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Trump, Xi to meet seeking truce in damaging trade war
AFP, Published on 30/10/2025
» GYEONGJU (SOUTH KOREA) - Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will seek a truce in their tit-for-tat trade war on Thursday, with the US president predicting a "great meeting" but Beijing being more circumspect.
‘Kyiv should be ours’: Russians cheer Putin-Trump call
AFP, Published on 20/05/2025
» MOSCOW - A day after Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump spoke by phone on Ukraine, showering each other with compliments, Russian homemaker Anastasia had one wish: for Moscow to finish what it started in 2022.
Putin declares 30-hour Easter ceasefire in Ukraine
Reuters, Published on 19/04/2025
» Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared a unilateral Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, ordering his forces to end hostilities at 6pm Moscow time on Saturday until the end of Sunday.
DR Congo polls open amid conflict in east
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» KINSHASA - Polling stations opened on Wednesday in a high-stakes Democratic Republic of Congo general election pitting the incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi against a fragmented opposition, while much of the east of the country is mired in conflict.
British MotoGP - five talking points
AFP, Published on 04/08/2023
» SILVERSTONE (UNITED KINGDOM) - MotoGP returns at Silverstone this weekend after its mid-term break. AFP Sport looks at five talking points ahead of the British MotoGP, the ninth round of the 20-race season:
Deadly dreams: record Everest season among most dangerous
AFP, Published on 09/06/2023
» KATHMANDU - Scaling Everest is always dangerous, but expedition organisers have warned that a combination of extreme weather, corner-cutting on safety, and inexperienced and "impatient" foreign climbers has resulted in one of the peak's deadliest mountaineering seasons.
55% of mainland Chinese back full-scale war to take control of Taiwan: poll
South China Morning Post, Published on 21/05/2023
» Just over half of mainland Chinese support a full-scale war to take control of Taiwan, according to a new survey that offers a rare insight into public opinion as Beijing takes an increasingly assertive stance towards the island.
Ukraine farmer risks life clearing shells from fields
AFP, Published on 13/04/2023
» NOVOGRYGORIVKA (UKRAINE) - His fields peppered with Russian shells, Ukrainian farmer Vitaliy Sydor has resorted to desperate measures to clear explosives from the land himself so he can plant crops.
California mass shooter was a dance studio regular
AFP, Published on 24/01/2023
» MONTEREY PARK (UNITED STATES) - The 72-year-old Asian man suspected of killing 10 people before shooting himself as police moved in on him was once a regular at the California dance club where America's latest gun massacre unfolded.
'Where are the mackerel?' Alarm as Bosphorus fish stocks crash
AFP, Published on 25/11/2022
» ISTANBUL - Despondent Sunday anglers watch crestfallen as a trawler winches an enormous net out of the waters of the Bosphorus.