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Lebanese say Israel preventing post-war reconstruction
AFP, Published on 12/11/2025
» MSAILEH, Lebanon - When engineer Tarek Mazraani started campaigning for the reconstruction of war-battered southern Lebanon, Israeli drones hovered ominously overhead — their loudspeakers sometimes calling him out by name.
Ancient Myanmar ball game battles for survival in troubled nation
AFP, Published on 03/06/2025
» YANGON - Mastering control of the rising and falling rattan chinlone ball teaches patience, says a veteran of the traditional Myanmar sport -- a quality dearly needed in the long-suffering nation.
Brazil police foil Lady Gaga gig bomb plot
AFP, Published on 05/05/2025
» BRASíLIA - Brazilian police said Sunday they had arrested two people in connection with a foiled plot to attack Lady Gaga's packed mega-concert in Rio de Janeiro.
Lebanon says Israeli fire kills 1 as residents try to go home
AFP, Published on 27/01/2025
» BURJ AL MULUK (LEBANON) - Lebanon's heath ministry said Israeli fire killed one person Monday and wounded seven others in the south, in a second day of violence as residents tried again to return to border villages.
Crisis-struck German maker of Playmobil toys cuts jobs
AFP, Published on 02/10/2023
» BERLIN - The crisis-hit German toy company behind Playmobil, the small plastic figures loved by children the world over, said on Monday that it was cutting 17 percent of its workforce.
In a TikTok trend, grisly scenes of purple milkshake horror
New York Times, Published on 01/07/2023
» NEW YORK: The scenes on social media are grisly. A body dangles out of the trunk of a sedan, dribbling purple goo. Another is draped across a basketball hoop with a net that has been stained lilac. A third splutters in a bathtub covered in dusky handprints.
NBA injury fears for Giannis, Morant as Lakers, Heat win
AFP, Published on 17/04/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Milwaukee superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo and Memphis star guard Ja Morant suffered serious injuries that threatened to disrupt two title contenders on Sunday in NBA playoff series-opening defeats.
From Colombia or Haiti, migrants' long road ends in Canada
AFP, Published on 11/03/2023
» CHAMPLAIN (UNITED STATES) - For exhausted migrants, a small stretch of snow-covered road is the last step in a long journey to a new life in Canada. Some drag heavy suitcases, others carry all their worldly belongings in small plastic bags.
Rubble and relief in recaptured south Ukraine village
AFP, Published on 09/10/2022
» KRESCHENIVKA, Ukraine: A basketball hoop stands in the rubble of a school gym. The roof was blown apart during days of heavy fighting in Kreschenivka, a village recently recaptured from Russian troops in southern Ukraine.
USA step up Olympic medal hunt
AFP, Published on 05/08/2021
» TOKYO - The United States are eyeing a quadruple gold medal haul spearheaded by hurdler Grant Holloway in the Tokyo Olympic Stadium on Thursday, while the men's basketball tournament reaches the semi-final stage.