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Scholz looks to quell coalition divisions
AFP, Published on 26/03/2023
» BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will battle on Sunday to put out the fires threatening his government as the three-way coalition meets for crisis talks on a growing series of disputes.
Scholz looks to quell coalition divisions
AFP, Published on 26/03/2023
» BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will battle on Sunday to put out the fires threatening his government as the three-way coalition meets for crisis talks on a growing series of disputes.
Farmer protest party wins 'monster' Dutch victory
AFP, Published on 16/03/2023
» THE HAGUE: The Netherlands woke up to a political earthquake on Thursday after a farmers' protest party won key elections, throwing the government's environmental policies into doubt.
Passport control staff strike at UK airports
AFP, Published on 23/12/2022
» LONDON - Passengers at UK airports on Friday faced long delays as Border Force officers walked out in the latest of a string of strikes by public sector workers over pay.
Escape from Foxconn: Workers recount Covid chaos at iPhone factory
AFP, Published on 04/11/2022
» BEIJING - Zhang Yao recalls the moment he realised something had gone deeply wrong at the Chinese mega-factory where he and hundreds of thousands of other workers assembled iPhones and other high-end electronics.
'I was counting dead trees': Scientists join climate crisis fight
AFP, Published on 28/10/2022
» MUNICH (GERMANY) - Laure-Anne Gateaux did not train as a tropical ecologist only to end up sitting on a busy shopping street in her lab coat with one hand glued to the ground.
'Nobody knows where their village is': New inland sea swamps Pakistan
AFP, Published on 10/09/2022
» MEHAR (PAKISTAN) - From a hastily erected embankment protecting Mehar city, mosque minarets and the price board of a gas station poke above a vast lake that has emerged, growing to tens of kilometres wide.
'Third' of Pakistan under water as flood aid efforts gather pace
AFP, Published on 30/08/2022
» SUKKUR, Pakistan: Aid efforts ramped up across flooded Pakistan on Tuesday to help tens of millions of people affected by relentless monsoon rains that have submerged a third of the country and claimed more than 1,100 lives.
Two dead in California's largest blaze this year
AFP, Published on 01/08/2022
» YREKA, US: Firefighters in northern California were battling Monday to gain control over the state's largest wildfire this year, which claimed two lives after exploding in size over the weekend and forcing thousands to evacuate their homes.
Paris Olympics face tough hurdles with two years to go
AFP, Published on 22/07/2022
» PARIS: As he left the Tokyo Olympics last August, Tony Estanguet, head of the Paris 2024 organising committee, told AFP he was "prepared to run a marathon at 100-metre speed."