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Tesla profits tumble on lower EV sales, AI spending surge
AFP, Published on 29/01/2026
» NEW YORK - Tesla reported a 61-percent drop in fourth-quarter profits on Wednesday due to lower auto sales and increased expenses as CEO Elon Musk ramps up technology investments.
Scientist wins 'Environment Nobel' for shedding light on hidden fungal networks
AFP, Published on 14/01/2026
» WASHINGTON — Beneath the surface of forests, grasslands and farms across the world, vast fungal webs form underground trading systems to exchange nutrients with plant roots, acting as critical climate regulators as they draw down 13 billion tonnes of carbon annually.
83 still in hospital after Swiss fire tragedy
AFP, Published on 06/01/2026
» CRANS-MONTANA (SWITZERLAND) - The majority of those wounded in the devastating New Year bar blaze in Crans-Montana were still in hospital on Monday, as the bodies of five Italian teenagers were repatriated from Switzerland.
African penguins ‘starved en masse’ off South Africa
AFP, Published on 05/12/2025
» JOHANNESBURG - Endangered penguins living off South Africa’s coast have likely starved en masse due to food shortages, a study said on Friday, with some populations dropping by 95% in just eight years.
US seeks quick deployment of international Gaza force
AFP, Published on 24/10/2025
» KIRYAT GAT, Israel - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced hope on Friday of soon putting together an international force to police the ceasefire in Gaza and said Israel, which opposes including Turkey, could veto participants.
Army colonel to be sworn in as Madagascar president
AFP, Published on 17/10/2025
» ANTANANARIVO (MADAGASCAR) - Madagascar is set Friday to swear in an army colonel as president, just days after a military power grab that sent President Andry Rajoelina fleeing and raised international alarm about a new coup on the island.
Cameroon's 92-year-old president poised for eighth term
AFP, Published on 13/10/2025
» YAOUNDé - Cameroonians voted Sunday in an election expected to return 92-year-old Paul Biya, the world's oldest serving head of state, to office after 43 years in power.
Wirtz wants to 'win everything' for Liverpool after record move
AFP, Published on 21/06/2025
» LIVERPOOL - Florian Wirtz said he wants to win it all at Liverpool after completing a blockbuster move from Bayer Leverkusen on Friday, which could reportedly rise to a Premier League record fee.
Turkey recreates 5,000-year-old loaf of bread
AFP, Published on 28/05/2025
» ESKISEHIR — In the early Bronze Age, a piece of bread was buried beneath the threshold of a newly built house in what is today central Turkey.
Pakistan's Kashmiris return to homes, but keep bunkers stocked
AFP, Published on 12/05/2025
» CHAKOTHI (PAKISTAN) - As an uneasy calm settled over villages on the Pakistan side of contested Kashmir on Sunday, families returned to their own beds but were sure to leave their bunkers stocked.