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2 US pilots shot down over Red Sea in 'friendly fire' incident: military

Washington (AFP) – Two US Navy pilots were shot down over the Red Sea early Sunday in "an apparent case of friendly fire," the US military said. Issued on: 22/12/2024…

France kept on tenterhooks over new government

Paris (AFP) – President Emmanuel Macron and new Prime Minister Francois Bayrou kept the country waiting Sunday over the composition of the fourth government in a year that must drag…

Death toll in Brazil bus crash rises to 41

Sao Paulo (AFP) – Authorities on Sunday raised to 41 the death toll in a weekend bus crash in southeastern Brazil that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called a…

Joshua bout only fight left for beaten Fury says promoter Hearn

London (AFP) – Tyson Fury has been told the "only fight" left for him after his unanimous points decision defeat in a world heavyweight boxing title bout with champion Oleksandr…

Odermatt stays hot to break Swiss World Cup wins record

Alta Badia (Italy) (AFP) – Marco Odermatt seized a slice of history with a blistering second run on a tricky piste to claim the giant slalom in Alta Badia on…

China lifts rock lobster ban, bringing end to Australian trade barriers

Sydney (AFP) – China has lifted a ban on imports of Australian live rock lobsters, Canberra said Friday, demolishing the final barrier in a broader, multibillion-dollar trade war between the…

Medical help arrives by sea to Greece's isolated islands

Síkinos (Greece) (AFP) – Outside the school of one of Greece's smallest inhabited islands, Sikinos, two massive trucks have braved an eight-hour sea voyage to bring residents much-needed medical expertise…

Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'

Taipei (AFP) – Taiwanese lawmakers tackled and doused each other with water on Friday as President Lai Ching-te's party tried to block the passage of bills they say could harm…

Ambushes and nostalgia on banks of frontline Ukraine river

Kupiansk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Lyubov Voronova still remembers a time before the war when the Oskil river flowing by her east Ukraine home was an idyll where families would swim,…

Five people who defined 2024

Paris (AFP) – From great leaps in artificial intelligence to the heroic defendant in a mass rape trial that shocked France, here are the stories of five people who made…