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Afghans driven from Pakistan rebuilding lives from 'zero'
AFP, Published on 17/11/2023
» TORKHAM (AFGHANISTAN) - Rocked gently on his mother's knees, a fly on his nose, a baby sleeps fitfully in a tent in a barren border camp as his family prepares to leave the waypoint to rebuild their lives in Afghanistan.
Deposed Niger president's lawyers deny escape bid
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» ABIDJAN - Lawyers for Niger's ousted president on Friday rejected claims by the new military rulers that he had tried to escape, as France said its forces would be gone from the West African country by year's end as planned.
Fiery bus crash kills 34 in Algeria
AFP, Published on 19/07/2023
» ALGIERS: A road crash in Algeria killed 34 people when a passenger bus collided head-on with a pickup truck carrying fuel cans and burst into flames Wednesday, deep in the southern Sahara region, officials said.
Thousands of migrants stranded in north Niger's scorching desert
AFP, Published on 06/04/2023
» ASSAMAKA (NIGER) - A long line of people appears in silhouette, walking along the flat desert in northern Niger.
Along underwater highway, workers fix Channel tunnel at night
AFP, Published on 14/02/2023
» COQUELLES (FRANCE) - Deep under the Channel, men in orange jackets and white hard hats drive up and down one of the world's longest underground highways, beavering away to keep passenger trains running.
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.
Fast and furious no more? Bangkok's infamous No.8 bus
AFP, Published on 30/09/2022
» A "Pink Devil" roars down Bangkok's busy streets, furiously overtaking tuk-tuks, cars and motorbikes, narrowly avoiding a collision as it slows to allow passengers to scramble on before veering back into the capital's hectic traffic. Welcome aboard the No.8 bus.
Jakarta's 'zombie' train confronts traffic apocalypse
AFP, Published on 08/09/2022
» JAKARTA: In a city known for monstrous traffic, "zombies" are rising up in a scary bid to get more people to use public transport.
Cheers and jeers in US as plane mask mandates are lifted
AFP, Published on 20/04/2022
» NEW YORK - Airlines, subways and bus services across the United States moved quickly Tuesday to remove mask requirements following a federal court ruling that struck down face-covering mandates on public transportation, a hot-button issue throughout the pandemic.
Nearly 3.5 million Ukrainians flee the country: UN
AFP, Published on 21/03/2022
» GENEVA: Nearly 3.5 million Ukrainians have now fled the country following Russia's invasion, the United Nations said Monday, praising neighbouring countries for showing overwhelming compassion towards their "extreme plight".