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24 bodies retrieved from flooded Zimbabwe gold mine: report
AFP, Published on 17/02/2019
» HARARE - Rescue workers retrieved 24 bodies and eight survivors Saturday from two flooded gold mines in Zimbabwe where officials fear dozens more illegal miners are still trapped, state television reported.
200,000 protest in Barcelona against Catalan separatists' trial
AFP, Published on 17/02/2019
» BARCELONA - Around 200,000 people marched through Barcelona on Saturday against the high-profile trial of Catalan separatist leaders that started this week, which they dismiss as a farce.
Venezuela's Guaido says thousands of supporters ready to bring in US aid
AFP, Published on 17/02/2019
» CARACAS - Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Saturday said he was mobilizing thousands of volunteers to help bring American aid into the country next week as President Nicolas Maduro vowed to strengthen border security and block what he called a US invasion.
UK airline flybmi collapses under fuel costs, Brexit pressures
AFP, Published on 17/02/2019
» LONDON - British regional airline flybmi announced on Saturday it had ceased operations and was filing for administration, blaming spikes in fuel and carbon costs and uncertainty over Brexit.
Trump briefed in Florida on 'productive' China trade talks
AFP, Published on 17/02/2019
» WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was briefed at his Florida resort by negotiators working to reach a trade deal with Beijing after their return from "very productive" meetings with Chinese officials.
Three-star Schoeman ends Lions Argentina hoodoo
AFP, Published on 17/02/2019
» BUENOS AIRES - Marnus Schoeman was the unlikely hero as South African visitors the Golden Lions buried a Super Rugby jinx Saturday by defeating the Jaguares in Argentina for the first time.
Piatek wonder strike as Milan stay on Champions League course
AFP, Published on 17/02/2019
» ROME - Krzysztof Piatek hit a wonder goal and grabbed a second as AC Milan came back to defeat Atalanta 3-1 on Saturday and stay on course for the Champions League.
NY museum says ancient coffin was looted, will go back to Egypt
AFP, Published on 17/02/2019
» NEW YORK - The Metropolitan Museum of Art will return an ancient gilded coffin to Egypt after New York prosecutors determined that it had been looted from that country, the museum said.
World bishops head to Vatican for sex abuse summit
AFP, Published on 17/02/2019
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis gathers bishops from around the world at the Vatican this week for a hotly-awaited summit on tackling the wave of child sex abuse scandals assailing the Catholic Church.
No smoke without fire: Tobacco companies in quiet return to Formula One
AFP, Published on 17/02/2019
» PARIS: Tobacco giants Philip Morris and British American Tobacco have formed partnerships with their scientific research subsidiaries and Formula 1 teams Ferrari and McLaren more than a decade after cigarette advertising was banned from the sport.