Tokyo Olympics exec arrested over bribery allegations
Tokyo, Japan | AFP | A board member for the Tokyo Olympics was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of taking bribes,…
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US rapper A$AP Rocky charged over shooting
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- US rapper A$AP Rocky was charged Monday over an alleged shooting in Hollywood last…
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Author Salman Rushdie attacked on stage in New York state
New York, United States | AFP | British author Salman Rushdie, whose writings made him the target of Iranian…
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Iran brands US claim of assassination plot ‘fiction’
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- Iran dismissed as "fiction" Thursday US allegations it had plotted to kill former White House national…
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America’s largest mall under lockdown in ‘active incident’
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- America's largest mall went into lockdown Thursday over what police described as an "active incident,"…
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Lady Gaga dog robber sentenced to four years in US jail
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- A California court on Wednesday sentenced one of three men charged in the armed…
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Three killed, six wounded in China kindergarten stabbing: police
Beijing, China | AFP Three people were killed and six others wounded in a knife attack Wednesday at a kindergarten…
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Four dead during S.Africa demos over high power costs
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- At least four people were killed during protests over the cost of electricity in a…
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PNG election poll count extended amid ‘violence and mayhem’
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | AFP Vote counting in Papua New Guinea's general elections was extended by a…
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Japan executes man over 2008 stabbing rampage: local media
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan on Tuesday executed a man convicted of killing seven people in a stabbing rampage in…
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Gunman dead after killing two in Canada shooting spree
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) -- A gunman killed two people and wounded two others in a series of shootings near Vancouver…
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Mexican mother of autistic boy dies after being set on fire
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AFP) -- A Mexican activist and mother of an autistic child has died after being set on fire,…
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