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Iran's protests: What we know
AFP, Published on 03/01/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - Iran has been rocked this week by protests that started in Tehran and have spread to other cities, with at least six people killed in clashes with security forces.
Southeast Asian visitors power growth in visa-free arrivals in China
AFP, Published on 18/09/2025
» Visa-free entries into China by foreign nationals rose by more than half in the first eight months of the year, with visitors from Southeast Asia accounting for a big part of the growth.
UN Charter: a founding document violated and ignored
AFP, Published on 26/06/2025
» UNITED NATIONS - Eighty years ago Thursday, 50 countries came together in the ashes of World War II to sign the United Nations’ founding charter in order “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war”.
UN biodiversity meeting seeks to save 'planet in crisis'
AFP, Published on 01/12/2022
» PARIS: Delegates from nearly 200 countries will meet in Montreal next week to hammer out a new global biodiversity deal to protect ecosystems and species from further human destruction.
Saving nature: Conserving 30% of the land, sea just the start
AFP, Published on 30/03/2022
» GENEVA - Expanding nature reserves to cover at least 30 percent of the planet by 2030 is the flagship proposal of high-stakes talks to rescue Earth's animals and plants from human destruction.
US hurdlers sparkle at Olympics, Nigerian sprinter cast out for doping
AFP, Published on 31/07/2021
» TOKYO: The good and the ugly side of Olympic athletics were on show on Saturday as Sydney McLaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad sparkled on the track while Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare was thrown out of the Games after failing a doping test.
Tunisian startup 3D prints solar-powered bionic hands
AFP, Published on 03/11/2020
» SOUSSE, Tunisia: A Tunisian startup is developing a 3D-printed bionic hand, hoping the affordable and solar-powered prosthetic will help amputees and other disabled people across Africa.
Backed by Stormzy, Cambridge bids to woo black students
AFP, Published on 29/10/2020
» CAMBRIDGE (UNITED KINGDOM) - Going to Cambridge had always been a dream for Matthew Omoefe Offeh, one of a growing number of black students who are slowly reshaping the elite university's racial mix, helped in part by rapper Stormzy.
US bag three more golds as Worlds draw to close
AFP, Published on 07/10/2019
» DOHA - Sprint hurdler Nia Ali led a final day gold rush for the United States as the curtain came down on the World Championships on Sunday.
YouTube 'creators' fret over impact of new child protection rules
AFP, Published on 15/09/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO - Samuel Rader quit his job three years ago to work full time on his YouTube channel, "Sam and Nia," featuring videos of his family life.