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Cuba cancels cigar festival as fuel crisis escalates
AFP, Published on 15/02/2026
» HAVANA - Cuba on Saturday announced the cancellation of its iconic cigar festival, amid a major energy crisis sparked by US pressure on the cash-strapped island.
US waives Venezuela oil sanctions as Trump plans visit
AFP, Published on 14/02/2026
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Friday he planned to visit Venezuela and reiterated satisfaction with its interim leader, as his administration authorized five major oil companies to operate in the country.
Trump posts, then deletes, racist clip of Obamas as monkeys
AFP, Published on 07/02/2026
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - President Donald Trump shared a post with a racist video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys, sparking outrage across the US political spectrum Friday before deleting it in a rare backtrack.
Three shot dead in Australia, town in lockdown
Reuters, Published on 22/01/2026
» SYDNEY — Three people have been shot dead in an attack in the Australian state of New South Wales, police said on Thursday, with local media reporting the gunman remained at large and the shooting was a suspected incident of domestic violence.
Faberge's rare Winter Egg fetches record pound sterling22.9 mn at auction
AFP, Published on 03/12/2025
» LONDON - Faberge's The Winter Egg, considered one of his most beautiful creations, sold for nearly pound sterling23 million ($30 million) at auction Tuesday in London, smashing the sales record for the legendary jeweller of Imperial Russia.
BBC launches hunt for new boss as Trump row rumbles on
AFP, Published on 25/11/2025
» LONDON - The BBC on Monday formally launched its search for a new chief following the resignation of Tim Davie over a misleading edit of Donald Trump that sparked a row with the US president.
Frida Kahlo painting sells for $54.7 mn in record for female artist
AFP, Published on 22/11/2025
» NEW YORK - A self-portrait by celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million in New York on Thursday, setting a record for the price of a painting by a woman, the auction house Sotheby's said.
Trump threatens $1bn lawsuit, BBC apologises for biased video editing
AFP, Published on 11/11/2025
» LONDON — United States President Donald Trump threatened the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) with a billion-dollar lawsuit Monday as the broadcaster apologised for editing a speech that gave the impression he urged "violent action" ahead of the 2021 assault on the US Capitol.
BBC chief resigns after row over Trump documentary
AFP, Published on 10/11/2025
» LONDON - The director general of the BBC announced his resignation Sunday following a row over the editing of a documentary about US President Donald Trump.
UK seizes dinosaur bones in money laundering case
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/11/2025
» LONDON - British police have seized more than £12 million ($15.6 million) worth of dinosaur skeletons after agreeing to a settlement with a Chinese man suspected of being part a huge money-laundering scandal.