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Pope Leo to hold Beirut mass, visit port blast site
AFP, Published on 02/12/2025
» BEIRUT (LEBANON) - Thousands of Lebanese faithful were making their way to Beirut's waterfront ahead of Pope Leo XIV's mass on Tuesday morning, the highlight of the Catholic leader's visit to the capital expected to draw huge crowds.
Shipowner linked to Beirut port blast held in Bulgaria
AFP, Published on 16/09/2025
» SOFIA, Bulgaria - A shipowner wanted over a 2020 blast at Beirut port that killed more than 220 people has been arrested in Bulgaria, officials said on Tuesday.
Bison herds 'reawaken' Yellowstone's prairies
AFP, Published on 29/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - There are few symbols of the American West more iconic than the bison -- shaggy giants that once roamed in the tens of millions before being nearly annihilated by European settlers.
Five years after Beirut port blast, Lebanese demand justice
AFP, Published on 05/08/2025
» BEIRUT — The loved ones of those killed in a catastrophic explosion at Beirut's port five years ago gathered to demand justice on the anniversary of the blast Monday, as Lebanon's president vowed to hold those responsible to account.
What is the pink stuff coating fire-ravaged Los Angeles?
AFP, Published on 15/01/2025
» LOS ANGELES — Above the roaring fires devastating parts of Los Angeles is an incongruous sight: air tankers dropping gallons of bright red and Barbie-pink slurry over forest, homes, cars, and anything else that might lie in the blazes' path.
Lebanon marks 3 years since catastrophic Beirut blast
AFP, Published on 04/08/2023
» BEIRUT - Lebanon on Friday marks three years since one of history's biggest non-nuclear explosions rocked Beirut. Yet nobody has been held to account as political and legal pressures suspend the investigation.
Gas leak kills 17 in South African slum
AFP, Published on 06/07/2023
» BOKSBURG, South Africa: At least 17 people, including three children, died in a slum near Johannesburg from a leak of toxic gas apparently used for scavenging gold at an abandoned mine, rescue services said Thursday.
Latin American cocaine cartels bring violence to Europe
AFP, Published on 16/01/2023
» PARIS: "Seventy euros for one, 120 for two," said the cocaine dealer as the young woman opened her door on Paris's chic Left Bank.
Scientists scour global waters testing ocean plankton and pollution
AFP, Published on 15/10/2022
» LORIENT (FRANCE) - After a near two-year "Microbiome" mission around the world, scientists said on Saturday they had gathered thousands of samples of marine micro-organisms in a bid to better understand ocean plankton and pollution.
New silo collapse in blast-ravaged Beirut port: AFP
AFP, Published on 23/08/2022
» BEIRUT - Eight more grain silos at Beirut port toppled Tuesday, succumbing to damage from a devastating 2020 explosion in the third such collapse in a month, AFP correspondents reported.