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Hundreds pay tribute to Russia's deadly Crocus attack
AFP, Published on 23/03/2025
» KRASNOGORSK (RUSSIA) - Hundreds of Russians placed flowers at Crocus City Hall in the Moscow suburb of Krasnogorsk Saturday, paying homage a year on to the 145 victims of the gun attack there.
Australian woman arrested in lethal mushroom mystery
AFP, Published on 02/11/2023
» SYDNEY - Australian police on Thursday arrested the woman at the centre of a mushroom meal mystery that left three people dead and a local preacher fighting for his life.
‘Gold find of the century’ made in Norway
AFP, Published on 07/09/2023
» OSLO - A Norwegian out walking on doctors' advice unearthed rare 6th-century gold jewellery using a newly bought metal detector, a discovery that archaeologists said on Thursday was Norway's "gold find of the century".
Colombia president's allies exit over nanny wiretap scandal
AFP, Published on 03/06/2023
» BOGOTá - Two close allies of Colombian President Gustavo Petro stepped down Friday after prosecutors announced the pair would be called to testify in a probe into alleged illegal wiretapping of a nanny.
Ukraine farmer risks life clearing shells from fields
AFP, Published on 13/04/2023
» NOVOGRYGORIVKA (UKRAINE) - His fields peppered with Russian shells, Ukrainian farmer Vitaliy Sydor has resorted to desperate measures to clear explosives from the land himself so he can plant crops.
At Ukraine's captured nuclear plant, Russian troops say 'ensuring security'
AFP, Published on 30/03/2023
» ENERGODAR (UKRAINE) - A Russian armoured personnel carrier marked with the letter V and equipped with a radiation detector stands guard on the premises of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
Nuclear reactor experiment rules out one dark matter hope
AFP, Published on 12/01/2023
» PARIS - It was an anomaly detected in the storm of a nuclear reactor so puzzling that physicists hoped it would shine a light on dark matter, one of the universe's greatest mysteries.
France reverses Russia ban after chateau turns away visitors
AFP, Published on 09/08/2022
» PARIS: France said Tuesday that a ban on Russian nationals entering military installations had been applied too rigidly when two Russian visitors were turned away at the Chateau de Vincennes, a mediaeval fortress and tourist attraction on the edge of Paris.
Contraband McMuffins cost traveller to Australia US$2,000
AFP, Published on 01/08/2022
» SYDNEY: A traveller arriving in Australia from Indonesia has been hit with an almost US$2,000 fine after border guards detected two McMuffins and a ham croissant secretly squirrelled away in their backpack.
Football rules board approves permanent use of five substitutes
AFP, Published on 14/06/2022
» DOHA: Football's rules body on Monday said five substitutes would be permanently introduced for all top-level matches and a semi-automated offside detector is closer to being used at this year's World Cup.