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Hosts Morocco face Mane's Senegal for AFCON glory
AFP, Published on 18/01/2026
» RABAT - The Africa Cup of Nations reaches its climax on Sunday with a showdown between host nation Morocco, looking to win the title for the first time in 50 years, and Sadio Mane's powerful Senegal side.
Australia to hold special inquiry into Bondi Beach shooting
AFP, Published on 08/01/2026
» SYDNEY - Australia will hold a royal commission inquiry into the mass shooting that killed 15 people at Bondi Beach, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday, as he faced public demands for answers.
Overseas scholars drawn to China's scientific clout, funding
AFP, Published on 07/01/2026
» SHANGHAI - China's government has long made efforts to tempt top scientists from abroad, but researchers say its institutions themselves are increasingly attracting talent thanks to their generous funding and growing prestige.
James Watson, Nobel prize-winning DNA pioneer, dead at 97
AFP, Published on 08/11/2025
» NEW YORK - James Watson -- the Nobel laureate co-credited with the pivotal discovery of DNA's double-helix structure, but whose career was later tainted by his repeated racist remarks -- has died, his former lab said Friday. He was 97.
Google ordered to pay Argentine pictured naked in his yard
AFP, Published on 25/07/2025
» BUENOS AIRES - An Argentine captured naked in his yard by a Google Street View camera has been awarded compensation by a court after his bare behind was splashed over the internet for all to see.
Moscow plans to use seized US-owned company to feed Russian army
Reuters, Published on 17/04/2025
» LONDON — Plans are afoot for an American-owned company seized by the Kremlin and placed under state control to be used to supply food to the Russian army, a document seen by Reuters showed, potentially threatening Moscow's warming relations with the United States.
End of the road for Kolkata's beloved yellow taxis
AFP, Published on 17/02/2025
» KOLKATA - Kolkata locals cherish their city's past, which is why many in the one-time Indian capital are mourning a vanishing emblem of its faded grandeur: a hulking and noisy fleet of stately yellow taxis.
Unfazed devotees shrug off stampede at India mega-festival
AFP, Published on 30/01/2025
» PRAYAGRAJ (INDIA) - Swarming throngs of devotees bathed in rivers at the world's biggest religious gathering in India on Thursday, undeterred by a stampede a day earlier that killed at least 30 people.
Ukraine's French-trained brigade rocked by scandal
AFP, Published on 10/01/2025
» UNDISCLOSED (UKRAINE) — With its soldiers trained in France and high-profile endorsements from the French and Ukrainian presidents, the "Anne of Kyiv" brigade was supposed to be a flagship unit for Ukraine's army.
China slams Philippines, warns of 'arms race' in region
South China Morning Post, Published on 27/12/2024
» HONG KONG - China has ramped up pressure on the Philippines to withdraw the US Typhon missile system stationed there, warning of "arms race risks" in the region.