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The foreign POWs stuck in Ukrainian prison limbo
AFP, Published on 30/01/2026
» UNDISCLOSED (UKRAINE) — "Assemble!" someone bellowed in the prison corridor, cutting through the silence.
France imposes smoking ban on beaches, parks
AFP, Published on 30/06/2025
» PARIS - France on Sunday banned smoking in parks and on beaches, part of efforts to protect the public from passive smoke and create the country's first non-smoking generation.
Man sets world record living for 120 days underwater
AFP, Published on 25/01/2025
» PUERTO LINDO — A German aerospace engineer celebrated setting a world record Friday for the longest time living underwater without depressurisation -- 120 days in a submerged capsule off the coast of Panama.
Dutch dope trial: what's the deal?
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» THE HAGUE - On December 15, cannabis will for the first time be grown, sold, and consumed legally in the Netherlands as part of a four-year trial across the country.
France goes (a bit) veggie for Olympics
AFP, Published on 13/09/2023
» PARIS - With France slowly weaning itself off its traditional obsession with meat, the top chefs in charge of feeding the sporting masses at the 2024 Olympic Games are emphasising a more vegetarian approach.
Tears, stars and 'soft power' at Kyiv mental health summit
AFP, Published on 07/09/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - The star contingent was high as Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska held a "summit of first ladies and gentlemen" Wednesday, focusing on the stigmatised issue of mental health in the war-torn country.
Military airlifts provide escape as wildfires sweep Canada's far north
AFP, Published on 16/08/2023
» MONTREAL - Jordan Evoy's escape from wildfires raging in Canada's far north was the "scariest moment" of his life as flareups closed roads, forcing him to backtrack to catch a military flight out in the Northwest Territories' largest ever evacuation.
Australia, New Zealand revive 'football's Ashes'
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» SYDNEY - Australia and New Zealand will play this year for the "Soccer Ashes", sporting officials said Tuesday, a long-forgotten trophy recently rediscovered almost 70 years after it was lost.
Australia rediscovers 'football's Ashes' after 69 years
AFP, Published on 25/04/2023
» SYDNEY - A long-lost trophy crafted to celebrate matches between Australia and New Zealand has resurfaced, football officials said Tuesday, solving a sporting mystery that has puzzled historians for almost 70 years.
'Should have left earlier': last civilians flee Bakhmut
AFP, Published on 04/04/2023
» CHASIV YAR (UKRAINE) - A group of civilians from Bakhmut emerged from an armed personnel carrier in east Ukraine's frontline town of Chasiv Yar on Monday with a few belongings, a dog and a cat.