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NASA celebrates Webb's first year with close-up of stellar birth
AFP, Published on 12/07/2023
» WASHINGTON - Jets of red gas bursting into the cosmos, and a glowing cave of dust: NASA unveiled a spectacular new image Wednesday depicting the birth of stars to mark the first anniversary of the James Webb Space Telescope's science operations.
Streaming giant shines new light on Thai boys cave rescue
AFP, Published on 21/09/2022
» It is the rescue retold around the world: 12 boys, their coach, and impossible odds.
Beyonce, Jay-Z and Grande in Oscars race as shortlists unveiled
AFP, Published on 22/12/2021
» LOS ANGELES: Beyonce, Jay-Z and Ariane Grande are all in the running for the best original song Oscar, but French shock-fest "Titane" did not make the shortlist for best foreign film, as the Academy unveiled its annual shortlists Tuesday ahead of the formal nominations.
Rest of collapsed Florida apartment block to be demolished overnight
AFP, Published on 05/07/2021
» SURFSIDE (UNITED STATES) - The remaining section of the collapsed apartment block in Surfside, Florida will be demolished overnight between 10:00pm (0200 GMT) and 3:00 am, the county mayor said Sunday, with the confirmed death toll at 24, and 121 people missing.
Biden heads to Florida condo collapse site, death toll at 18
AFP, Published on 01/07/2021
» SURFSIDE (UNITED STATES) - President Joe Biden headed to Florida Thursday to meet with families heartbroken by the collapse of a beachfront condo building a week ago, as hopes of finding survivors in the rubble all but vanished.
More bodies found in US condo collapse as search enters day seven
AFP, Published on 30/06/2021
» SURFSIDE (UNITED STATES) - More bodies were discovered overnight in the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Florida, rescuers said Wednesday, as the search for the nearly 150 people unaccounted for entered its seventh day.
A decade on, hero Chilean miners are bitter and divided
AFP, Published on 31/07/2020
» COPIAPó (CHILE) - A decade ago, 33 Chilean miners became a symbol of hope and solidarity after surviving for more than two months trapped deep underground in the Atacama desert.
Obamas' first film wins best documentary Oscar
AFP, Published on 10/02/2020
» HOLLYWOOD (UNITED STATES) - "American Factory", a documentary produced by Barack and Michelle Obama for Netflix about a manufacturing plant in the US Midwest reopened by a Chinese billionaire, won the Oscar for best documentary on Sunday.
Syria's heroic underground female medics hailed in 'The Cave'
AFP, Published on 17/10/2019
» LOS ANGELES - Oscar-nominated Syrian director Feras Fayyad has risked his life to chronicle the atrocities of the Assad regime, and suffered torture in prison because of his films.
India's Modi bears all, sniffs dung with Grylls
AFP, Published on 13/08/2019
» NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit Indian television screens like never before on Monday, talking about his life and the environment -- and smelling elephant dung -- with Bear Grylls.