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LawConnect swoops late to win Sydney-Hobart thriller
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» SYDNEY - Australian supermaxi LawConnect took line honours in the punishing Sydney-Hobart ocean race on Thursday, pipping rival Andoo Comanche in one of the tightest-ever finishes to the blue water classic.
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.
One drowns in new Channel migrant disaster
AFP, Published on 15/12/2023
» LILLE, France - One person was drowned and another seriously hurt overnight from Thursday to Friday when a boat carrying dozens of migrants trying to reach the English coast capsized in the Channel, French maritime authorities said.
Far from Venezuela-Guyana oil flap, Mango Landing just wants peace
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» MANGO LANDING (GUYANA) - Robinson Flores, a Venezuelan who has been living in Essequibo for years, has no time for politicians fighting over the disputed oil-rich region run by Guyana.
Greenland's Inuit falling through thin ice of climate change
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» ITTOQQORTOORMIIT (DENMARK) - The thunder of icebergs crashing into the turquoise sea of eastern Greenland is the sound of one of the planet's most important ecosystems teetering on the edge of collapse.
Huddled on an Indonesian beach, stranded Rohingya plead for mercy
AFP, Published on 22/11/2023
» SABANG (INDONESIA) - Huddled on a beach after a sleepless night, a group of around 200 Rohingya refugees sit on the sand of a western Indonesian island, cordoned off by yellow tape meant to stop them running away.
Top UK court rejects Rwanda migrant policy
AFP, Published on 15/11/2023
» LONDON - The UK Supreme Court rejected Wednesday a controversial government plan to send migrants to Rwanda and upheld a lower court ruling that it was unlawful, in a major setback for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Three killed as yacht capsizes off Portugal
AFP, Published on 03/11/2023
» LISBON - Three people died when a sailing boat capsized on Friday and ran aground on a beach in central Portugal, where the coast has seen heavy swells caused by Storm Ciaran, naval authorities said.
Five dead as Western Europe hit by record winds of Storm Ciaran
AFP, Published on 02/11/2023
» BRUSSELS - Five people were killed by falling trees as Storm Ciaran battered Western Europe on Thursday, bringing record winds as high as 200 kilometres per hour, floods, blackouts and major travel disruptions.
Hundreds more wounded, foreigners hope to flee Gaza
AFP, Published on 02/11/2023
» RAFAH, Palestinian Territories - Hundreds more wounded and foreign passport holders hoped to escape war-torn Gaza on Thursday as Israeli forces bombed and fought intense ground battles with Hamas militants in the besieged Palestinian territory.