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Study: Lego products growing more violent
Business, AFP, Published on 24/05/2016
» Wellington: Lego products are becoming increasingly violent as toymakers engage in an "arms race" to retain children's attention in the digital age, according to New Zealand researchers.
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Asian energy stocks sink, airlines rise
AFP, Published on 28/11/2014
» HONG KONG — Shares in energy firms tumbled Friday after oil prices hit four-year lows in reaction to Opec's decision to ignore calls for an output cut, although the prospect of cheaper fuel sent airlines surging.
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Australian woman arrested in lethal mushroom mystery
AFP, Published on 02/11/2023
» SYDNEY - Australian police on Thursday arrested the woman at the centre of a mushroom meal mystery that left three people dead and a local preacher fighting for his life.
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$9.5 bn of key metals in overlooked electronic waste: UN
AFP, Published on 12/10/2023
» PARIS - Consumers discard or possess disused electronic goods containing raw materials critical for the green energy transition and worth almost $10 billion every year, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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France on top alert after teacher's murder
AFP, Published on 14/10/2023
» ARRAS, France - France on Saturday said it will deploy 7,000 soldiers after declaring a top-level alert following the fatal stabbing of a teacher by a Chechen-origin man, who also severely wounded three others at a school.
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Turkey quake survivors' latest menace -- dust
AFP, Published on 16/07/2023
» SAMANDAğ, Turkey: The excavator tore into the remnants of the damaged building in southeast Turkey, bringing it crashing down into a cloud of dust -- the latest menace facing survivors of the deadly February quake that ravaged the region.
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UK ‘disappointed’ by Eurovision ban on Zelensky message
AFP, Published on 12/05/2023
» LIVERPOOL: The UK government on Friday hit out at European broadcasters for banning a message by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at this weekend's Eurovision final, for fear of politicising the event.
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How Russia's invasion of Ukraine changed geopolitics
AFP, Published on 14/02/2023
» PARIS - Beyond Ukraine's borders, Russia's invasion of its neighbour has upended parts of the world order, including the forming of new blocs not seen since the Cold War.
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Power returns to cities in Pakistan day after massive outage
AFP, Published on 24/01/2023
» ISLAMABAD - Power had returned to most cities across Pakistan on Tuesday, a day after a nationwide breakdown left the country of 220 million people without electricity.
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All-out drone war in Ukraine points to future
AFP, Published on 13/01/2023
» WASHINGTON - Deployed on a scale never seen before to carry out both surveillance and strikes, drones ranging from small commercially-available models to larger aircraft have become a defining feature of the Ukraine conflict.
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