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Nepal 'addicted' to the trade in its own people
AFP, Published on 16/02/2026
» KATHMANDU - Rudra Bahadur Kami returned to Nepal through a back door of Kathmandu airport in a battered coffin after working for more than a decade in Saudi Arabia to feed his family back home.
Moderna says US refusing to review mRNA-based flu shot
AFP, Published on 11/02/2026
» NEW YORK - Vaccine manufacturer Moderna said on Tuesday the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was refusing to review an application for its first mRNA-based flu shot.
ICJ to hand down watershed climate opinion
AFP, Published on 23/07/2025
» THE HAGUE - The world's top court will Wednesday deliver a landmark ruling laying out what legal obligations countries have to prevent climate change and whether polluters should pay up for the consequences.
Lebanon president vows punishment for attackers of UN peacekeeper
AFP, Published on 15/02/2025
» BEIRUT (LEBANON) — Lebanese President Joseph Aoun vowed to punish the perpetrators of an attack on a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping convoy, with authorities set to hold an emergency meeting on Saturday.
More than 60 dead in Nepal earthquake
AFP, Published on 04/11/2023
» KATHMANDU - More than 60 people were killed when a shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit a remote pocket of Nepal, officials said early Saturday.
UN decries 'intolerable' loss of 5 million children in 2021
AFP, Published on 11/01/2023
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - An estimated five million children under the age of five died in 2021, the United Nations said Tuesday, urging health care investment in underserved communities around the globe to avoid this "immense, intolerable and mostly preventable loss of life."
Fiji PM vows to respect result, as voting ends
AFP, Published on 14/12/2022
» SUVA (FIJI) - Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama vowed to respect the outcome of Wednesday's election, as polls closed in a vote that could end his 16 years in power and return a rival ex-coup leader to office.
India's born-again elephants repel four-legged rampages
AFP, Published on 12/11/2021
» THEPPAKADU (INDIA) - Moorthy killed 21 people and terrorised entire villages in southern India for years before he was captured and retrained to repel similar attacks by other wild elephants starved due to deforestation.
From Squid coin to memes, the 'Wild West' of crypto
AFP, Published on 10/11/2021
» LONDON: From a dodgy digital currency inspired by Netflix hit "Squid Game" to highly-volatile dog-themed coins, the cryptocurrency sector has become riskier than ever as it soars in value.
US lifts indoor mask mandate for vaccinated people
AFP, Published on 14/05/2021
» WASHINGTON - The top US health agency on Thursday announced it was lifting mask-wearing requirements for people fully vaccinated against Covid-19, a watershed moment in the pandemic.