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Five dead after New York Midtown shooting: US media
AFP, Published on 29/07/2025
» NEW YORK - Five people including a police officer and the suspected gunman were dead following a shooting Monday in central Manhattan, US media reported.
48 killed in east DR Congo anti-UN rally crackdown
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» GOMA (DR CONGO) - At least 48 people have been killed in a crackdown on an anti-UN protest in eastern DR Congo, according to sources and official documentation reviewed by AFP on Thursday, raising a previously reported death toll.
Sudan refugees fear uncertain future in Ethiopia
AFP, Published on 10/05/2023
» METEMA, Ethiopia: After a perilous three-day journey from conflict-torn Sudan, Muhamad Yusuf reached the Ethiopian border town of Metema.
Farmers tap into sustainable rubber industry
AFP, Published on 22/02/2023
» By the light of a head torch, Wanida Hityim deftly strips bark from a rubber tree, collecting the milky latex as she explains why she is among a small number of Thai farmers trying to work more sustainably.
French prosecutors search Macron's party offices
AFP, Published on 14/12/2022
» PARIS - French prosecutors said Wednesday that they had searched the headquarters of President Emmanuel Macron's Renaissance party in their investigation into the use of consulting firms by the government since 2017.
Ex-Wirecard CEO goes on trial over 'unparalleled' fraud
AFP, Published on 05/12/2022
» FRANKFURT, Germany: Ex-Wirecard CEO Markus Braun goes on trial in Munich this week for his role in the collapse of the once-celebrated payments firm, brought down by the biggest accounting fraud scandal in German corporate history.
Turkmenistan leader's son to run for president
AFP, Published on 15/02/2022
» ASHGABAT (TURKMENISTAN) - The son of Turkmenistan's leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has been nominated to run for president next month, state media said Monday, after the autocrat said he would step down and authorities called a snap vote.
New world order: Asia's virtual influencers offer metaverse glimpse
AFP, Published on 17/11/2021
» BANGKOK: Sporting neon hair and flawless skin, Bangkok Naughty Boo is one of a new generation of influencers in Asia promising to stay forever young, on-trend, and scandal-free -- because they are computer generated.
French MPs tackle controversial clampdown on filming police
AFP, Published on 17/11/2020
» PARIS - The French parliament begins a debate Tuesday on legislation that would sharply curtail the publication of images of police officers in action, a move denounced by free speech advocates and critics of alleged police brutality.
CEO of scandal-hit Wirecard resigns
AFP, Published on 20/06/2020
» FRANKFURT AM MAIN - The founder and chief executive of scandal-hit Wirecard resigned on Friday after the German payments provider was hit with fresh fraud allegations that have left it struggling for survival.