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Heavy snows to hit Colorado after wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes
AFP, Published on 31/12/2021
» SUPERIOR (UNITED STATES) - A powerful storm system bringing heavy snowfall was blowing into Colorado on Friday, a day after devastating wildfires fueled by hurricane-force winds destroyed hundreds of homes and forced tens of thousands to flee.
South Africans bid farewell to Tutu on eve of funeral
AFP, Published on 31/12/2021
» CAPE TOWN - South Africans on Friday took their last chance to pay their respects to Archbishop Desmond Tutu on the eve of a funeral for the revered anti-apartheid fighter.
S.African report on Zuma-era graft to be released Tuesday
AFP, Published on 31/12/2021
» JOHANNESBURG - South African investigators next week will hand over their first report in a long-awaited probe into state corruption under former president Jacob Zuma, the government said Friday.
Ronaldo statue kicks up a fuss in India's Goa
AFP, Published on 31/12/2021
» CALANGUTE (INDIA) - A statue of Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has caused a stir in the southern Indian state of Goa, with locals accusing officials of insensitivity for honouring a sports star from the region's former colonial power.
Ikea to hike prices by 9% due to supply chain woes
AFP, Published on 31/12/2021
» STOCKHOLM - Ikea will hike its prices by an average of nine percent next year due to ongoing supply and transportation disruptions, the company that operates most of the Swedish furniture giant's stores said.
Palestinians raise alarm over Facebook content 'suppression'
AFP, Published on 31/12/2021
» JERUSALEM - Palestinian journalists have raised the alarm over what they describe as unjust suppression of their content on Facebook, a claim backed by rights groups but rejected by the social media giant.
Charges dropped against guards in Epstein case
AFP, Published on 31/12/2021
» NEW YORK: US prosecutors on Thursday dismissed charges against two New York prison guards who admitted to falsifying records on the night the US financier Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in his cell in 2019.
Hundreds of homes feared lost in Colorado wildfires
AFP, Published on 31/12/2021
» SUPERIOR (UNITED STATES) - Hundreds of homes are feared lost in fast-moving wildfires in the US state of Colorado, officials said Thursday, as flames tore through areas desiccated by a historic drought.
India's year of the unicorn: Startups in spotlight of 2021 tech boom
AFP, Published on 31/12/2021
» MUMBAI - Sumit Gupta has had a big year -- turning 30, getting married and seeing his startup become one of India's newest tech unicorns.
Sanction hit Huawei says revenues down 29 percent this year
AFP, Published on 31/12/2021
» BEIJING - Chinese telecom giant Huawei said on Friday its annual revenue had fallen by nearly a third from the previous year, as it continued to be weighed down by US sanctions that have hit its smartphone sales.