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Flights to evacuate stranded travellers in Middle East
AFP, Published on 04/03/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - Governments and airlines scrambled on Tuesday to repatriate tens of thousands of travellers stranded in the Middle East following the eruption of a regional conflict sparked by Israel-US strikes on Iran.
More flights cancelled as Iran conflict shuts Mideast hubs
AFP, Published on 01/03/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - The biggest disruption to global air transport since the Covid pandemic continued Sunday, with thousands of flights affected and busy Middle Eastern hubs including Dubai and Doha shuttered as Iran lashed out after US-Israeli strikes.
Submersibles revealing mysteries of the deep sea
AFP, Published on 26/01/2026
» ABOARD OCEANXPLORER, Indonesia - A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 metres in search of new species, plastic-eating microbes and compounds that could one day make medicines.
'Smooth and easy': India and China resume direct flights as ties improve
AFP, Published on 27/10/2025
» GUANGZHOU - Passengers of the first direct flight between India and China in five years touched down on Monday, after Asia's giants lifted a long-term air travel suspension as they cautiously rebuild relations.
Atletico cash in on Real Madrid's Bernabeu concert woes
AFP, Published on 24/07/2025
» MADRID — Mired in legal setbacks, Real Madrid are losing the lucrative star-studded concerts for which their costly Bernabeu stadium revamp was designed -- and cross-town rivals Atletico are cashing in.
True blue tradition: how Japan's coveted jeans are made
AFP, Published on 18/12/2024
» KOJIMA-AJINO (JAPAN) - Call it an antidote to fast fashion: Japanese jeans hand-dyed with natural indigo and weaved on a clackety vintage loom, then sold at a premium to global denim connoisseurs.
Brazilian dilemma: endangered macaw vs wind farm
AFP, Published on 23/05/2023
» CANUDOS, Brazil: A wind farm in northeastern Brazil sounds like a welcome climate-friendly energy solution, but it is causing controversy over another kind of environmental worry: the impact on the endangered Lear's macaw.
BTS's Jimin first S. Korean solo artist to top US songs chart
AFP, Published on 04/04/2023
» NEW YORK - Jimin, a member of the K-pop supergroup BTS, has made history as the first South Korean solo artist to land the number one spot on the top US songs chart, Billboard announced Monday.
Lonely passengers ride ghost trains back to Ukraine
AFP, Published on 17/03/2022
» LVIV: The station in the west Ukraine city of Lviv teems with outgoing passengers, vying for seats on trains leaving the war-torn nation.
End of an era: Bangladesh's last Armenian dies
AFP, Published on 09/05/2020
» DHAKA - Michael Joseph Martin, Bangladesh's last Armenian, has died aged 89, bringing an end to the more than 300-year presence of the once thriving and powerful minority Christian community.