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Skydiver survives plane-tail dangling incident in Australia
AFP, Published on 11/12/2025
» SYDNEY - Heart-stopping video released on Thursday by Australian authorities showed the moment a skydiver was left dangling thousands of metres in the air after their parachute caught on the plane’s tail.
Israel bombards Gaza City, army says four soldiers killed
AFP, Published on 19/09/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israeli tanks and jets pounded Gaza City, the target of a major ground offensive, on Thursday prompting Palestinians to flee south, where the Israeli military announced the deaths of four soldiers.
Afghan quake death toll approaches 1,500
AFP, Published on 04/09/2025
» NURGAL, Afghanistan - Volunteers and rescuers were pulling more bodies from the rubble of destroyed buildings in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, four days after an earthquake that inflicted a death toll that was already close to 1,500 people, Taliban authorities said.
Afghanistan earthquake kills more than 600
AFP, Published on 01/09/2025
» JALALABAD (AFGHANISTAN) - A massive rescue operation was underway in Afghanistan Monday after a strong earthquake and multiple aftershocks flattened homes in the impoverished nation, killing more than 600 people, the interior ministry said.
Tourist family, pilot killed in 'tragic' New York helicopter crash
AFP, Published on 11/04/2025
» NEW YORK — Six people including three children were killed after a sightseeing helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York on Thursday, sparking a major water rescue operation, authorities said.
Apple to appeal US watch ban
AFP, Published on 27/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - Apple said on Tuesday it will appeal a US ban on its latest smartwatch models after the Joe Biden administration opted to not veto a ruling on patent infringements.
Israeli forces battle Palestinian militants in south Gaza
AFP, Published on 10/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israeli forces on Sunday fought Palestinian militants around southern Gaza's main city, as the UN chief decried divisions that had "paralysed" the Security Council's response to the over two-months-old war.
UN: Gazans living in ‘utter, deepening horror’
AFP, Published on 06/12/2023
» GENEVA - Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are living in "utter, deepening horror", the UN human rights chief said Wednesday, as he pleaded for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
US hospitals turn to gig platforms on nurse shortage
AFP, Published on 08/11/2023
» PARAMUS (UNITED STATES) - When Jessica Martinez moved away from home in 2020, a temporary contract brought her to New Jersey as a nurse on the frontlines of the pandemic. But her earnings slipped as Covid-19 faded.
Apple Watch models face US import ban in patent clash
AFP, Published on 27/10/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Medical technology company Masimo Corp. on Thursday said a US trade commission has recommended banning imports of Apple Watch models that infringe its light technology for detecting blood oxygen levels.