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Shein bans sex dolls after France outrage over 'childlike' ones
AFP, Published on 04/11/2025
» PARIS — Asian e-commerce giant Shein said Monday it was banning sex dolls from sale on its sites globally after French authorities condemned it for featuring ones resembling children.
Afghans return home to rubble, hoping truce holds with Pakistan
AFP, Published on 17/10/2025
» KABUL - Abdul Rahim surveys the rubble that was his home in Kabul, where he lived with six family members.
'Partnership not pants': Motorsport boss candidate seeks culture change
AFP, Published on 02/09/2025
» ZANDVOORT — The only candidate to take over the stewardship of motorsport has called for a change of culture after several high-profile clashes between Formula One (F1) drivers and incumbent boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem.
Szoboszlai gem seals Liverpool win over Arsenal, Man City rocked by Brighton
AFP, Published on 01/09/2025
» LONDON - Dominik Szoboszlai's brilliant free-kick fired Liverpool to a dramatic 1-0 win over title rivals Arsenal, while Manchester City suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at Brighton that extended their troubled start to the season on Sunday.
Hope and hate: how migrant influx has changed Germany
AFP, Published on 29/08/2025
» BERLIN — Men sit outside shisha bars and women in hijabs push strollers past Middle Eastern restaurants and pastry shops in Berlin's Sonnenallee, a wide avenue which has become a symbol of how much Germany has changed in the last decade.
Desperate search for missing girls as Texas flood death toll rises
AFP, Published on 06/07/2025
» HUNT (UNITED STATES) - Rescuers were racing against time Sunday to find dozens of missing people, including children, swept away by flash floods that killed more than 50 in Texas, as forecasters warned of new deluges.
4 dead, 38 missing after ferry sinks on way to Bali
AFP, Published on 03/07/2025
» DENPASAR, Indionesia - At least four people were dead and dozens unaccounted for on Thursday after a ferry sank on its way to the resort island of Bali, according to local authorities who said 23 survivors had been plucked from the water so far.
Djurgarden eyeing Chelsea upset in historic Conference League semi-final
AFP, Published on 30/04/2025
» PARIS — Djurgarden are targeting a seismic Conference League shock against Chelsea on Thursday, when they will become the first Swedish team to play in a European semi-final for 38 years.
Fears and hopes at collapsed Mandalay school
AFP, Published on 30/03/2025
» MANDALAY (MYANMAR) - Rescuers clambered into the wreckage of the Wisdom Villa Private High School on the outskirts of Mandalay on Saturday until a jammed door blocked their passage.
Hundreds pay tribute to Russia's deadly Crocus attack
AFP, Published on 23/03/2025
» KRASNOGORSK (RUSSIA) - Hundreds of Russians placed flowers at Crocus City Hall in the Moscow suburb of Krasnogorsk Saturday, paying homage a year on to the 145 victims of the gun attack there.