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Backlash as Australia kills dingoes after backpacker death
AFP, Published on 28/01/2026
» SYDNEY — Australian authorities have sparked a backlash by killing a group of dingoes linked to the death of a young Canadian woman on an island in the country's east.
Fourth shark attack in Australia in 48 hours
AFP, Published on 20/01/2026
» SYDNEY - A shark bit a surfer at a beach in New South Wales on Tuesday, the fourth shark attack in the eastern state in just 48 hours, authorities said.
Racing towards great white sharks in Australia
AFP, Published on 11/12/2025
» SYDNEY - Sensible people might prefer to flee at torpedo speed from a great white shark, but there’s one job in Australia that pays you to race towards the predators.
Australia fends off shark bites with new tech and old
AFP, Published on 28/10/2025
» SYDNEY — High above Sydney's beaches, drones seek one of the world's deadliest predators, scanning for the flick of a tail, the swish of a fin or a shadow slipping through the swell.
Snakebite surge as Bangladesh hit by record rains
AFP, Published on 08/10/2025
» RAJSHAHI (BANGLADESH) - In the swamplands along Bangladesh's mighty Padma River, snakes slithering through villages have become an unrelenting menace, leaving residents terrified and hospitals overwhelmed with bite victims.
Painting stripes on cows to lizards' pizza pick: Ig Nobel winners
AFP, Published on 20/09/2025
» PARIS - Painting zebra stripes on cows to fend off flies, lizards' favourite pizza toppings and how booze helps you speak another language: these were some of the winners at the Ig Nobel prizes, which celebrate the sillier side of science.
Seville and Jefferson-Wooden enjoy maiden world titles, US savour field of gold
AFP, Published on 14/09/2025
» TOKYO - Oblique Seville and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden recorded their first major victories in winning the men's and women's 100 metres world titles on Sunday, making it honours even between sprint powerhouses Jamaica and the United States.
Harrowing tales as Kony war crimes trial opens
AFP, Published on 09/09/2025
» THE HAGUE - Villages torched, young girls forced into sexual slavery, women abandoning babies to flee for their lives: the International Criminal Court Tuesday heard harrowing stories of atrocities allegedly committed by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda.
World Cup host Morocco under pressure to save stray dogs
AFP, Published on 07/08/2025
» TANGIERS, Morocco - Animal welfare groups have accused Morocco of culling stray dogs as it prepares to host football's 2030 World Cup, but the kingdom denies the accusations, vowing to protect the canines.
Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne dead aged 76
AFP, Published on 23/07/2025
» LONDON - Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary frontman of heavy metal group Black Sabbath, died on Tuesday at the age of 76, his family said, just weeks after he gave an epic farewell concert.