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Last-minute Nigeria election delay disappoints voters
Nigeria's election commission on Saturday rejected claims of political interference after its last-minute postponement of presidential elections, as voters caught unawares hit out at the announcement. The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) announced a one-week delay just hours before polls
News AFP NewsVatican defrocks former US cardinal for sex abuse of minor
Pope Francis has defrocked a former cardinal in a first for the Roman Catholic church over accusations American Theodore McCarrick sexually abused a teenager 50 years ago, a Vatican statement said Saturday. McCarrick, 88, who resigned from the Vatican's College of Cardinals in July, is the first
News AFP NewsBreathless Shiffrin wins record fourth straight world slalom title
US ski star Mikaela Shiffrin overcame a chest cold to write herself into the alpine history books Saturday when she produced a devastating second run to win her fourth straight world slalom title. The 23-year-old Shiffrin, who complained of "low-energy levels" after the first run in which
News AFP NewsSwiss actor Bruno Ganz, who played Hitler, dies at 77
Bruno Ganz, the Swiss actor who gave masterful performances as Adolf Hitler in "Downfall" and an angel seeking mortality in divided Berlin, died Saturday aged 77, his agent said. Considered one of the greatest German-speaking actors in the post-World War II era, Ganz had a distinguished career
News AFP NewsBerlin filmfest mourns actor Bruno Ganz ahead of awards night
The Berlin film festival prepared for awards night Saturday with a gripping Chinese epic and an adventurous Israeli drama leading the favourites, as the industry mourned the death of beloved Swiss actor Bruno Ganz. A jury led by French Oscar winner Juliette Binoche will select among 16 contenders for
News AFP NewsDying days of caliphate in Syria as IS fighters trapped
Jihadist fighters defending the last dreg of the Islamic State group's "caliphate" Saturday were holed up in half a square kilometre of a village in eastern Syria. US President Donald Trump said the fall of the IS proto-state would be announced Saturday, but a top Syrian commander said
News AFP NewsIndia mourns dead soldiers amid calls for revenge
Thousands of mourners across India attended funerals on Saturday for some of the 41 soldiers killed in a suicide bombing in Indian-administered Kashmir as a round-the-clock curfew remained in force in part of the restive region. The paramilitary troops were killed on Thursday as explosives packed in