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Category 5 Cyclone Mocha set to crash over Myanmar, Bangladesh
AFP, Published on 14/05/2023
» KYAUKTAW, Myanmar: Cyclone Mocha intensified into a category five hurricane on Sunday, hours ahead of its predicted landfall in Myanmar and Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of people evacuated from the coasts were taking shelter.
'Tornado of fire': Algeria forest blazes kill 38
AFP, Published on 19/08/2022
» EL KALA (ALGERIA) - Algerian firefighters battled Thursday to rein in forest fires that have ravaged large parts of the drought-hit North African country, killing almost 40 people including 12 who died in a bus trapped by the flames.
Half of Shanghai in lockdown to curb Covid-19 outbreak
AFP, Published on 28/03/2022
» SHANGHAI: Millions of people in China's financial hub were confined to their homes on Monday as the eastern half of Shanghai went into lockdown to curb the country's biggest ongoing Covid-19 outbreak.
Floating Dutch cow farm aims to curb climate impact
AFP, Published on 03/09/2021
» ROTTERDAM (NETHERLANDS) - Among the cranes and containers of the port of Rotterdam is a surreal sight: a herd of cows peacefully feeding on board what calls itself the world's first floating farm.
Nigerian oil hub hails coronation of new king
AFP, Published on 22/08/2021
» ODE-ITSEKIRI (NIGERIA) - Thousands of people in traditional red and white attire thronged to the riverine community of Ode-Itsekiri in southern Nigeria's oil hub Warri on Saturday to witness the ascension of their new king.
All aboard the Cambodian cafe train to nowhere
AFP, Published on 11/06/2021
» PHNOM PENH - Train travel has largely ground to a halt in Cambodia due to the coronavirus but railway fans can still get their fix aboard a stationary carriage converted into a hipster cafe.
Pakistan Taliban claim deadly blast at luxury hotel
AFP, Published on 22/04/2021
» QUETTA (PAKISTAN) - The Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility Thursday for a deadly bomb blast at a luxury hotel hosting the Chinese ambassador in the southwest of the country, as officials raised the death toll to five.
Dockside dealings: smuggling, bribery and tax evasion at Beirut port
AFP, Published on 16/09/2020
» BEIRUT - The huge explosion at Beirut's port last month laid bare a dockside institution riddled with graft which critics say is a microcosm of a corrupt Lebanese state.
Dutch port will keep on trucking despite Brexit 'chaos'
AFP, Published on 19/10/2019
» THE HAGUE: While Boris Johnson scrambled Friday to sell his EU divorce deal to parliament, the Dutch port of Rotterdam handed out "Brexit Muppet" leaflets to truckers to prepare them for whatever happens.
Brazil president insists end to truck strike close
AFP, Published on 29/05/2018
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's deeply unpopular President Michel Temer insisted Monday that a truck strike crippling the country will end within hours, even as drivers paralyzed fuel, goods and food deliveries.