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Bitter pill: Taliban government shakes up Afghan medicine market
AFP, Published on 16/02/2026
» KABUL — Afghanistan's decision to overhaul its medicine market was meant to improve quality and boost domestic production, but industry specialists say the swift changes have led to a litany of problems.
Trump spotlight divides S.Africa's Afrikaners
AFP, Published on 14/04/2025
» PRETORIA - Country music and the aroma of pancakes enveloped the "Boeremark", or farmer's market, outside South Africa's capital Pretoria where thousands of Afrikaners browsed on a Saturday morning.
Pope Francis, 88, hospitalised with bronchitis
AFP, Published on 15/02/2025
» ROME - Pope Francis was admitted to hospital on Friday for tests and treatment for bronchitis, the latest in a series of health problems for the 88-year-old pontiff.
I'm alive, says pope after flu scuppers COP 28 plans
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis joked on Thursday that he was still alive, after cancelling a trip to United Nations climate talks in Dubai due to the flu, saying doctors were worried about the heat there.
Breathless pope delegates reading as flu persists
AFP, Published on 29/11/2023
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis presided over his weekly audience Wednesday despite the flu that caused him to scrap a trip to Dubai, but asked an aide to deliver his reading for him.
LGBTQ groups seek legal ban on Swiss conversion therapy
AFP, Published on 02/12/2022
» GENEVA - LGBTQ organisations in Switzerland are concerned that without swift action, the country could become a haven for conversion therapy, which is banned in neighbouring France and Germany.
Bangladeshi mystic fights demons with psychiatry
AFP, Published on 15/09/2022
» MAIZBHANDAR (BANGLADESH) - Evil spirits bedevil the families that seek blessings from an elderly Bangladeshi mystic -- but he knows his prayers alone are not enough to soothe their troubled minds.
Patients hail new treatment for drug-resistant TB
AFP, Published on 01/09/2022
» PARIS: Volodymyr celebrated a major milestone on Wednesday - his final day of taking a new treatment hailed as a turning point in the fight against drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Cake and Kalashnikovs: Ukraine marks grim Orthodox Easter
AFP, Published on 24/04/2022
» LYMAN, Ukraine: Ukrainians on Sunday marked a sombre Orthodox Easter two months into Russia's invasion, with some braving bombardment for blessings and many of the displaced clinging on to cherished traditions.
Mexican bishop aims to tame drug violence with dialogue
AFP, Published on 24/04/2022
» CHILAPA DE ALVAREZ (MEXICO) - A Mexican bishop who served in conflict-torn areas abroad and survived an attack by drug traffickers in his own country hopes dialogue with criminals will pacify one of Mexico's most violent regions.