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Trump arrested in election case, mug shot released
AFP, Published on 25/08/2023
» GEORGIA - Former United States president Donald Trump was arrested at a Georgia jail Thursday on racketeering and conspiracy charges and released on a US$200,000 bond after having a historic mug shot taken.
New York drives towards first US congestion charge
AFP, Published on 07/08/2023
» NEW YORK - New York wants to introduce car-loving America's first congestion charge, but the move faces fierce opposition -- including from the city's famous yellow taxis.
London 'pollution tolls' challenged in court
AFP, Published on 04/07/2023
» LONDON: A UK court will on Tuesday consider contentious plans to extend a scheme obliging the most polluting vehicles to pay for using London's roads, as opponents engage in protests — and even sabotage.
The flying hospital bringing Ukraine's wounded west
AFP, Published on 29/03/2023
» ON BOARD A BOEING 737 MEDEVAC PLANE (POLAND) - You can see the pain held just in check in the faces of Ukraine's war wounded as they are evacuated in a flying hospital.
Rise in ocean plastic pollution 'unprecedented'
AFP, Published on 09/03/2023
» PARIS: Plastic pollution in the world's oceans has reached "unprecedented levels" over the past 15 years, a new study has found, calling for a legally binding international treaty to stop the harmful waste.
'Life is worse': Kenya's Ruto marks 100 days in office
AFP, Published on 21/12/2022
» NAIROBI - Kenyan shop attendant Winnie Wanjiru Mwaura was brimming with hope when she signed up to be an election agent for William Ruto during the August 9 polls and elated when he became president.
No white smoke in first round of Italy's presidential vote
AFP, Published on 25/01/2022
» ROME - Italy's parliament failed to make headway Monday in the first round of voting for a new president, a normally low-stakes race that this year risks bringing down the government if Prime Minister Mario Draghi is chosen.
Germany serves up Covid jabs in the company canteen
AFP, Published on 23/05/2021
» HANAU, Germany: It's well before midday but chemical technician trainer Ralf Scharf is already heading to the company canteen. And lunch is the last thing on his mind.
Hong Kong woman, 90, loses US$32 million in phone scam
AFP, Published on 21/04/2021
» HONG KONG: A 90-year-old Hong Kong woman has been conned out of US$32 million (1 billion baht) by fraudsters posing as Chinese officials, police said, in the city's biggest recorded phone scam.
Brazil's Lula comes out swinging at Bolsonaro in return to politics
AFP, Published on 11/03/2021
» SãO BERNARDO DO CAMPO (BRAZIL) - Brazil's former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made his return to politics Wednesday attacking President Jair Bolsonaro and his "imbecile" Covid-19 policies, but declined to say whether he would run against him next year.