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Reggae icon and 'cultural giant' Jimmy Cliff dead at 81
AFP, Published on 24/11/2025
» WASHINGTON - Jimmy Cliff, the iconic reggae star who helped transform the island's rhythmic music into a global cultural phenomenon, has died, his wife said Monday. He was 81.
Vienna chosen to host Eurovision 2026
AFP, Published on 20/08/2025
» VIENNA - Vienna was chosen on Wednesday to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, the world's biggest live televised music event, Austria's public broadcaster announced, with the final set for May 16.
Deadlocked plastics treaty talks ‘at cliff’s edge’
AFP, Published on 13/08/2025
» GENEVA - Negotiators from 184 countries remained divided on Wednesday on how to curb plastic pollution, less than 36 hours before they were scheduled to deliver a binding global treaty.
Korean ex-president Moon indicted for corruption
AFP, Published on 24/04/2025
» SEOUL - South Korean prosecutors said on Thursday that they had indicted former president Moon Jae-in on corruption charges related to the employment of his son-in-law at an airline.
130,000-year-old baby mammoth goes under scalpel
AFP, Published on 04/04/2025
» YAKUTSK — Making incisions and carefully taking samples, the scientists at a laboratory in Russia's far east looked like pathologists carrying out a post-mortem.
'It was beautiful': Mount Kenya's glaciers melting away
AFP, Published on 20/03/2025
» MERU (KENYA) - Charles Kibaki Muchiri traced the water trickling across the surface of the Lewis Glacier with his fingers, illustrating how quickly climate change is melting the huge ice blocks off of Africa's second-highest mountain.
Death toll from Turkey ski resort fire climbs to 66
AFP, Published on 21/01/2025
» The number of dead after a fire that engulfed a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday rose to 66, the interior minister said.
France awaits appointment of new government
AFP, Published on 22/12/2024
» PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron returned to Paris on Sunday after a visit to cyclone-devastated Mayotte and East Africa, as a France racked by political deadlock awaited the appointment of a new government.
French PM rushes to name new government
AFP, Published on 20/12/2024
» PARIS - France’s new Prime Minister Francois Bayrou was racing on Friday to name by Christmas at the latest a government to lead the country out of its political crisis, but with no sign of an end to months of tensions that have rattled President Emmanuel Macron.
Ancient Roman home with 'unparalleled' mosaic found
AFP, Published on 12/12/2023
» ROME - Italian archaeologists have uncovered a luxurious Roman home near the Colosseum, boasting an "unparalleled" mosaic featuring shells, marble and precious glass, the culture ministry said Tuesday.