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AFP, Published on 03/10/2023
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - The United Nations Security Council on Monday approved a Kenyan-led mission aiming to bring stability to Haiti, a year after the violence-ravaged Caribbean nation's leaders first pleaded for an international force.
AFP, Published on 11/08/2023
» WASHINGTON - Virgin Galactic launched its first tourist passengers into the weightlessness of space Thursday, the culmination of a nearly two-decade commercial pursuit, the company said.
AFP, Published on 10/08/2023
» The long-awaited, first civilian space tourism flight by Virgin Galactic was set for takeoff from a spaceport in New Mexico on Thursday, carrying an 80-year-old ex-Olympian and a mother and daughter who won their tickets in a sweepstakes.
AFP, Published on 14/11/2022
» SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt: COP27 entered its final week Monday with countries that grew rich burning fossil fuels and developing nations reeling from climate impacts at loggerheads over how to speed and fund reductions in carbon pollution.
AFP, Published on 08/11/2022
» SHARM EL SHEIKH (EGYPT) - A group of small island nations joined calls on Tuesday for a windfall tax on oil companies to compensate developing countries for the damage caused by climate change-induced natural disasters.
AFP, Published on 08/11/2022
» SHARM EL SHEIKH (EGYPT) - The United States sought to reassure the UN climate summit in Egypt on Tuesday that it will stick to its energy transition even if Republicans triumph in midterm elections.
AFP, Published on 17/09/2022
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - The UN General Assembly is back in person after the pandemic disruption but in a world as full of crises as ever, with the war in Ukraine set to pit the West against Russia.
AFP, Published on 11/09/2022
» LONDON - King Charles III hosted his first reception Sunday for representatives of the Commonwealth realms, the 14 former colonies over which he reigns in addition to Britain -- at least for now.
AFP, Published on 09/09/2022
» LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II's reign encompassed to a large degree Britain's declining global influence, from an empire that once bestrode the world to a middle-ranking economy.
AFP, Published on 17/06/2022
» NORTH SOUND (ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA) - Bangladesh's well-established vulnerability to fast bowling was in evidence again with the visitors crashing to 103 all out off fewer than 33 overs after being put in to bat against the West Indies on the opening day of the first Test on Thursday.