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Migrants call UK barge accommodation a ‘prison’
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» WEYMOUTH, England - In the damp December cold, a blue bus stops near Weymouth town centre in southwest England. A few men get off, relieved to be spending a few hours away from what they call their "prison" — a barge housing asylum seekers.
To greenwash or do the right thing? Corporate dilemmas at COP28
AFP, Published on 02/12/2023
» DUBAI - They call the giant climate business expo running outside the COP28 United Nations talks in Dubai the "green zone".
Liberia's football superstar president runs for re-election
AFP, Published on 10/10/2023
» MONROVIA - Liberians vote Tuesday on whether to give football legend George Weah a second term as president, with peace among voters' main concerns in a nation still scarred by back-to-back civil wars.
Ramaphosa: From Mandela protégé to scandal-hit leader
AFP, Published on 02/12/2022
» JOHANNESBURG: Pragmatic, wealthy and ambitious, Cyril Ramaphosa promised "a new dawn" for corruption-ridden South Africa when he became president.
Plastic recycling remains a myth, study finds
Business, AFP, Published on 25/10/2022
» WASHINGTON: Plastic recycling rates are declining even as production shoots up, according to a Greenpeace USA report that blasts industry claims of creating an efficient, circular economy as "fiction."
Sunak makes second bid to become UK's first Hindu PM
AFP, Published on 23/10/2022
» LONDON - Rishi Sunak looked set for at least several years in the political wilderness after helping topple ex-prime minister Boris Johnson but then losing to Liz Truss in the summer's Conservative leadership contest.
World Cup sponsors urged to back compensation for Qatar workers
AFP, Published on 20/09/2022
» BEIRUT: Human rights groups urged more sponsors of the World Cup in Qatar on Tuesday to support calls for compensation for migrant workers and their families over alleged abuses.
It's raining diamonds across the universe, research suggests
AFP, Published on 03/09/2022
» PARIS - It could be raining diamonds on planets throughout the universe, scientists suggested Friday, after using common plastic to recreate the strange precipitation believed to form deep inside Uranus and Neptune.
Surprise date change mars World Cup countdown
AFP, Published on 12/08/2022
» DOHA: Fifa and Qatar organisers on Friday counted the cost of bringing forward the start of the World Cup by a day as they launched the 100-day countdown to the event.
Former UK Coca-Cola boss caught taking £1.5m in bribes
AFP, Published on 15/04/2022
» LONDON: A former Coca-Cola boss in the UK on Thursday avoided jail despite taking more than £1.5 million ($1.95 million) in bribes in return for channeling lucrative contracts to favoured companies.