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Penguins bring forward breeding season as Antarctica warms: study
AFP, Published on 20/01/2026
» PARIS — Penguins are bringing forward their breeding season at record rates as Antarctica rapidly warms due to climate change, according to research published by a global team of scientists on Tuesday.
James Watson, Nobel prize-winning DNA pioneer, dead at 97
AFP, Published on 08/11/2025
» NEW YORK - James Watson -- the Nobel laureate co-credited with the pivotal discovery of DNA's double-helix structure, but whose career was later tainted by his repeated racist remarks -- has died, his former lab said Friday. He was 97.
AI personal shoppers hunt down bargain buys
AFP, Published on 29/05/2025
» NEW YORK - Internet giants are diving deeper into e-commerce with digital aides that know shoppers’ likes, let them virtually try on clothes, hunt for deals and even place orders.
Trans women barred from women’s football in England
AFP, Published on 01/05/2025
» LONDON - Transgender women will no longer be able to play in women’s football from June 1, England’s governing Football Association announced on Thursday.
Prince Harry settles lawsuit against Murdoch's UK tabloids
AFP, Published on 22/01/2025
» LONDON - Prince Harry settled on Wednesday a hotly-disputed lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's UK tabloid publisher, which apologised for hacking the British royal's phone and agreed to pay him "substantial damages".
Power restored to most of Puerto Rico
AFP, Published on 02/01/2025
» SAN JUAN - Power was restored to most of Puerto Rico Wednesday after a major blackout plunged the island into darkness on New Year's Eve, the US territory's electric utility said.
Japan 'regrets' release of anti-whaling activist Watson
AFP, Published on 18/12/2024
» TOKYO - Japan's government voiced dismay on Wednesday over the release of anti-whaling activist Paul Watson after Danish authorities refused Tokyo's extradition request.
Whaling activist Watson freed after Denmark rejects extradition
AFP, Published on 17/12/2024
» COPENHAGEN - Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was on Tuesday released from detention in Greenland, after Denmark decided to refuse a Japanese extradition request over a 2010 clash with whalers.
Israel strikes Gaza after UN calls for more aid
AFP, Published on 23/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP - Israel continued to press its Gaza offensive on Saturday, with Hamas reporting heavy shelling in several cities hours after world powers demanded more aid be allowed into the besieged Palestinian territory.
Zelensky's last-ditch plea for US aid runs into partisan divide
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pleaded Tuesday in Washington for continued US military aid but the Republican House speaker poured cold water on the desperate bid for help.