Tens of thousands trek rugged trail to glimpse Iceland volcano
Iceland (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people have braved a steep, rugged trail in Iceland to catch a rare…
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Drought tightens its grip on Morocco
by Kaouthar Oudrhiri Agence France-Presse OULED ESSI MASSEOUD, Morocco (AFP) -- Mohamed gave up farming because of successive droughts that…
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France’s ‘Little Nicolas’ illustrator Jean-Jacques Sempe dies aged 89
by Fiachra GIBBONS Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Jean-Jacques Sempe, who illustrated the beloved "Little Nicolas" series of French…
3 years ago
Swiss mountain pass set to lose all ice within weeks
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The thick layer of ice that has covered a Swiss mountain pass for centuries will have…
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Ukraine assault sparks talk of Russian ‘cultural revolution’
by Marina LAPENKOVA Agence France-Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Actor Sergei Bezrukov says the world has had enough of "liberal…
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Whites-only town booms in ‘Rainbow Nation’ South Africa
by Susan NJANJI Agence France-Presse ORANIA, South Africa (AFP) -- From a distance, Orania looks like any other small town…
3 years ago
Stranded beluga whale removed from France’s Seine river
SAINT-PIERRE-LA-GARENNE, France (AFP) - The beluga whale stranded in the river Seine in northern France was removed from the water…
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Forever 16: America’s teens succumbing to deadly fentanyl
by Maria DANILOVA Agence France Presse Makayla Cox, a high school student in the US state of Virginia, thought she…
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Climate deniers use past heat records to sow doubt online
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) - With Europe gripped by successive heatwaves, climate-change deniers are spreading scepticism by publishing data on social…
3 years ago
New US strategy to make monkeypox vaccine go further
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - US health authorities on Tuesday authorized a new procedure for injecting the monkeypox vaccine that…
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