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Mexican migrant tragedy: A Guatemalan mother's grief
AFP, Published on 14/12/2021
» CHAJUL (GUATEMALA) - Giovani Raymundo, 18, kissed his mother goodbye last week, setting off before sunrise from their remote Guatemalan village on a dangerous journey in search of work and a better future.
Ronaldo fires Manchester United into Champions League last 16
AFP, Published on 24/11/2021
» VILA-REAL (SPAIN) - Cristiano Ronaldo's excellent goal helped Manchester United begin life after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with a 2-0 victory over Villarreal on Tuesday and seal their place in the Champions League last 16.
'Dark future': The distress of Afghan women who can no longer work
AFP, Published on 19/11/2021
» KABUL - At 21 years old, Madina had her dream job: she was a journalist, her salary crucial to her family's life in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan's buzkashi season begins, with Taliban at the reins
AFP, Published on 02/11/2021
» QARA SHABAGH (AFGHANISTAN) - Haji Mohammad Pahlawan waves his whip in the air, pulling his grey stallion away from the calf carcass he has just dumped in a goal to claim victory in a tournament of buzkashi, Afghanistan's national sport.
US approval for Moderna teen vaccines delayed
AFP, Published on 01/11/2021
» WASHINGTON - US biotech firm Moderna said Sunday that American officials have delayed approving its Covid-19 vaccine for teenagers to allow more time to better assess the potential risk of developing myocarditis, or heart inflammation.
Hunger forces Afghans to sell young daughters into marriage
AFP, Published on 26/10/2021
» QALA I NAW (AFGHANISTAN) - Fahima has wept many times since her husband sold their two young daughters into marriage to survive the drought gripping western Afghanistan.
'Why can't we study?' - Afghan girls still barred from school
AFP, Published on 17/10/2021
» KABUL: Afghan teenager Amena saw dozens of classmates killed when her girls' school was targeted by an Islamic State bomb attack in May, but she was determined to continue her education.
New Thai cave rescue movie includes Navy Seals footage
New York Times, Published on 07/10/2021
» NEW YORK: Documentary filmmaker Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi lives in fear of not telling a complete story. What if there is another angle to explore? More footage to uncover? Is her exploration of a topic ever really complete? Those feelings were occupying large swaths of her brain back in May when she was finally able to travel to Thailand.
Unheard Lennon tape goes on sale in Denmark
AFP, Published on 28/09/2021
» COPENHAGEN: A 1970 tape of John Lennon singing a hitherto unheard song called "Radio Peace" and expressing frustration at his Beatles image to a group of Danish schoolboys goes under the hammer on Tuesday in Copenhagen.
Relief and emotion as special charter flight leaves Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 10/09/2021
» KABUL - For hours, passengers waited in the departure hall of the newly restored Kabul Airport, their flight -- the first to leave the Afghan capital since the US withdrawal was completed -- repeatedly delayed.