 89.
Falungong: The movement that rattled Beijing
AFP, Published on 25/04/2019
» BEIJING - The Falungong triggered a relentless Chinese government crackdown against the movement when thousands of its members protested around Communist Party headquarters in Beijing 20 years ago.
Bare-faced cheat: Women 'better at hiding infidelity'
AFP, Published on 17/04/2019
» TOKYO: You can't hide your lying eyes: scientists have revealed that women can judge whether a man is likely to be unfaithful just by looking at his face but men are less able to spot a cheating woman.