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‘Our children are next’: Kenyans in fear as drought wipes out livestock
AFP, Published on 27/01/2026
» MANDERA, Kenya - In drought-hit northeastern Kenya, villagers have been forced to drag their dead livestock to distant fields for burning to keep the stench of death and scavenging hyenas away from their homes.
Amazon to pay $2.5bn to settle Prime enrolment case
AFP, Published on 26/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - Amazon agreed Thursday to pay $2.5 billion to settle allegations from a US regulator that it used deceptive practices to enrol consumers in Amazon Prime and made it difficult to cancel subscriptions.
Harvard sues Trump over US federal funding cuts
AFP, Published on 22/04/2025
» NEW YORK - Harvard sued US President Donald Trump's administration Monday in a sharp escalation of the fight between the prestigious university and the Republican, who has threatened its funding and sought to impose outside political supervision.
Black truffle production booms in Spain
AFP, Published on 15/12/2023
» SARRIóN (SPAIN) - When Jose Soriano was a child, the hills near the village of Sarrion in Spain's remote and sparsely populated eastern province of Teruel were mostly uncultivated, covered in brush and rocks.
Bangladesh beauty queen brings 'dawn of hope' for trans women
AFP, Published on 23/11/2023
» DHAKA: Bangladeshi trans woman Yasin Ahmed Sokal always wanted the freedom to dress like her sisters, but never in her wildest dreams did she imagine being showered with applause at a beauty pageant in her conservative homeland.
'Not ready': Taiwan reservists stoic but unprepared for China threat
AFP, Published on 25/08/2022
» TAIPEI - Sitting pensively in a pew at a Taipei church, army reservist Henry Cheng is nonchalant about the Chinese warships and jets circling his island -- but he also feels ill-prepared for war.
Inspired by Ukraine, civilians study urban warfare in Taiwan
AFP, Published on 07/07/2022
» NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan: Dressed in military camouflage with an assault rifle at the ready, "Prof" Yeh peers from behind a vehicle in a parking lot outside Taipei, scanning his surroundings and waiting for a signal to advance.
Ukraine's trans community caught in crosshairs of war
AFP, Published on 30/06/2022
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Oleksandra has wanted to leave Ukraine since her home was bombed. But she can't, because her passport says she is a man, and can therefore be drafted into the army.
'A question of time': experts fear Balkans measles outbreak
AFP, Published on 06/03/2022
» PODGORICA (MONTENEGRO) - Despite vaccinating her first child, Vanja drew a line when it came time to inoculate her second and decided he would not be receiving the measles shot.
'I am innocent': ex-Nazi guard, 100, tells German court
AFP, Published on 09/10/2021
» BRANDENBURG AN DER HAVEL (GERMANY) - A 100-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard, the oldest person charged with complicity in the murder of thousands of detainees, told a German court on Friday that he was not guilty.