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Rented electric scooters vanish from Paris streets
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» PARIS - Parisians woke up on Friday to a world without rented electric scooters, loathed as a pedestrian-bothering nuisance by some but mourned by others.
Japan's century of efforts to tame earthquakes
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» TOKYO - Takashi Hosoda was in a Tokyo skyscraper when the 9.0 magnitude quake struck on March 11, 2011, but the trained architect was "not particularly worried" as modern Japanese buildings are designed to protect their occupants.
'Beautiful Corolla': Afghan love affair with Toyota endures the ages
AFP, Published on 05/05/2023
» KABUL - Little is certain in Afghanistan -- armies invade and retreat, governments rise and fall -- but when the key of a Toyota Corolla turns in the ignition, the engine can be relied upon to roar to life.
Vast cemetery in Iraq echoes 14 centuries of life and death
AFP, Published on 24/02/2023
» NAJAF (IRAQ) - Tombstones stretch as far as the eye can see across Iraq's Wadi-al-Salam cemetery, often described as the world's biggest, which bears silent witness to life and death over 14 centuries.
More survivors found as quake toll tops 11,200
AFP, Published on 08/02/2023
» ANTAKYA, Turkey: Searchers were still pulling survivors on Wednesday from the rubble of the earthquake that killed over 11,200 people in Turkey and Syria, even as the window for rescues narrowed.
Dreaming of peace, DR Congo faithful flock to see pope
AFP, Published on 01/02/2023
» KINSHASA - One hope united many of the people streaming to see Pope Francis perform mass in DR Congo's capital on Wednesday -- that his presence could at last bring peace to the war-wracked east of the African country.
Africa's mega-cities look to mass transit to ease growing pains
AFP, Published on 07/11/2022
» LAGOS - Tade Balogun times his commute like a military operation.
UN summit returns in person to world of divisions
AFP, Published on 17/09/2022
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - The UN General Assembly is back in person after the pandemic disruption but in a world as full of crises as ever, with the war in Ukraine set to pit the West against Russia.
'Sight to behold': tourists flock to Florida for Moon rocket launch
AFP, Published on 29/08/2022
» MERRITT ISLAND: Seeing a rocket blast off to the Moon is "a once-in-a-lifetime thing to experience," says Joanne Bostandji.
'With masters defeated, the slaves can't fight': Taliban eye victory after US exit
AFP, Published on 16/06/2021
» ANDAR (AFGHANISTAN) - With Afghan troops in retreat and soon to lose vital American air support, Taliban commanders are voicing exuberance about quickly seizing full control of the country and re-establishing their version of an Islamic state.