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Tightrope walker wows crowds with Eiffel Tower slackline performance

PARIS, France (AFP) -- A French tightrope walker has crossed the Seine in Paris 70 metres up in a breathtaking…

Endangered penguins in South Africa die from bee stings

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AFP) - A swarm of bees has killed 63 endangered African penguins on a beach outside Cape…

Iran museums reopen after year-long Covid break

TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- Iran reopened museums in Tehran and other cities Sunday after a more than year-long closure because…

Iraq launches project to reduce flaring at oilfields

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) - Iraq has launched a new project that aims to recover gas normally set alight during oil extraction…

Apple gets nod for new emojis

  By Don Orozco EBC US correspondent/ Eagle News Service A list of new emojis has been approved by the…

US panel recommends Covid boosters for people 65 and older

  by Issam AHMED Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A panel of leading US medical experts advising…

Japan message in a bottle washes up in Hawaii … 37 years later

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A message in a bottle released 37 years ago by Japanese high school students has been…

Computing pioneer Clive Sinclair dies at 81

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Clive Sinclair, the British inventor who pioneered the pocket calculator and affordable home computers, reportedly…

Chinese astronauts return to Earth after 90-day mission

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth Friday after completing the country's longest-ever crewed mission, the latest…

Desolate villages face famine in Madagascar drought

by RIJASOLO Agence France-Presse Nothing to eat, nothing to plant. The last rain in Ifotaka fell in May, for two…

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