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Portuguese set to turn page on Costa era
AFP, Published on 08/11/2023
» LISBON - Portugal's political parties were preparing on Wednesday for a landscape without Antonio Costa, who had been prime minister since 2015 but quit suddenly the day prior when he was implicated in a corruption investigation.
The golden ear-a of audio
AFP, Published on 19/03/2021
» PARIS - Audio stimulates our brains more powerfully than video, and slots neatly into our new patterns of voracious cultural consumption -- making this a revolutionary time for aural entertainment.
Twitter's new 'fleets' will disappear after 24 hours
AFP, Published on 17/11/2020
» SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter said Tuesday it was rolling out tweets which disappear after 24 hours, joining rival social platforms in offering ephemeral messages.
Captainless WTO in troubled water with no land in sight
AFP, Published on 31/08/2020
» GENEVA: As Roberto Azevedo leaves the World Trade Organisation on Monday, the institution faces multiple crises without a captain -- a situation experts warn could drag on for months.
Vegetative Frenchman set to lose life support amid final challenge
AFP, Published on 20/05/2019
» REIMS (FRANCE) - Doctors were due from Monday to start switching off the life support of a quadriplegic Frenchman who has been in a vegetative state for the last decade, in a case that has divided France and even his own family.
Parents try to remove doctor in French right-to-die case
AFP, Published on 19/05/2019
» LILLE: The parents of a Frenchman kept alive in a vegetative state for a decade will on Monday try to have the doctor caring for their son removed before he halts life-sustaining treatment the same day, their lawyers said.
Parents appeal to French president in right-to-die case
AFP, Published on 18/05/2019
» LILLE (FRANCE) - The parents of a Frenchman kept alive in a vegetative state for a decade appealed to President Emmanuel Macron Saturday to ensure his treatment continues, two days before his doctor plans to stop all medication.
'We are losing the race' on climate change: UN chief
AFP, Published on 24/01/2019
» DAVOS (SWITZERLAND) - The world is "losing the race" against climate change, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Thursday at the elite Davos forum, demanding bolder action from governments to arrest catastrophic warming.
UN chief warns 'we are losing the race' on climate change
AFP, Published on 24/01/2019
» DAVOS, Switzerland: UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday warned that the world is "losing the race" on climate change as he demanded that governments make bolder commitments beyond the Paris accord.