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'Forgotten' women demand justice in Spain breast cancer scandal
AFP, Published on 26/11/2025
» SEVILLE — Anabel Cano thought cancer had spared her after she underwent a mammogram in the Spanish region of Andalusia. Having now lost a breast to a mastectomy, she feels betrayed.
'Stranded, stressed' giraffes in Kenya relocated as habitats encroached
AFP, Published on 18/11/2025
» NAIVASHA — Coaxed and tugged by rangers, a blindfolded giraffe totters into the specialised vehicle that will transport it away from an increasingly hostile environment to a new home in Kenya's eastern Rift Valley.
‘Shock therapy’ begins in Argentina
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» BUENOS AIRES - Argentine President Javier Milei has announced a series of measures to deregulate the country's struggling economy, eliminating or changing more than 300 rules via presidential decree, including on rent and labour practices.
Donald Tusk: recent EU bigwig back in command in Poland
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» WARSAW - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who ousted the conservatives from power, is a veteran politician and former EU chief with a passion for football and roots in the anti-communist movement.
Mongolia's circus performers fight to preserve their craft
AFP, Published on 06/10/2023
» ULAANBAATAR: Mongolian circus performers fly through a cavernous hall inspectors have warned could collapse any time, one of the few places left to train if they hope to travel the world with their country's spectacular big top shows.
UK water crisis pollutes privatisation legacy
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» LONDON: Britain's biggest water supplier staving off renationalisation, trains derailed by strikes and consumers suffering huge energy bills — the nation's vital sectors are mired in chaos decades after their controversial privatisation.
Italy to inject another 400 mn euros into airline
AFP, Published on 09/11/2022
» MILAN - The Italian government on Tuesday approved injecting another 400 million euros ($400 million) into state-owned ITA Airways as efforts to sell off the airline stall.
Toshiba in early talks with 10 potential buyout 'partners'
AFP, Published on 13/05/2022
» TOKYO: Troubled conglomerate Toshiba said Friday it has been approached by 10 potential investors as it weighs going private, a move that would be highly unusual in corporate Japan.
Kravchuk, first president of independent Ukraine, dies
AFP, Published on 11/05/2022
» KIEV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine's first president Leonid Kravchuk, who led the country through the tumultuous early years of independence and agreed to give up its Soviet nuclear arsenal, died on Tuesday, the presidency said. He was 88.
Musk-ruled Twitter: users left to fight trolls and misinformation?
AFP, Published on 26/04/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk's vow to let everyone say whatever they want on Twitter after his takeover of the social media giant could put the onus on users to combat bullying and misinformation on the platform, experts say.