Mbappe leading Real Madrid comeback charge against Arsenal
Madrid (AFP) – Kylian Mbappe joined Real Madrid in search of Champions League glory, hoping to be on the right side of exactly the kind of magical night they need…
S. Korea plans extra $4.9 bn help for chips amid US tariff anxiety
Seoul (AFP) – South Korea on Tuesday announced plans to invest almost $5 billion extra in the country's semiconductor industry, citing "growing uncertainty" over US tariffs. Issued on: 15/04/2025 -…
China accuses US spies of Asian Winter Games cyberattacks
Beijing (AFP) – Chinese security officials said Tuesday they had implicated three US "secret agents" in cyberattacks during February's Asian Winter Games in the northeastern city of Harbin, offering a…
Cambodia genocide denial law open to abuse, say critics
Phnom Penh (AFP) – Survivors of the Khmer Rouge's genocidal regime welcome a beefed-up Cambodian law that forbids denying the movement's atrocities, but rights advocates and academics warn it could…
Holocaust remembrance and Gaza collide in Brussels schools
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) – A few months ago in Brussels, Arthur Langerman was telling high school pupils about losing family members in the Holocaust and escaping a Nazi raid himself,…
The miracle babies who survived Ravensbruck
Paris (AFP) – They were born in a hell on Earth and were never supposed to survive. But by some miracle a handful of babies born in Ravensbruck concentration camp…
Stocks rise as stability returns, autos surge on exemption hope
Hong Kong (AFP) – Equities mostly rose Tuesday as some stability returned to markets after last week's rollercoaster ride, with auto firms boosted by Donald Trump's possible compromise over steep…
Disarming Lebanon's Hezbollah no longer inconceivable: analysts
Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) – The once unthinkable disarmament of Hezbollah could finally be within reach, as the United States pushes Lebanon to act and applies pressure to the group's backer…
London hosts talks to find 'pathway' to end Sudan war
London (AFP) – Senior international officials gather in London on Tuesday aiming to chart a pathway to peace for Sudan on the second anniversary of its brutal civil conflict, but…
Harvey Weinstein New York retrial for sex crimes to begin
New York (AFP) – Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein faces a retrial starting Tuesday, on rape and sex assault charges for which a previous verdict was overturned, forcing survivors who…