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‘Our city is not on fire’: LA residents reject Trump rhetoric
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» LOS ANGELES - Just blocks from where a handful of die-hard protesters faced police in Los Angeles on Wednesday, residents were enjoying lunch in the sun and shrugging off Donald Trump’s claims their city was burning.
Trump announces ‘golden visa’ website
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has announced a new website for his planned $5-million US residency permit, saying the waiting list for the “golden visa” has opened on TrumpCard.gov.
Israel to expel French nationals on Gaza aid boat
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israel is to expel by the end of the week four French nationals held after security forces intercepted their Gaza-bound aid boat, France’s foreign minister said Wednesday, as an Israeli NGO said one of the French campaigners was briefly put in solitary confinement.
In a Ukrainian strip club, war is laid bare
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» KHARKIV, Ukraine - When Lisa, 20, laces into her ultra-high heels for her shift at a strip club in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, she knows that aside from dancing, she will have to comfort traumatised soldiers.
New T-Rex ancestor discovered in drawers of Mongolian institute
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» PARIS - Misidentified bones that languished in the drawers of a Mongolian institute for 50 years belong to a new species of tyrannosaur that rewrites the family history of the mighty T-Rex, scientists said on Wednesday.
Trump to flex muscle with huge military parade
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s dream of hosting a grand military parade in Washington will come true on Saturday when tanks, helicopters and thousands of troops rumble through the capital on the US president’s 79th birthday.
Musk regrets some of his Trump criticisms, says they 'went too far'
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - Elon Musk, the world's richest person and Donald Trump's former advisor, said Wednesday he regretted some of his recent criticisms of the US president, after the pair's public falling-out last week.
Harvey Weinstein found guilty of sexual assault
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» NEW YORK - Disgraced Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of one sexual assault at his retrial Wednesday and not guilty of another, with jurors still considering a rape charge after hearing graphic testimony from his alleged victims.
Protests spread across US despite Trump threats
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Protests against Donald Trump's harsh immigration policies spread Wednesday across the United States despite a military-backed crackdown in Los Angeles and a threat by the Republican president to use "heavy force."
France eyes social media ban for under-15s
AFP, Published on 11/06/2025
» PARIS - French authorities have announced plans to ban social media for under-15s and the sale of knives to minors after the murder of a teaching assistant by a 14-year-old boy plunged the country into shock.