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Could PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X be swan song for consoles?

by Jules BONNARD Agence France Presse Paris, France (AFP) -- The upcoming release of a ninth generation of games consoles…

US TikTok users prepare for a possible exit from platform

  by Thomas URBAIN Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- American TikTok users reacted with a collective…

Half of Covid patients suffer ongoing fatigue: study

by Kelly MACNAMARA LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- More than half of patients and staff who had Covid-19 at an…

Australian stinging trees contain ‘scorpion-like venom’: scientists

BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) -- Australia is notorious for its venomous spiders, snakes and sea creatures, but researchers have now identified…

Stricken tanker’s captain to face charges in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) — Sri Lanka will file negligence and pollution charges against the Greek skipper of an oil…

Environmental groups, big ag unite for Amazon in Brazil

BRASILÍA, Brazil (AFP) — An unprecedented coalition of 230 environmental groups and Brazilian agrobusiness companies have sent an open letter…

Rich nations have cornered half of future Covid-19 vaccine supply: Oxfam

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A group of wealthy nations representing 13 percent of the global population have already…

Brown Danube: How Belgrade’s sewers taint Europe’s famous river

by Miodrag SOVILJ Agence France-Presse BELGRADE, Serbia (AFP) — Just down the road from Belgrade's historic city centre, gates open…

As Brazil’s wetlands burn, rain is ‘only hope’

by Eugenia LOGIURATTO Agence France-Presse PORTO JOFRE, Brazil (AFP) — Lieutenant Silva's face is grim as he watches his firefighters…

Welcome to the jungle: plants overrun Chinese apartment blocks

BEIJING, China (AFP) — An experimental green housing project in a Chinese megacity promised prospective residents life in a "vertical…

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