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Toxic? Britney tells of troubles in new memoir
AFP, Published on 24/10/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears, the dewy-eyed child star who became a global pop phenomenon and then melted down in full view of the world, tells her story Tuesday with the release of her already bestselling memoir.
The mighty Mississippi, America's water highway, is dangerously low
AFP, Published on 24/10/2023
» MEMPHIS - In the middle of the shrunken Mississippi, a barge drags a giant metal-edged suction head along the riverbed to remove sediment from shipping lanes.
Switzerland: land of languages, neutrality, farmers and pharma
AFP, Published on 22/10/2023
» GENEVA - A land renowned for cheese, chocolate and banks, Switzerland, nestled in the heart of Europe, held its general election on Sunday.
Two dead as Storm Babet batters Scotland
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» BRECHIN, Scotland - Two people died and families were trapped in flooded homes in Scotland on Friday as Storm Babet moved east after pounding Ireland.
Race to save the Amazon leaves out Brazil's crucial savanna
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» SãO DESIDéRIO (BRAZIL) - People thought she was crazy when Carminha Maria Missio and her family bought what was considered "sterile" land in the Brazilian savanna to farm soybeans, she says.
10% of dolphins killed as Amazon drought hits lake: study
AFP, Published on 18/10/2023
» RIO DE JANEIRO - An estimated 10 percent of the dolphins in a picturesque lake in the Brazilian Amazon were killed in a week as a record drought and searing temperatures devastate the region, researchers said Tuesday.
Anguished parents seek answers in Canada 'suicide kit' probe
AFP, Published on 13/10/2023
» WINDSOR, Canada: The moment Kim Prosser learned that her 19-year-old son Ashtyn had died by suicide, she says she dropped to the floor, where she lay "shaking and so cold".
Hurricane Lidia leaves at least one dead in Mexico
AFP, Published on 11/10/2023
» PUERTO VALLARTA (MEXICO) - Hurricane Lidia slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm Tuesday, causing flooding, blocked roads, fallen trees and at least one death, officials said.
Russian forces close in on east Ukraine's Avdiivka
AFP, Published on 10/10/2023
» KRAMATORSK (UKRAINE) - Russian forces closed in on the frontline town of Avdiivka in east Ukraine on Tuesday, as Kyiv warned Moscow was stepping up strikes in an attempt to encircle it completely.
The Burmese barmaid who nabbed a North Korean assassin
AFP, Published on 09/10/2023
» YANGON, Myanmar: Forty years ago, Myanmar barmaid Dar San Ye stood in a river running through Rangoon, squaring up to a North Korean agent gripping a live grenade.