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Cement maker Lafarge on trial in France on charges of funding jihadists
AFP, Published on 04/11/2025
» PARIS - Cement group Lafarge goes on trial in France on Tuesday, accused of paying the Islamic State group and other jihadists protection money to build its business in war-torn Syria.
In a Pakistan valley, a small revolution among women
AFP, Published on 13/06/2025
» KARIMABAD, PAKISTAN (PAKISTAN) - In a sawdust-filled workshop nestled in the Karakoram Mountains, a team of women carpenters chisel away at cabinets -- and forge an unlikely career for themselves in Pakistan.
Dissident Iranian filmmaker Panahi wins top prize at Cannes
AFP, Published on 25/05/2025
» CANNES (FRANCE) - "It Was Just an Accident" by dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or for best film at the Cannes Festival on Saturday.
Myanmar marks month of misery since historic quake
AFP, Published on 28/04/2025
» YANGON - Myanmar marked one month since suffering its fiercest earthquake in more than a century on Monday, with military bombardments unabated despite a humanitarian truce as thousands of survivors camp in makeshift shelters.
121-metre long cake gives a taste for records
AFP, Published on 24/04/2025
» ARGENTEUIL — Armed with 4,000 eggs and a truckload of sugar and cream, French pastry chefs on Wednesday completed a 121.8-metre (399 feet, eight inches) long strawberry cake which they have claimed is the world's longest ever made.
EU court rejects appeal over Amazon tax ruling
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» BRUSSELS - A top European Union court rejected Thursday Brussels' appeal against a ruling blocking its bid to force Luxembourg to recover 25 million euros ($272-million) in back taxes from Amazon.
Once the bane of big tech, Vestager's star wanes
AFP, Published on 08/12/2023
» BRUSSELS - Margrethe Vestager is preparing to return to her day job as the European Union's competition chief after a hard-fought and ultimately unsuccessful bid to lead the bloc's lender.
Spain bets on mixed gender prisons
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» TEIXEIRO (SPAIN) - At a jail in northwestern Spain, a sole female inmate played football with 21 male convicts, part of a push towards mixed prison living that remains rare in Europe.
DR Congo Nobel Prize winner Denis Mukwege unveils presidential bid
AFP, Published on 02/10/2023
» KINSHASA - DR Congo's Denis Mukwege, a surgical gynaecologist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, announced on Monday that he will stand for president in elections planned for December.
Dr Mukwege: from Congo's Nobel winner to presidential hopeful
AFP, Published on 02/10/2023
» BUKAVU (DR CONGO) - Congolese surgical gynaecologist Denis Mukwege, who won the Nobel prize for his work with rape victims, is renowned at home for his boundless energy and biting criticism of the central African country's government.