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Southern Europe roasts as temperatures soar
AFP, Published on 30/06/2025
» ROME - Spain and Portugal reported record temperatures Monday as Italy and France braced for several more days of a punishing heatwave that has gripped southern Europe and Britain, sparking health and wildfire warnings.
The miracle babies who survived a concentration camp
AFP, Published on 15/04/2025
» PARIS - They were born in a hell on Earth and were never supposed to survive. But by some miracle a handful of babies born in the Ravensbruck concentration camp in northern Germany made it out alive.
Legalising magic mushrooms under Trump? Psychedelic fans remain sceptical
AFP, Published on 18/03/2025
» COLORADO SPRINGS (UNITED STATES) — Dressed in a floral shawl, Benji Dezaval carefully places hallucinogenic mushrooms on the tongues of the faithful of his Colorado "psychedelic church," as if they were communion wafers.
No love lost: White House Valentine poem targets migrants
AFP, Published on 15/02/2025
» WASHINGTON - Sweet and loving, it wasn't.
Young Zimbabwean voters dare to hope for change of old guard
AFP, Published on 20/08/2023
» HARARE: Just days before a national election to pick a president and lawmakers, one word is on the lips of most young Zimbabweans: "change".
Mud and glory at world mountain bike marathon
AFP, Published on 07/08/2023
» GLASGOW - Austria's Mona Mitterwallner and Brazil's Henrique Avancini won mud-splattered mountain bike cross-country marathon world titles in Scotland on Sunday.
'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.
A sea of red in Saudi shops -- but don't mention Valentine's
AFP, Published on 14/02/2022
» RIYADH: Red clothing and underwear are displayed in Saudi shopfronts, but the increasingly popular Valentine's Day promotions are missing one thing: the festival's name.
Cartier's 'father-son' Valentine draws derision in China
AFP, Published on 13/08/2020
» BEIJING - French luxury brand Cartier is facing online mockery in China over a Valentine-themed advert which appears to show a gay couple who are described in a caption as depicting "father-son" love.
France's cabaret queen Zizi Jeanmaire dies aged 96
AFP, Published on 18/07/2020
» PARIS: French dancer and singer Zizi Jeanmaire, an iconic cabaret showgirl from the 1950s whose grace and glamour was celebrated on stage and in film the world over, died on Friday in Switzerland aged 96, her family told AFP.