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Part of China’s Great Wall not built for war: study

JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — The northern segment of the Great Wall of China was built not to block invading armies but…

UK slave trader’s statue toppled in anti-racism protests

by Dmitry ZAKS Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Protesters tore down the statue of a notorious British slave…

India arrests man over shocking death of elephant

by Jalees ANDRABI Agence France-Presse NEW DEHLI, India (AFP) — Indian police have arrested a plantation worker and are hunting…

Russia sees melting permafrost behind Arctic fuel spill

by Maria ANTONOVA Agence France-Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — An unprecedented fuel spill that has polluted huge stretches of Arctic…

Warmest May on record, Siberia 10C hotter

by Kelly MACNAMARA / Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Temperatures soared 10 degrees Celsius above average…

Hollywood Foreign Press Association starts official screening of EBC Films’ “Guerrero Dos”

  (Eagle News) -- The prestigious Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) is set to start official screening of EBC Films'…

WHO backs masks where virus widespread, distancing tough

  by Robin MILLARD Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization on Friday backed the use…

Pygmies return to forest to isolate against coronavirus

by Camille LAFFONT PICTURES BY FLORENT VERGNES Agence France-Presse BAYANGA, Central African Republic (AFP) — Dzanga-Sangha, a wildlife sanctuary in southwest…

Mauritania’s former desert jewel, forgotten and fading

by Amaury HAUCHARD PICTURES BY JOHN WESSELS Agence France-Presse TICHITT, Mauritania (AFP) — A few centuries ago, Tichitt was a citadel…

Russia struggles to clean up Arctic river fuel spill

by Maria ANTONOVA Agence France-Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia on Thursday intensified efforts to clean up a major fuel…

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