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Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 18
AFP, Published on 29/12/2023
» KYIV - Russia launched drone and missile strikes across Ukraine on Friday, killing at least 18 people and wounding over a hundred in one of the most massive air attacks of the war.
A migrant's odyssey from Venezuela to the United States
AFP, Published on 27/12/2023
» MATAMOROS (MEXICO) - Lying in the jungle with a gun pointed at him, Marcel Maldonado remembered his mother's warning about the dangers of migrating overland to the United States -- and wondered if he'd get out alive.
Shakira's Colombian home city unveils statue in her honour
AFP, Published on 27/12/2023
» BARRANQUILLA (COLOMBIA) - Colombian superstar Shakira's Caribbean home city of Barranquilla unveiled a 6.5-metre (21.3-foot) hip-swaying statue in her honour on Tuesday.
Singapore bids farewell to China-bound panda cub
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» SINGAPORE - Singaporeans bid farewell to a two-year-old panda cub on Wednesday as authorities prepared to send him to China where he will join the country's breeding program.
Russia says advancing on all fronts in Ukraine
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» MOSCOW: Russia said on Friday its troops were advancing in every section of the Ukrainian front, despite observers seeing little movement.
QR codes, shut metros: Police outline Paris Olympics security
AFP, Published on 29/11/2023
» PARIS - The Paris police chief has outlined drastic security measures for next year's summer Olympics, sparking an outcry from politicians Wednesday who said they were an attack on civic freedoms.
Paris booksellers fight Olympic clearance plan
AFP, Published on 18/11/2023
» PARIS - Paris booksellers, who have operated from little dark green kiosks on the banks of the Seine for some 150 years, are incensed by plans to remove them for the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics.
In the Colombian jungle with ELN rebels
AFP, Published on 16/11/2023
» RIO BAUDO (COLOMBIA) - Unidentified men approach from the river.
Ukraine takes positions on Russian side of Dnipro
AFP, Published on 15/11/2023
» KYIV - Russia said Wednesday for the first time that some Ukrainian troops had established positions on the Russian-held side of the Dnipro river, the vast waterway that splits the frontline in southern Ukraine.
'One war for another': Ukrainian refugees return from Israel
AFP, Published on 12/11/2023
» KYIV, Ukraine: Tetiana Kocheva fled her home in Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv after Russia invaded last year, taking refuge in Israel's coastal town of Ashkelon, near Gaza.