• January 30, 2025
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Trump insists Egypt, Jordan will take Gazans

Washington (AFP) – US President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that Egypt and Jordan would take in displaced Gazans, despite the two Arab nations dismissing his plan to move Palestinians from the territory.

  • January 30, 2025
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Washington midair crash: What we know so far

Washington (AFP) – A US commercial airliner with 64 people aboard and a military helicopter collided over Washington on Wednesday before crashing into the Potomac River.

  • January 30, 2025
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McIlroy sinks hole

San Francisco (AFP) – Four-time major winner Rory McIlroy aced the par-3 15th hole at Spyglass Hill on Thursday, sinking a hole-in-one at the PGA Tour’s Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

  • January 30, 2025
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Stones lead tributes to 'beautiful' Marianne Faithfull, dead at 78

London (AFP) – The Rolling Stones on Thursday led tributes to Sixties music icon Marianne Faithfull, adding she would be forever remembered after her death at the age of 78.

  • January 30, 2025
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Barca's Bonmati voices opposition to Saudi Arabia hosting Spanish Super Cup

Barcelona (AFP) – Barcelona’s two-time Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmati said Thursday she was against Saudi Arabia hosting the women’s Spanish Super Cup.

  • January 30, 2025
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On first trip, Rubio to wield big stick in Latin America

Washington (AFP) – Traditionally, when US secretaries of state make their international debuts, they travel to major US allies and offer bromides about working together.

  • January 30, 2025
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Neymar announces return to Brazil's Santos

Sao Paulo (AFP) – Neymar announced Thursday he was returning to Brazilian club Santos, where he started his career, after ending his injury-plagued spell with Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal.

  • January 30, 2025
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Marianne Faithfull: from muse to master

Paris (AFP) – Marianne Faithfull, who died on Thursday aged 78, was one of the great survivors of the Swinging Sixties, bouncing back from drink and drug oblivion to become a celebrated and distinctive singer-songwriter.

  • January 30, 2025
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Benin court jails two ex

Cotonou (AFP) – A court in Benin on Thursday sentenced two former allies of President Patrice Talon to 20 years in jail on charges of “conspiring against the authority of the state”.

  • January 30, 2025
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Figure skating in shock as athletes, coaches perish in US crash

Washington (AFP) – Global figure skating’s tight-knit community was in mourning on Thursday after a passenger jet crash in Washington killed two former world champion coaches and young stars from the next generation of top US talent.