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Xi set for second term with enhanced power
AFP, Published on 17/03/2018
» BEIJING - China's President Xi Jinping will get a second five-year term on Saturday, with his right-hand man tipped to become vice president to help him consolidate power and handle US trade threats.
Ice bridge in Argentine glacier collapses, no witnesses
AFP, Published on 13/03/2018
» BUENOS AIRES - An ice bridge that was part of a glacier at the tip of Argentina has collapsed in the dead of night, thwarting thousands of tourists who had hoped to watch the spectacle.
'Black Panther' tops 'Wrinkle' as Disney dominates at the box office
AFP, Published on 12/03/2018
» LOS ANGELES - "Black Panther" kept up its record-setting ways in North American theaters over the weekend, easily defeating a challenge from another Disney product, newly released "A Wrinkle in Time," to again dominate box offices, industry analysts said.
Pritzker prize goes to Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi
AFP, Published on 08/03/2018
» NEW YORK - Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi, a pioneer of low-cost housing design, won the prestigious Pritzker Prize on Wednesday, considered architecture's Nobel equivalent.
Pritzker prize goes to Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» NEW YORK - Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi, a pioneer of low-cost housing design, won the prestigious Pritzker Prize on Wednesday, considered architecture's Nobel equivalent.
Burkina Faso captures likely key attack suspect: govt source
AFP, Published on 04/03/2018
» OUAGADOUGOU - A suspected key figure in the deadly Burkina Faso attacks has been arrested, a government source said Sunday, adding the assailants had seemingly benefited from inflitrating the army.
At least 5 dead as storm brings wind, floods, snow to US Northeast
AFP, Published on 03/03/2018
» NEW YORK - At least five people were killed after a major winter storm pounded the US East Coast on Friday, with strong winds, heavy rain and snow disrupting thousands of flights and forcing the closure of federal government offices in Washington.
Shivering Europe hopes for weekend respite as deep freeze persists
AFP, Published on 02/03/2018
» PARIS - Europe's deep freeze, which has cost some 60 lives over the past week, showed little sign of ending Friday as a shivering continent awaited a sliver of weekend respite from the chaos wrought by a brutal Siberian weather system.
Deadly blizzards lash Europe, poor hardest hit
AFP, Published on 01/03/2018
» PARIS - Heavy snowfall and deadly blizzards lashed Europe Thursday, forcing Geneva's busy airport to close, as the region shivered in a deep freeze that has gripped countries from the far north to Mediterranean beaches in the south.
'Beast from the East' keeps Europe in deep freeze
AFP, Published on 28/02/2018
» PARIS - School was cancelled across swathes of Europe on Wednesday as a blast of Siberian weather dubbed the "Beast from the East" kept the mercury far below zero.