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World reaction to US action against Venezuela
Reuters, Published on 04/01/2026
» World leaders' reactions to Saturday's US attack on Venezuela.
Why is Taiwan not called Taiwan at the Olympics?
AFP, Published on 03/02/2022
» Four Taiwanese athletes are competing in Beijing's Winter Olympics next week, but they will not be announced as coming from Taiwan.
Ronaldo statue kicks up a fuss in India's Goa
AFP, Published on 31/12/2021
» CALANGUTE (INDIA) - A statue of Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has caused a stir in the southern Indian state of Goa, with locals accusing officials of insensitivity for honouring a sports star from the region's former colonial power.
Damaged Amazon rainforest teetering on the brink
AFP, Published on 04/11/2021
» SAO FELIX DO XINGU (BRAZIL) - Something is wrong.
French ice skating chief resigns over sex scandal
AFP, Published on 09/02/2020
» PARIS: The under-fire president of France's ice skating federation Didier Gailhaguet resigned on Saturday over his handling of accusations that a former national coach raped a top skater when she was in her teens.
Nuns on the run (with Swiss guards): Vatican Athletics gets Olympic blessing
AFP, Published on 11/01/2019
» VATICAN CITY - Faster, higher...holier.
Asian Games stir Indonesia's pride, boost Jokowi's campaign
AP, Published on 02/09/2018
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's hosting of the Asian Games and a record haul of gold medals has swelled national pride, providing a boost to the re-election campaign of President Joko "Jokowi'' Widodo.
Pyeongchang ceremony shines spotlight on unity
The Associated Press, Published on 09/02/2018
» PYEONGCHANG: In an extraordinary show of unexpected unity, North and South Korea sat side by side on Friday night under exploding fireworks that represented peace, not destruction, as the 2018 Winter Olympics opened on a Korean Peninsula riven by generations of anger and suspicion.