Ukraine helicopter crash kills 18, including minister
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) by Sergei SUPINSKY Eighteen people, including Ukraine´s interior minister and three children, were killed in a helicopter…
3 years ago
Out of Nile, into tile: Young Egyptians battle plastic plague
by Bahira Amin Agence France Presse Cairo, Egypt (AFP) -- Entrepreneurial young Egyptians are helping combat their country's huge plastic…
3 years ago
7.0-magnitude quake hits eastern Indonesia, tsunami warning lifted
Jakarta, Indonesia | AFP | An offshore earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 hit near eastern Indonesia's Maluku islands on…
3 years ago
No tsunami threat to Philippines following strong quake off Davao Occidental: PHIVOLCS
(Eagle News) -- There is no tsunami threat to the Philippines. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology made the…
3 years ago
Jokic triple sparks Denver over Portland, Spurs stun Nets
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- Nikola Jokic bagged his 13th triple-double of the season as the Denver Nuggets overcame…
3 years ago
Vietnam president resigns amid major anti-graft purge
Hanoi, Vietnam (AFP) Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has resigned, state media said Tuesday, after days of rumours he was…
3 years ago
Acquittal of Fukushima operator ex-bosses upheld
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo's High Court on Wednesday upheld the acquittal of three former executives from the operator of…
3 years ago
Qantas flight lands safely in Sydney after mid-air mayday
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Ambulance services scrambled at Sydney airport on Wednesday to meet an incoming Qantas plane that issued…
3 years ago
Electric car batteries could be key to boosting energy storage: study
by Jenny VAUGHAN Agence France Presse Paris, France (AFP) -- Electric car batteries could be used to boost power storage…
3 years ago
Scholz under growing pressure to OK Leopard tanks for Ukraine
Davos, Switzerland (AFP) by Adam PLOWRIGHT German Chancellor Olaf Scholz faced rising pressure Tuesday from his European partners to authorise…
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