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Vienna-Paris night train is reborn, empty

by Jean LIOU Agence France-Presse On board the Vienna-Paris night train, Austria (AFP) - The timing could perhaps have been better.…

Vulnerable to climate change, New York constructs seawall

by Ana FERNANDEZ Agence France-Presse After major storms highlighted New York's weaknesses in the face of climate change, the city…

Adored and endangered: the complex world of the Japanese eel

by Mathias CENA HAMAMATSU, Japan (AFP) -- Tsuyoshi Hachisuka gently places skewered eel on a grill, preparing a much-loved Japanese…

Pfizer says Covid pill drastically reduces severe disease

by Issam AHMED with Claire DOYEN in Johannesburg WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Pfizer said Tuesday that clinical trials confirmed…

In photos: Nature’s beauty unfolds in Petrusburg, South Africa

  The beauty of nature as each day unfolds can be seen in these photos in Petrusburg, South Africa, the…

‘Alarm bells’ as UN validates record Arctic temperature

  GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The UN on Tuesday officially recognised the 38 degrees Celsius measured in Siberia last year…

Severe weather ‘new normal,’ US emergency chief warns after tornadoes

WASHINGTON D.C., United States (AFP) - More powerful, destructive, and deadlier storms will be the "new normal" as the effects…

Gas field tremor terror haunts Dutch villages

by Jan HENNOP Agence France-Presse GARRELSWEER, Netherlands (AFP) - Teacher Daan Schoolland was asleep with his partner when the earthquake…

Wildlife concerns blunt Germany’s green power efforts

by Florian CAZERES Agence France-Presse CHORIN, Germany (AFP) - Germany is expanding its power grid to aid the transition to…

Facebook misidentified thousands of political ads: study

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Facebook misidentified tens of thousands of advertisements flagged under its political ads policy, according to a…

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