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'HIV-free generations': prevention drug rollout brings hope to South Africa
AFP, Published on 03/12/2025
» GA-RANKUWA (SOUTH AFRICA) (SOUTH AFRICA) - Kegoratile Aphane did not flinch when the needle pierced the skin of her right buttock, injecting a yellow-coloured drug touted as a revolution that could end the HIV pandemic.
Toxic haze chokes Indian capital
AFP, Published on 20/10/2025
» NEW DELHI - India's capital New Delhi was shrouded in a thick, toxic haze on Monday as air pollution levels soared to more than 16 times the World Health Organization’s recommended daily maximum.
No pause for food delivery riders during Pakistan's monsoon
AFP, Published on 24/09/2025
» LAHORE — Abdullah Abbas waded through Lahore's flooded streets, struggling to push his motorcycle and deliver a food order on time.
‘Raped, jailed, tortured, left to die’: the hell of being gay in Turkmenistan
AFP, Published on 18/09/2025
» WARSAW - Two men who escaped one of the world’s most secretive and repressive states have told AFP how they were tortured, beaten and raped in Turkmenistan for the “crime” of being gay.
Australia approves chlamydia vaccine for koalas
AFP, Published on 10/09/2025
» SYDNEY — Australian regulators have approved a chlamydia vaccine for koalas, researchers said Wednesday, as they seek to stamp out a sexually transmitted disease responsible for about half of all deaths of the fluffy marsupial in the wild.
US axes mRNA vaccine contracts, casting safety doubts
AFP, Published on 06/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday announced it would terminate 22 federal contracts for mRNA-based vaccines, questioning the safety of a technology credited with helping end the Covid pandemic and saving millions of lives.
Gaza civil defence says Israeli strike kills children at clinic
AFP, Published on 11/07/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Gaza's civil defence agency said eight children -- killed as they queued for nutritional supplements outside a health clinic -- were among 66 people who died in Israeli strikes on the Palestinian territory Thursday.
US approves twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV
AFP, Published on 19/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Gilead Sciences’ twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV — a move the company hailed as a major breakthrough in the fight against the sexually transmitted virus.
Patients with leprosy face lasting stigma in Ethiopia
AFP, Published on 23/04/2025
» ADDIS ABABA — Tilahun Wale not only lost his right foot to leprosy -- a disease that still affects thousands in Ethiopia -- he also lost his family.
Pope returns home from hospital, thanks faithful
AFP, Published on 23/03/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis was discharged from hospital Sunday after more than five weeks being treated for pneumonia, waving to cheering crowds and thanking everyone for their support.