A history of $100 crude oil
World oil prices on Thursday breached $100 for the first time in more than seven years, this time on supply…
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Controversy as UK pushes ‘anti-woke’ schools guidance
by Jitendra JOSHI Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Britain's government on Thursday stoked controversy by issuing new schools…
4 years ago
Japan proposes controversial mine in World Heritage bid
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - Japan will seek UNESCO World Heritage recognition for a centuries-old network of mines on Tuesday, the…
4 years ago
California governor denies parole for Bobby Kennedy’s assassin
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- The man convicted of shooting dead Robert Kennedy in 1968 will not be released…
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Poet Maya Angelou becomes first Black woman to appear on US coin
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - Poet and activist Maya Angelou has become the first Black woman to appear on…
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Herd the moos? Latvia’s symbolic blue cow back from the brink
by Imants Liepinsh Agence France-Presse KALVENE, Latvia (AFP) - Once a rarity, cows with light blue or dark ultramarine hides…
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Spoils of war: Taliban put victory over US on display
by Elise BLANCHARD Agence France-Presse GHANZI, Afghanistan (AFP) - In the governor's compound of Afghanistan's Ghazni province, a new historical…
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Time capsule from Confederate statue reveals US Civil War artifacts
by Chris Lefkow WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A time capsule buried 130 years ago in the base of a…
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130-year-old time capsule found in base of statue of Confederate general
WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) - Workers dismantling the pedestal of a statue of a Confederate general discovered a copper…
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Sealand: the ‘micronation’ defying the UK and Covid
by Anna MALPAS Agence France-Presse SEALAND (AFP) - It's a hulking metal-and-concrete platform in the North Sea that has been…
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Lowering the queen’s flag — Barbados becomes a republic
by Kareem Smith Agence France-Presse BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP) - The Caribbean island nation of Barbados will on Monday night sever centuries-old…
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Wikipedia editor ‘warriors’ fight lies, bigotry and even Nazis
by Joshua MELVIN WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- False Covid death reports, a vast gender gap, Nazi "fan fiction": These…
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