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'My heart and body shake': Afghan women defy Taliban
AFP, Published on 09/02/2022
» KABUL: One after the other, quickly, carefully, keeping their heads down, a group of Afghan women step into a small Kabul apartment block -- risking their lives as a nascent resistance against the Taliban.
South Africa's luxury dog hotels give paws for thought
AFP, Published on 20/01/2022
» CAPE TOWN: Three dachshunds lay claim to a big bed, while an agitated mongrel yaps constantly and a miniature schnauzer appears disgruntled despite soothing Bob Marley tunes playing over the stereo.
Why thieves are snatching French bulldogs across the US
AFP, Published on 17/01/2022
» WASHINGTON - The two thieves who brutally robbed 27-year-old Marieke Bayens at gunpoint on a California street were not after her purse -- or her. They wanted the little dog at the end of her leash: Merlyn, a French bulldog.
World passes 300 million Covid cases as Omicron breaks records
AFP, Published on 08/01/2022
» PARIS - The total number of Covid-19 cases registered worldwide passed 300 million on Friday, with the Omicron variant's rapid spread setting new infection records in dozens of countries over the last week.
US Supreme Court to hear challenges to Covid vaccine mandates
AFP, Published on 07/01/2022
» WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court is to hear challenges on Friday to President Joe Biden's bid to impose Covid vaccination mandates on millions of American workers.
No long-distance road trips for Afghan women without male escort: Taliban
AFP, Published on 26/12/2021
» KABUL - Afghanistan's Taliban authorities said Sunday that women seeking to travel long distances should not be offered road transport unless they are accompanied by a close male relative.
Philippine surfing paradise wiped out by typhoon
AFP, Published on 22/12/2021
» GENERAL LUNA, Philippine: Resort and bar owners on a Philippine island popular with surfers and tourists were expecting a bumper Christmas holiday after Covid-19 restrictions finally eased. Then Super Typhoon Rai wiped them out.
UK music venues concerned about new COVID rules
Published on 16/12/2021
» New measures to tackle the spread of the new coronavirus variant set to go into force on Wednesday will be a big challenge to implement, the operator of a London music venue said on Tuesday. - REUTERS
Dead dolphins, extortion, bullets in Italy's mafia 'maxi-trial'
AFP, Published on 28/11/2021
» LAMEZIA TERME, Italy: A dead dolphin on a doormat and windows smashed with sledgehammers. Weapons stored in cemetery chapels. Bribes to judges for acquittals, and bogus medical certificates letting convicted killers dodge prison.
Damaged Amazon forest now emitting more carbon than it absorbs
Published on 04/11/2021
» SAO PAULO, Brazil: Something is wrong. Holed up in her lab, Brazilian atmospheric chemist Luciana Gatti crunches her numbers again and again, thinking there is a mistake.