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Berlin bathers demand lifting of swimming ban in Spree river
AFP, Published on 13/08/2025
» BERLIN - Hundreds of Berliners gathered to take a dip in the Spree river Tuesday to protest a 100-year-old ban on swimming in the city's main waterway.
Rescue operations under way as Nigeria floods kill at least 150
AFP, Published on 31/05/2025
» ABUJA - Flash flooding earlier this week in central Nigeria killed more than 150 people, a local disaster response spokesman told AFP on Saturday, while displacing 3,000, levelling more than 250 homes and washing away two bridges.
Death toll in central Nigeria flooding rises to 115
AFP, Published on 31/05/2025
» MOKWA (NIGERIA) - Flash floods that ripped through parts of central Nigeria have killed at least 115 people, an emergency services official said on Friday, with the toll expected to rise further.
Israel bombs Gaza amid accusation it is 'starving' Palestinians
AFP, Published on 18/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES): Israel kept up heavy bombing of Gaza on Monday as it faced accusations from a human rights group that it is deliberately starving Palestinians in its campaign sparked by the Oct 7 Hamas attacks.
Israel faces mounting outrage over Gaza war
AFP, Published on 18/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israel faced mounting international pressure Monday over the rising civilian death toll and destruction of hospitals in Gaza, as it pressed on with its war against Hamas militants in the besieged Palestinian territory.
Negev Bedouin fear getting caught in crossfire of Israel's war with Hamas
AFP, Published on 16/10/2023
» NEGEV (ISRAEL) - In Israel's southern Negev desert, Bedouin youth gather near a car hit by a rocket from the Gaza Strip, fearing the war is coming closer to them.
UK rail firm admits failings over fatal crash
AFP, Published on 07/09/2023
» ABERDEEN, Scotland - The company that owns and manages UK rail infrastructure on Thursday admitted health and safety breaches after a train derailment that killed three people in northeast Scotland.
In Venezuela, women left 'mutilated' by butt lifts
AFP, Published on 24/08/2023
» CARACAS - Maria Sanchez walks slowly through her house in the Venezuelan capital with two surgical drainage bags hanging from her waist -- the nightmare result of her search for the perfect derriere.
World scout jamboree evacuated as typhoon approaches
AFP, Published on 08/08/2023
» BUAN, South Korea - Tens of thousands of scouts were being evacuated from their problem-plagued South Korean campsite on Tuesday ahead of a typhoon, as the scout chief said the challenges were unprecedented in a century of global jamborees.
In Brazil, a damaged city lives on edge of abyss
AFP, Published on 05/05/2023
» BURITICUPU (BRAZIL) - A few steps from a cliff-edge, Deusimar Batista is hanging clothes to dry in her yard. Near it, a neighbor's house used to stand on a residential street, but they have all collapsed into the abyss.