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Giant pig farms accused of defiling Mexico's 'sacred wells'
AFP, Published on 05/08/2021
» MéRIDA, Mexico: Long revered by the Maya people as sacred and today a magnet for tourists, local indigenous communities fear the water-filled sinkholes of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula are under threat from industrial pig farms.
Invisible wounds: France faces up to war trauma
AFP, Published on 18/07/2021
» PARIS - Christophe came close to death in Afghanistan, Raphael saw one body bag after another in the Sahel region of Africa, while Omar does not even want to talk about what he experienced on the battlefield.
Deluge death toll soars in Europe
AFP, Published on 17/07/2021
» SCHULD, Germany: Troops and firefighters scrambled on Saturday to find victims of the devastation left by the worst floods to hit western Europe in decades, which have already left more than 150 people dead and dozens more missing.
Europe picks through rubble from deadly deluge
AFP, Published on 17/07/2021
» SCHULD (GERMANY) - Troops and firefighters were called in Saturday to help villagers launch a mammoth clean up after the worst floods to hit western Europe in decades left nearly 130 people dead and dozens more missing.
Cannes cold shoulders its 'Queer Palm' prize
AFP, Published on 17/07/2021
» CANNES: It has been won by big-name Hollywood directors and is headed by one of France's top comic stars, but the "Queer Palm" prize celebrating LGBTQ movies at Cannes still has no official place at the world's top film festival.
Malaysia's highland farmers fight for survival in pandemic
AFP, Published on 16/07/2021
» CAMERON HIGHLANDS (MALAYSIA) - Vast tea plantations spread out over Malaysia's rugged highlands, where a network of greenhouses harvests fruit, vegetables and flowers and crops nestle in the hills.
At least 19 dead in Germany as storms lash Europe
AFP, Published on 15/07/2021
» MAYEN, Germany: Heavy rains and floods lashing western Europe have killed at least 19 people in Germany and left around 50 missing, as rising waters led several houses to collapse on Thursday.
Hungary PM digs in on LGBT law at EU summit
AFP, Published on 24/06/2021
» BRUSSELS - Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban strongly defended a new law in his country banning LGBT content in schools as he arrived at an EU summit dominated by growing controversy over the issue.
Le Pen suffers disappointment in French regional polls
AFP, Published on 21/06/2021
» PARIS - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's party performed weaker than expected in the first round of regional elections Sunday, in a vote marked by record levels of abstention.
Doctors Without Borders: 50 years of horror and heroism
AFP, Published on 07/06/2021
» PARIS: It grew out of the ideals of a group of newly qualified French doctors who wanted to be on the ground helping those most in need anywhere in the world.