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Nigeria's troubled exit path for repentant jihadists
AFP, Published on 30/08/2021
» MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Gaunt men sit in the shade sewing hats while women in headscarves cook leaves, watching children play as the dry wind blows through the thatched huts.
Hunt on for monarch butterfly eggs in the gardens of Canada
AFP, Published on 28/08/2021
» SAINT-HYACINTHE (CANADA) - When Canadian conservation enthusiasts head out to find monarch eggs, it's always with a magnifying glass and a notebook. They are volunteers taking part in a summer census of the iconic, endangered butterflies.
Graft and security issues feed the trade in Iraq's past
AFP, Published on 23/08/2021
» BAGHDAD - Do you want to buy a more than 3,000-year-old Sumerian tablet, listed as the property of a gentleman from Sussex in England and passed down as a family heirloom?
Biden says social media misinformation on Covid 'killing people'
AFP, Published on 17/07/2021
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden said Friday that social media disinformation about Covid-19 and vaccinations is "killing people."
China's Tencent using facial recognition to snag late-night child gamers
AFP, Published on 08/07/2021
» BEIJING: Chinese tech giant Tencent has rolled out a facial recognition "midnight patrol" function to root out children masquerading as adults to get around a government curfew on underage gamers.
Invasive species costing Africa $3.66 tn a year: study
AFP, Published on 20/05/2021
» PARIS - Invasive species introduced by human activity are costing African agriculture some $3.66 trillion every year -- around 1.5 times the combined gross domestic product of all African countries -- new research showed Thursday.
Hong Kong legislature approves China loyalty laws
AFP, Published on 12/05/2021
» Hong Kong's opposition-devoid legislature approved new powers on Wednesday allowing the government to sack public office holders and bar election candidates from standing if they are deemed "disloyal" to local authorities or China.
India reels as Europe vows vaccine push: Covid world update
AFP, Published on 21/04/2021
» NEW DELHI: Oxygen supplies in Indian hospitals were running perilously low Wednesday as daily Covid-19 deaths surged past 2,000 for the first time in one of the world's most brutal ongoing coronavirus waves.
Free marijuana for vaccinated New Yorkers
AFP, Published on 21/04/2021
» NEW YORK: New Yorkers who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 were able to get an unlikely freebie Tuesday: a marijuana joint.
Spain: A paradise of weed for Europe's drug traffickers
AFP, Published on 17/10/2020
» SAN ESTEBAN SASROVIRAS (SPAIN) - It is the dead of night when police storm a house near Barcelona where hundreds of cannabis plants are growing in the basement under the glare of a sea of heat lamps.