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Hundreds swim, float at Bondi Beach to honour shooting victims
AFP, Published on 19/12/2025
» SYDNEY - Many hundreds plunged into the ocean off Australia's Bondi Beach on Friday, forming a massive floating circle to honour the 15 people shot and killed at a Jewish festival.
Dutch anti-blackface group declares victory
AFP, Published on 05/12/2025
» AMSTERDAM - A cherished Christmas tradition for some, profoundly insulting for others, the Dutch character “Black Pete”, a servant who helps Santa Claus distribute presents, has divided opinion in The Netherlands for decades.
'A kind of freedom': Amsterdam celebrates 750 years
AFP, Published on 28/10/2025
» AMSTERDAM — World-famous city of canals, bikes and tolerance, Amsterdam celebrated 750 years since its founding Monday, but the Dutch capital is now grappling with the very modern problems of overtourism and a housing shortage.
Australia investigates American influencer over croc wrestling
AFP, Published on 11/09/2025
» SYDNEY - Australian authorities are investigating an American influencer who filmed himself wrestling wild crocodiles in Queensland, condemning the “extremely dangerous and illegal” activity.
Pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan dead at 71
AFP, Published on 25/07/2025
» MIAMI - Hulk Hogan, the 1980s icon of professional wrestling who helped propel the low-budget spectacle into the global spotlight and parlayed his prowess in the ring into pop culture stardom, died Thursday. He was 71.
Rooted in the earth, India's traditional mud wrestling thrives
AFP, Published on 30/05/2025
» KOLHāPUR (INDIA) - Crowds cheer as muscular men in tight loincloths slap sacred scented soil on their bulging thighs and arms for a mud wrestling bout in India.
New Zealand PM proposes banning under-16s from social media
AFP, Published on 06/05/2025
» SYDNEY - New Zealand's prime minister on Tuesday proposed banning children under 16 from social media, stressing the need to protect them from the perils of big tech platforms.
Trump signs order to 'eliminate' US Education Department
AFP, Published on 21/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump signed an order Thursday aimed at "eliminating" the Department of Education, a decades-old goal of the American right, which wants individual states to run schools free from the federal government.
Washington in limbo as House marks 15th day without speaker
AFP, Published on 19/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - US lawmakers rejected hard-line conservative Jim Jordan's bid for speaker of the House of Representatives for a second time on Wednesday, as the leadership vacuum paralyzed Washington for a 15th day with no clear resolution in sight.
Republican-led US House rejects Trump ally for speaker
AFP, Published on 18/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - US lawmakers rejected hard-line conservative Jim Jordan's bid for speaker of the House of Representatives in the first round of voting Tuesday, entrenching a stalemate that has paralyzed Washington for two weeks.