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White House pressure on Cuba mounts as island fights power cut
AFP, Published on 18/03/2026
» HAVANA - Washington heaped pressure on Cuba's communist authorities Tuesday to allow free-market reforms as the impoverished island scrambled to recover from a nationwide electricity blackout.
Philippines' 'Cockroach Lord' goes to bat for misunderstood bugs
AFP, Published on 08/03/2026
» LOS BANOS, Philippines - A thin band of light from Cristian Lucanas's headlamp pierces the blackness of a Philippine rainforest as he digs through the underbrush before gently scooping up a cockroach with his bare hands.
French prosecutors probe Al-Fayeds over sex trafficking
AFP, Published on 27/02/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - He traded on the glamour of owning Harrods, the Paris Ritz and luxury yachts, but Mohamed Al-Fayed was at the centre of a dark web of alleged abuse, say French lawyers for women who liken him to US sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.
US plaintiff decries harmful social media addiction
AFP, Published on 27/02/2026
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - The plaintiff in a blockbuster social media trial in Los Angeles took the stand Thursday, telling the jury that she could not control her use of YouTube and Instagram as a child.
Peru's brand-new president under fire for child sex comments
AFP, Published on 20/02/2026
» LIMA - Barely hours into the top job, Peru's eighth president in a decade found himself under fire Thursday over past utterances on child marriage, and graft allegations.
Hungry, wounded, orphaned: South Sudan's children trapped in new conflict
AFP, Published on 18/02/2026
» AKOBO (SOUTH SUDAN) — An 18-month-old boy lies motionless on a dirty hospital bed deep in the conflict zone of South Sudan, a bullet wound in his leg -- another newly orphaned victim in the world's newest country.
Sakamoto eyes skating gold in Olympic farewell
AFP, Published on 17/02/2026
» MILAN - Japanese figure skater Kaori Sakamoto launches her quest for a fairytale Olympic swansong on Tuesday as heavy snow in the Italian Alps disrupted the schedule at the Milan-Cortina Games.
Nepal 'addicted' to the trade in its own people
AFP, Published on 16/02/2026
» KATHMANDU - Rudra Bahadur Kami returned to Nepal through a back door of Kathmandu airport in a battered coffin after working for more than a decade in Saudi Arabia to feed his family back home.
Submersibles revealing mysteries of the deep sea
AFP, Published on 26/01/2026
» ABOARD OCEANXPLORER, Indonesia - A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 metres in search of new species, plastic-eating microbes and compounds that could one day make medicines.
Venezuelan capital quiet, streets emtpy after US strike
AFP, Published on 04/01/2026
» CARACAS - A lingering smell of explosives hung over Venezuela's capital Caracas Saturday as shocked residents took stock after an early-morning US strike that ousted strongman Nicolas Maduro.