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Golden rooster fitted to spire of Paris's Notre Dame cathedral
AFP, Published on 17/12/2023
» PARIS - Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral got a new golden rooster on Saturday, part of its renaissance from the ashes of the 2019 fire that severely damaged it, and ahead of its reopening next year.
Charles warns Europe security under threat in German speech
AFP, Published on 30/03/2023
» BERLIN - King Charles III called Russia's war in Ukraine a threat to European democratic values Thursday in the first speech by a monarch to the German parliament but said allies like Britain and Germany can draw courage from their unity.
Why Vietnam is celebrating the Year of the Cat, not the Rabbit
AFP, Published on 19/01/2023
» HANOI - As China gears up to welcome the Year of the Rabbit, Lunar New Year looks slightly different in Vietnam, where the Year of the Cat is about to begin.
Mexican town toasts tequila fish saved from extinction
AFP, Published on 23/02/2022
» TEUCHITLáN (MEXICO) - Residents of a small town in western Mexico are celebrating the reintroduction into the wild of the tequila fish -- an endemic species saved from the brink of extinction.
Inmate who leaked Russia prison rape video seeks French asylum
AFP, Published on 19/10/2021
» ROISSY-CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT (FRANCE) - The former inmate behind a video leak showing alleged rape and torture inside a Russian prison said he could no longer keep the explosive revelations to himself, speaking to AFP from France where he is now seeking asylum.
'Shang-Chi' leads N. America box office for fourth week
AFP, Published on 27/09/2021
» LOS ANGELES: Disney blockbuster "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings," featuring Marvel's first leading Asian superhero, dominated the North American box office for its fourth weekend, taking in $13.2 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday.
'Fast-food' bar frozen in Pompeii ash gives clues on Roman snacking habits
AFP, Published on 27/12/2020
» ROME - A 2,000-year-old fast-food stall unearthed from the ash of Pompeii has given researchers new clues about the snacking habits of the ancient Romans.
French rooster triumphs in battle over right to crow
AFP, Published on 05/09/2019
» ROCHEFORT (FRANCE) - The owner of famed French rooster Maurice emerged victorious on Thursday from a legal battle with her neighbours over his early-morning crowing, with a court upholding the bird's right to sing in the day.
Crowing roosters, babbling geese upset urban interlopers in rural France
AFP, Published on 05/09/2019
» ROCHEFORT, France: A rowdy rooster named Maurice will learn on Thursday if he can go on crowing as usual, after unhappy neighbours filed a lawsuit denounced by critics as an attack by urban interlopers on the traditional sounds of the French countryside.
French ducks in the dock for quacking
AFP, Published on 03/09/2019
» SOUSTONS, France: Less than two months after the owner of a French rooster was hauled before a court over his rowdy crowing, the owner of a gaggle of geese and ducks is in the dock over their boisterous quacking.