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New law stokes tension in Nigeria's blighted oil delta
AFP, Published on 01/09/2021
» EJAMAH-EBUBU (NIGERIA) - Nigerian farmer Nwale Nchimaonwi celebrated when he learnt that an oil law to overhaul the industry and improve the plight of communities living on crude-producing land had passed after two decades wait.
Delta variant is 'game changer': Virus world update
AFP, Published on 07/07/2021
» JAKARTA: Indonesia expanded nationwide restrictions Wednesday as it reported a record number of coronavirus deaths, while Japan scrapped the Olympic torch relay on Tokyo's roads over infection fears.
The unstoppable revenge of the mullet
AFP, Published on 05/03/2021
» PARIS: "Business in front, party in the back": a hairstyle considered so obnoxious that for years it verged on being an arrestable offence, the mullet has made the unlikeliest comeback of the century.
Man accused in Toronto 'incel' van attack pleads not criminally responsible
AFP, Published on 11/11/2020
» TORONTO (CANADA) - A Canadian man inspired by the misogynist "incel" movement to kill 10 people by ploughing a van into pedestrians in Toronto pleaded "not criminally responsible" due to mental illness at the start of his trial Tuesday.
Trump sets hectic campaign pace as his party frets
AFP, Published on 17/10/2020
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump pushed on with a hectic series of rallies across the United States on Saturday, as he seeks to avert a potentially humiliating defeat at the ballot box in only 17 days.
Dominic Raab: Boris Johnson's de facto deputy
AFP, Published on 07/04/2020
» LONDON - When Boris Johnson announced he had tested positive for coronavirus, Downing Street said Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab would deputise if the British prime minister was incapacitated.
No kidding: Japanese airlines offer bawling babies seat maps
AFP, Published on 27/09/2019
» TOKYO: Fed up with finding yourself next to a screaming child on a long-haul flight? On some Japanese airlines a seat map will warn you where potentially bawling babies are sitting.