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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.
Slovenia probes disappearance of latest Melania Trump statue
AFP, Published on 15/05/2025
» LJUBLJANA - The first Melania Trump statue in her native Slovenia was destroyed by fire and now its bronze replacement has gone missing, prompting a police investigation.
'I wanted it to work': Ukrainians disappointed by Easter truce
AFP, Published on 22/04/2025
» KYIV — Many Ukrainians felt let down by a 30-hour Easter truce announced by Russia, even if some welcomed a brief lull in fighting after more than three years of war.
Ukrainians voice scepticism on Easter truce
AFP, Published on 20/04/2025
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - As bells rang out for Easter Sunday in Kyiv, local people told AFP they did not believe Moscow would keep its word by observing a truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Donald Tusk: recent EU bigwig back in command in Poland
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» WARSAW - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who ousted the conservatives from power, is a veteran politician and former EU chief with a passion for football and roots in the anti-communist movement.
Third of Karabakh population flees Azerbaijan
AFP, Published on 27/09/2023
» GORIS, Armenia - Armenia said on Wednesday that more than a third of the population of Nagorno-Karabakh has fled the enclave since Azerbaijan crushed the rebels' decades-long fight for an independent state last week.
Pope to return three Parthenon fragments to Athens
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is to return to Greece three fragments of Athens' Parthenon temple, in what the Vatican called Friday a gesture of friendship.
US high court to review refusal to provide service to same-sex couple
AFP, Published on 05/12/2022
» WASHINGTON - Can a business owner cite her religious convictions in declining to provide service to a same-sex couple?
Mountainous Lesotho finds gold in trout fish farming
AFP, Published on 18/10/2022
» LEJONE (LESOTHO) - It's harvest time in Lejone, a small village nestling in mountains in southern Africa more than two thousand metres above sea level.
Fuel price hikes, scarce rice add to hardship in Myanmar
AFP, Published on 19/08/2022
» Many people queue under monsoon drizzle for subsidised cooking oil in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon, waiting for one of the many commodities that have become scarce as economic misery strikes the city.