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Hong Kong (AFP) – Asian markets sank Thursday following a severe sell-off on Wall Street that came after the Federal Reserve halved its rates outlook, while the yen weakened as…

Washington (AFP) – In his first post-election news conference, President-elect Donald Trump vowed to "straighten out" the "corrupt" US press. Issued on: 19/12/2024 - 03:37 3 min

New Delhi (AFP) – With his "slingshot" delivery and ability to unsettle the world's best batsmen, India's Jasprit Bumrah is widely regarded as one of cricket's greatest fast bowlers. Issued…

London (AFP) – Concerns are growing in the UK as tech billionaire Elon Musk takes an increasingly close interest in Britain's political scene, appearing to cosy up to hard-right firebrand…

Macau (AFP) – Seated in the audience at Macau's Dom Pedro V Theatre in the 1970s, 16-year-old Miguel de Senna Fernandes understood not a word of the "strange language" spoken…

Port Vila (Vanuatu) (AFP) – Overseas rescuers joined a hunt for survivors in the rubble of shattered buildings in earthquake-struck Vanuatu on Thursday, with officials saying the toll of nine…

Hanoi (AFP) – A fire ripped through a karaoke bar in the Vietnamese capital, killing 11 people and injuring two others in a case of suspected arson, police said Thursday.…

Avignon (France) (AFP) – Her husband orchestrating her sexual abuse by strangers could have broken her. But by standing up to her abusers in court and demanding they be ashamed,…

Port Sudan (Sudan) (AFP) – Issued on: 19/12/2024 - 02:39

Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold his annual end-of-year press conference Thursday, almost three years into his Ukraine offensive and two days after a Kyiv-orchestrated killing of…