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Sao Paulo's pumas under attack as 'stone jungle' threatens rainforest
AFP, Published on 15/06/2025
» JUNDIAí (BRAZIL) - Apartment blocks and shopping centers sprout like mushrooms around a wild cat sanctuary that shelters pumas recovering from injuries suffered at the hands of mankind in Brazil's Sao Paolo state.
In a Ukrainian strip club, war is laid bare
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» KHARKIV, Ukraine - When Lisa, 20, laces into her ultra-high heels for her shift at a strip club in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, she knows that aside from dancing, she will have to comfort traumatised soldiers.
Greece launches rescue effort in flooded villages
AFP, Published on 07/09/2023
» VOLOS, Greece - Greek rescue services were trying to reach dozens of villagers in central Greece Thursday, after deadly storms that saw more than a year's worth of rain fall there in 24 hours.
Australia told to shoot kangaroos before they starve
AFP, Published on 10/05/2023
» SYDNEY - Australia's kangaroos could die in "catastrophic" numbers if a population boom is left unchecked, ecologists have warned, while backing the industrial-scale culling of the marsupials.
Adidas probing allegations about Kanye West's behaviour
AFP, Published on 25/11/2022
» FRANKFURT (GERMANY) - Adidas said Thursday it was investigating claims against Kanye West after a report detailed alleged inappropriate behaviour, just weeks after the German sportswear giant ended its partnership with the rapper.
Myanmar junta diverting civilian jet fuel to military: Amnesty
AFP, Published on 03/11/2022
» Aviation fuel supplied to junta-ruled Myanmar for civilian planes is being diverted to the military, whose air force has been linked to war crimes, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
Boris Becker jailed by British court over bankruptcy
AFP, Published on 29/04/2022
» LONDON: Former tennis star Boris Becker was on Friday jailed for two and a half years after being found guilty by a British court of charges relating to his 2017 bankruptcy.
Boris Becker faces possible jail term
AFP, Published on 29/04/2022
» LONDON: Former tennis star Boris Becker will learn on Friday whether he faces a lengthy jail term after he was found guilty by a British court of charges relating to his 2017 bankruptcy.
Neymar says Nike claim of split over sex assault probe a 'lie'
AFP, Published on 29/05/2021
» RIO DE JANEIRO: Neymar said Friday that Nike's claim it parted ways with him last year because he refused to cooperate with its internal investigation into an employee's accusation he sexually assaulted her was an "absurd lie."
Nike says split with Neymar over refusal to cooperate with sex assault probe
AFP, Published on 28/05/2021
» LOS ANGELES: Nike said Thursday it parted ways with Neymar last year after the superstar Brazil attacker "refused to cooperate in a good faith investigation" as the company probed an employee's claim that he sexually assaulted her.