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Art to the rescue: Old US police, fire boxes get breath of life
AFP, Published on 04/10/2019
» WASHINGTON - Decades after they helped save lives in the US capital, police and fire department call boxes still stand on city corners, relics of a time when firefighters used horse-drawn wagons and cops walked the beat.
Countries push to protect sharks, rays
AFP, Published on 16/08/2019
» GENEVA: Dozens of countries will push at a global meeting for regulations on trade in 18 types of shark and ray, with conservationists warning Thursday of looming extinction for many species.
Ecological land grab: food vs fuel vs forests
AFP, Published on 05/08/2019
» PARIS - The overlapping crises of climate change, mass species extinction, and an unsustainable global food system are on a collision course towards what might best be called an ecological land grab.
Kushner heads to Mideast to press US peace plan
AFP, Published on 28/05/2019
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is heading to the Middle East, the White House said Tuesday, signalling a fresh push on a long promised but yet to be delivered peace plan for the region.
Duterte tightens grip on power in Philippine polls
AFP, Published on 22/05/2019
» MANILA: Allies of President Rodrigo Duterte stormed to a landslide victory in midterm polls, final results showed Wednesday, dissolving a last check on his controversial rule.
Embattled May dangles promise of new Brexit vote
AFP, Published on 22/05/2019
» LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed Tuesday to give lawmakers a vote on holding a second Brexit referendum as part of her final effort to salvage her hated EU divorce deal.
Britain, EU set competing Brexit delay dates
AFP, Published on 05/04/2019
» LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May asked the European Union on Friday to delay Britain's departure until June 30 while the bloc itself suggested that it might be best to postpone the split for up to a year.
Trump, Dems vow no surrender on US government shutdown
AFP, Published on 23/01/2019
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump had a message on Tuesday for Democrats counting on him to relent in the Washington arm wrestle blocking funds to swaths of the government for a record 32 days: "No Cave!"
France, Germany seek closer bond with treaty ahead of Brexit
AFP, Published on 22/01/2019
» AACHEN, Germany: France and Germany will sign a new friendship treaty on Tuesday, seeking to boost an alliance at the heart of the European Union as Britain bows out and with nationalism rising around the continent.
Trump in Paris slams Macron's 'insulting' EU army proposals
AFP, Published on 10/11/2018
» PARIS - US President Donald Trump on Friday blasted calls by Emmanuel Macron for a European army to defend against threats from powers including the US as "very insulting", setting a combative tone for his World War I commemorative visit to Paris.