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Italy marks 30th anniversary of murder of anti-mafia judge Falcone
AFP, Published on 18/05/2022
» ROME: Thirty years ago, the Sicilian mafia killed judge Giovanni Falcone with a bomb so powerful it was registered by experts monitoring volcanic tremors from Etna on the other side of the island.
'King of streets': Last skateboarder on Ukraine front
AFP, Published on 06/05/2022
» KRAMATORSK (UKRAINE) - The baby-faced teenager in baggy shorts races his skateboard past the bombed burger joint and hit Peace Square just as air raid sirens rolled over the Ukrainian front.
Father of teen shot by US police demands jail terms
AFP, Published on 29/12/2021
» LOS ANGELES - The father of teenager accidentally shot dead by US police in a department store, demanded jail time Tuesday for the officers involved in her killing.
Spanish orchestra makes music from recycled junk
AFP, Published on 24/12/2021
» MADRID - Cristina Vazquez, a Roma teen who grew up in a Madrid shantytown, never imagined herself playing the violin.
Skateboarding seeks to flip its image of whiteness
AFP, Published on 06/02/2021
» HOUSTON - Wheels whir and clatter as Jerahn Thomas and his skateboarding friends land tricks on the streets of downtown Houston, each success bringing broad smiles to their faces.
Portland protests: Two dead on either side of divide
AFP, Published on 05/09/2020
» PORTLAND - One was a far-right activist, the other a member of the far-left Antifa movement. Both men paid with their lives after getting drawn into the anti-racism demonstrations that have shaken the US for the last three months.
Kenosha calm as anger mounts over US police shootings
AFP, Published on 28/08/2020
» KENOSHA (UNITED STATES) - A strong police presence brought relative calm to the Midwestern US city of Kenosha early Thursday after three nights of violence over the police shooting of a black man, as NBA stars led the sporting world in a wave of protest against racism.
Flying Frenchman embarks on Channel 'flyboard' crossing
AFP, Published on 25/07/2019
» SANGATTE (FRANCE) - A daredevil French inventor on Thursday began his attempt to fly across the Channel standing on a jet-powered "flyboard", an ambitious crossing he sees as following in the footsteps of the aviation pioneers.
Flying Frenchman to attempt pioneering Channel 'flyboard' crossing
AFP, Published on 25/07/2019
» SANGATTE (FRANCE) - A daredevil French inventor is Thursday to attempt a flight across the Channel standing on a jet-powered "flyboard", in an ambitious crossing he sees as following in the footsteps of the aviation pioneers.
Hurricane Michael slams into Florida
Associated Press, Published on 11/10/2018
» PANAMA CITY, Florida: Supercharged by abnormally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday with potentially catastrophic winds of 250 kilometres per hour (155 mph), the most powerful hurricane to hit the US mainland in nearly 50 years.