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Syria tries to enforce ceasefire in Druze heartland
AFP, Published on 19/07/2025
» SWEIDA, Syria - Syrian interior ministry forces began deploying in Sweida on Saturday under a US-brokered deal intended to avert further Israeli military intervention in the Druze-majority province.
Rotten insects, viral videos and climate change: S.Korea battles 'lovebug' invasion
AFP, Published on 09/07/2025
» INCHEON, South Korea - K-pop's BTS are grossed out by them. A YouTuber ate them. Hikers plough through them: South Korea is dealing with a "lovebug" invasion that experts say highlights worsening climate change.
Australian moth ‘uses stars to navigate long distances’
AFP, Published on 19/06/2025
» PARIS - A species of Australian moth travels up to a thousand kilometres every summer using the stars to navigate, scientists said Wednesday, the first time this talent has been discovered in an invertebrate covering vast distances.
Russian military's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow blast
AFP, Published on 17/12/2024
» MOSCOW - The head of the Russian army's chemical weapons division died on Tuesday when an explosive device attached to a scooter went off outside an apartment building in Moscow, officials said.
'Never seen such barbarity': the grim task of Israel's forensics teams
AFP, Published on 17/10/2023
» TEL AVIV - The stench of death is overwhelming in Israel's National Center of Forensic Medicine, where experts have been trying to identify the remains of hundreds of people slain in the Hamas attacks.
Two bodies found in French building collapse as rescue efforts continue
AFP, Published on 10/04/2023
» MARSEILLE - Two bodies were found in the rubble of a building that collapsed in Marseille following a major explosion, French authorities said early Monday, as rescue workers scrambled to find at least six people still unaccounted for.
'Surprising' ancient Egyptian mummy ingredients discovered
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» PARIS - The discovery of dozens of beakers and bowls in a mummification workshop has helped reveal how ancient Egyptians embalmed their dead, with some "surprising" ingredients imported from as far as Southeast Asia, a study said Wednesday.
'Indescribable': the heat and roar of Iceland's volcano
AFP, Published on 05/08/2022
» FAGRADALSFJALL (ICELAND) - The ground rumbles underfoot, then roars as red-orange lava fountains shoot up from the ground, the intense heat cloaking the nearby crowd awestruck by Iceland's latest volcanic eruption.
Permafrost: a ticking carbon time bomb
AFP, Published on 25/10/2021
» ABISKO, Sweden: Sheltered by snow-spattered mountains, the Stordalen mire is a flat, marshy plateau, pockmarked with muddy puddles. A whiff of rotten eggs wafts through the fresh air.
Durian sparks Canberra 'gas leak' emergency
AFP, Published on 15/10/2021
» SYDNEY: Canberra firefighters rushed to a store in Australia's capital Friday after reports of a gas leak — only to find the smell was caused by the penetrating waft of durian fruit.