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Italy's spread-out Olympics face transport challenge
AFP, Published on 03/02/2026
» MILAN, Italy - One of the biggest challenges in this month's Winter Olympics may be off the slopes: moving hundreds of thousands of spectators and athletes over a swath of northern Italy.
No breakthrough at 'constructive' Ukraine-US talks
AFP, Published on 07/12/2025
» MIAMI - Three days of talks between Ukrainian and US officials produced no apparent breakthrough Saturday, with President Volodymyr Zelensky committing to further negotiations toward "real peace," even as Russia launched another series of drone and missile strikes on its neighbor.
Russian strikes on Ukraine trigger heat and water cuts
AFP, Published on 06/12/2025
» KYIV - Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine have targeted critical infrastructure, including energy sites and railways, triggering heating and water outages for thousands of households, Kyiv said on Saturday.
Ukraine's Zelensky says Russia seeking 'chaos' with new energy strikes
AFP, Published on 09/10/2025
» KYIV - President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of sowing "chaos" with fresh strikes on Ukraine's energy grid, while escalating drone attacks forced Kyiv to begin new evacuations of children from frontline villages.
Russian strikes kill three in eastern Ukraine
AFP, Published on 05/08/2025
» LOZOVA, Ukraine - Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine killed three people, including a mechanic at a railway station, and wounded at least 12 people, authorities said on Tuesday.
At least 7 dead after Russian bridge collapses onto railway
AFP, Published on 01/06/2025
» MOSCOW - At least seven people were killed late Saturday and dozens injured after a bridge collapsed onto a railway in a Russian region bordering Ukraine, officials said, in an incident the railway operator blamed on "illegal interference".
Developing nations face 'tidal wave' of China debt: report
AFP, Published on 27/05/2025
» SYDNEY — The world's poorest nations face a "tidal wave of debt" as repayments to China hit record highs in 2025, an Australian think tank warned Tuesday in a new report.
India uses AI to stop stampedes at world's biggest gathering
AFP, Published on 20/01/2025
» PRAYAGRAJ (INDIA) - Keen to improve India's abysmal crowd management record at large-scale religious events, organisers of the world's largest human gathering are using artificial intelligence to try to prevent stampedes.
Heavy rain in Kenya affects tens of thousands, disrupts cargo
AFP, Published on 19/11/2023
» NAIROBI: Kenya on Sunday said tens of thousands of people across the country had been impacted by heavy rainfall, flooding and landslides that had also interrupted cargo services at Mombasa port.
The Ukrainian train attendant chaperoning Western VIPs
AFP, Published on 19/11/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - She may be from a remote Ukrainian village, but Tetyana Kogut has rubbed shoulders with some of the world's most powerful Western leaders.