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Dutch dope trial: what's the deal?
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» THE HAGUE - On December 15, cannabis will for the first time be grown, sold, and consumed legally in the Netherlands as part of a four-year trial across the country.
Anti-EU 'villain' Farage eyeing UK politics return... maybe
AFP, Published on 10/12/2023
» LONDON - Anti-EU populist Nigel Farage's star turn on a popular reality TV show is fuelling speculation the divisive figure may be plotting a sensational return to frontline British politics.
Heat projected to kill nearly five times more people by 2050
AFP, Published on 15/11/2023
» PARIS - Nearly five times more people will likely die due to extreme heat in the coming decades, an international team of experts warned on Wednesday, adding that without action on climate change the "health of humanity is at grave risk".
New use of landmines ‘drives up casualties’
AFP, Published on 14/11/2023
» GENEVA - New use of landmines, including extensive deployment by Russia in Ukraine, drove a global rise of new casualties from the weapons in 2022, a monitor said on Tuesday.
Bangladeshi woman shot dead in wage protest
AFP, Published on 08/11/2023
» DHAKA - A Bangladeshi woman was shot dead on Wednesday in the latest violent protests by garment workers after they rejected a government wage increase offer, with the victim's husband blaming the police.
Top consultancy undermining climate change fight: whistleblowers
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» PARIS - The world's top management consultancy McKinsey & Company is using its position as a key advisor to the UN's COP28 climate talks to push the interests of its big oil and gas clients, undermining efforts to end the use of the fossil fuels driving global warming, according to multiple sources and leaked documents.
Heavy industry turns to carbon capture to clean up its act
AFP, Published on 30/10/2023
» RETY (FRANCE) - For decades heavy industry around Dunkirk in northern France has belched out millions of tonnes of climate-heating gases.
World court to hear 'watershed' Syria torture case
AFP, Published on 10/10/2023
» THE HAGUE - Syria faces allegations at the UN top court Tuesday that it maintains a "pervasive" system of torture that has killed tens of thousands of people.
China in 'strategic partnership' with Syria
AFP, Published on 22/09/2023
» HANGZHOU, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a "strategic partnership" with Syria on Friday during talks with President Bashar al-Assad, who is seeking financial support to help rebuild his devastated country.
Syria's Assad visits China seeking funds
AFP, Published on 21/09/2023
» HANGZHOU (CHINA) - Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad begins on Thursday his first official trip to China in almost two decades, where he will ask a longtime ally for financial support to help rebuild his devastated country.