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'Dying every two hours': Afghan women risk life to give birth
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» KHOST (AFGHANISTAN) - Zubaida travelled from the rural outskirts of Khost in eastern Afghanistan to give birth at a maternity hospital specialising in complicated cases, fearing a fate all too common among pregnant Afghan women -- her death or her child's.
S.Africa's Pistorius granted parole over girlfriend's murder
AFP, Published on 24/11/2023
» PRETORIA - South Africa's ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison in January after he was granted parole on Friday, a decade after he shot dead his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in a crime that gripped the world, prison authorities said.
S. Africa's Pistorius in fresh parole bid decade after murder
AFP, Published on 24/11/2023
» PRETORIA: South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was Friday seeking an early release from prison, a decade after he killed his girlfriend in a crime that gripped the world.
'Blade Runner' Pistorius denied parole
AFP, Published on 31/03/2023
» PRETORIA: South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was refused parole on Friday after seeking early release from prison, a decade after he shot and killed his girlfriend, lawyers and authorities said.
Clooney, U2 among honorees at glitzy Washington gala
AFP, Published on 05/12/2022
» WASHINGTON: Film icon George Clooney and soul legend Gladys Knight are among an elite circle of stars receiving honors at Washington's Kennedy Center Sunday in the presence of President Joe Biden.
Lawn bowls gives Commonwealth Games minnows a chance to shine
AFP, Published on 05/08/2022
» LEAMINGTON SPA (UNITED KINGDOM) - The Falkland Islands, Niue and Norfolk Island are unlikely to produce a 100m champion but lawn bowls is a chance for them to "put their flag on the map" at the Commonwealth Games.
Olympic great Mo Farah was trafficked to UK, forced to be child servant
AFP, Published on 12/07/2022
» LONDON - Olympic great Mo Farah was illegally trafficked to Britain at the age of nine from Djibouti and forced to work as a child servant, he has revealed, saying his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin.
Top US officials to meet Zelensky on first wartime visit to Kyiv
AFP, Published on 24/04/2022
» KYIVศ The United States' top diplomat and defence chief were Sunday set to make their first wartime visits to Kyiv since Russia invaded Ukraine two months ago, with fierce battles raging in the east of the country.
Mexico's women police squad on protest frontline
AFP, Published on 06/03/2022
» MEXICO CITY - At a police station in Mexico City, women train with riot gear in preparation for an International Women's Day march in one of the countries hardest hit by gender-based violence.
Australian mining giants back net-zero target
AFP, Published on 01/10/2021
» SYDNEY: Australia's powerful mining sector has backed a 2050 net-zero carbon target, heaping pressure on the country's coal-championing government to follow suit.