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Faced with US heat waves, the Navajo push for power -- and A/C
AFP, Published on 13/07/2025
» TONALEA (UNITED STATES) - Workmen plant electricity poles in the rust-orange earth of the Navajo Nation and run cables to Christine Shorty's house -- finally giving her power against the searing Arizona desert heat.
Iran president says Israel attempted to assassinate him
AFP, Published on 08/07/2025
» TEHRAN - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in an interview released on Monday that Israel, which last month fought a 12-day war with Iran, had attempted to assassinate him.
Boosting the Northeast
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 03/07/2025
» To further develop the creative economy in the Northeast, the Creative Economy Agency (CEA), Khon Kaen province and Alliances teamed up to create the Isan Creative Festival under the theme "Isan Soul Proud". The festival is presented through three industries -- entertainment and content; handicrafts, arts and design; and food.
Philippines biodiversity hotspot pushes back on mining
AFP, Published on 02/07/2025
» BROOKES POINT (PHILIPPINES) - A nickel stockpile towers over farmer Moharen Tambiling's rice paddy in the Philippines' Palawan, evidence of a mining boom that locals hope a new moratorium will tame.
Trump hails new 'Alligator Alcatraz' migrant detention center
AFP, Published on 02/07/2025
» OCHOPEE (UNITED STATES) - US President Donald Trump reveled in a new Florida migrant detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" Tuesday, joking that any escapees would be taught to run away from the reptiles to avoid being eaten.
Gold thief's plunge; brotherly love; jail bust; cooking kill
News, Mae Moo, Published on 29/06/2025
» Where did he stash it?
Hidden stock gems
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/06/2025
» Re: "Foreign investors seeking clear policies amid volatility", (Business, June 10).
South Asian nuclear war would hit globe
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 01/05/2025
» India and Pakistan have had several shooting matches since they carried out a total of nine underground nuclear weapons tests in 1998. However, they don't make Putin-style thinly veiled threats to use their nukes (around 170 nuclear warheads each at the moment), and they do understand that escalation from smaller, "conventional" wars is the real danger.
Rwandan vet lauded for saving grey crowned cranes
AFP, Published on 30/04/2025
» RUGEZI, Rwanda - White wings flashing overhead in the sunlight, conservationist Olivier Nsengimana points out Rwanda’s grey crowned cranes, migratory birds that have made an extraordinary comeback in the Great Lakes region.
'Heartbreaking' floods swamp Australia's cattle country
AFP, Published on 01/04/2025
» SYDNEY — Whole herds of cattle have drowned in vast inland floods seeping across the Australian outback, officials said Tuesday as the muddy tide drenched an area the size of France.