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Upstart gangsters shake Japan's yakuza
AFP, Published on 19/12/2025
» TOKYO - When Takanori Kuzuoka began climbing the criminal career ladder, he didn't fancy joining Japan's old-school yakuza, with their tattoos, rigid hierarchy and codes of honour.
Clashes, homes torched in south Syria's Sweida despite ceasefire
AFP, Published on 20/07/2025
» SWEIDA (SYRIA) - Smoke rose from burning houses in south Syria's Sweida on Saturday and an Arab tribal fighter vowed to "slaughter" residents as deadly clashes with Druze fighters persisted.
In Cairo, a little indie cinema offers unique opportunity
AFP, Published on 03/06/2025
» CAIRO - In the heart of Cairo, a small cinema has for over a decade offered a unique space for independent film in a country whose industry is largely dominated by commercial considerations.
US baby with rare illness treated with tailor-made gene edit
AFP, Published on 16/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - A US infant with a rare condition has become history's first patient to be treated with a personalised gene-editing technique that raises hopes for other people with obscure illnesses, doctors said Thursday.
130,000-year-old baby mammoth goes under scalpel
AFP, Published on 04/04/2025
» YAKUTSK — Making incisions and carefully taking samples, the scientists at a laboratory in Russia's far east looked like pathologists carrying out a post-mortem.
Swiss paper cutting artist takes the scissors to old ways
AFP, Published on 07/08/2023
» CHâTEAU-D'ŒX (SWITZERLAND) - Marianne Dubuis stared intently through a magnifying glass, using a slim cutter to make tiny incisions in paper as she carved out delicate tableaux of life and human emotions.
Chinese hackers breached US govt email accounts: Microsoft
AFP, Published on 13/07/2023
» WASHINGTON - Chinese-based hackers seeking intelligence information breached the email accounts of a number of US government agencies, computer giant Microsoft said.
Colombia president retracts claim children found after plane crash
AFP, Published on 18/05/2023
» BOGOTá - Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday retracted his claim that four Indigenous children missing for more than two weeks after an airplane crash in the Amazon had been found alive.
Four kids, including baby, found alive in Amazon after plane crash
AFP, Published on 18/05/2023
» BOGOTá - Four Indigenous children, including an 11-month-old baby, have been found alive in the dense Colombian Amazon after a plane crash more than two weeks ago, President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday, declaring "joy for the country."
Four children found alive in Amazon after plane crash
AFP, Published on 18/05/2023
» BOGOTá - Four Indigenous children missing for more than two weeks after a plane crash in the Colombian Amazon have been found alive, President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday, declaring "joy for the country."