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Snakebite surge as Bangladesh hit by record rains
AFP, Published on 08/10/2025
» RAJSHAHI (BANGLADESH) - In the swamplands along Bangladesh's mighty Padma River, snakes slithering through villages have become an unrelenting menace, leaving residents terrified and hospitals overwhelmed with bite victims.
59 people still trapped under collapsed Indonesian school
AFP, Published on 02/10/2025
» SIDOARJO, Indonesia - Rescuers searching for people trapped under a collapsed school in Indonesia on Thursday are hoping to dig a tunnel, at the risk of destabilising the rubble, to reach an estimated 59 still missing.
Five survivors pulled from collapsed Indonesian school
AFP, Published on 01/10/2025
» SIDOARJO, Indonesia - Rescuers pulled five survivors from a collapsed school in Indonesia on Wednesday as frantic parents demanded searchers speed up efforts to find dozens of children believed still trapped in the rubble two days on.
New species teem in Cambodia's threatened karst
AFP, Published on 08/08/2025
» PHNOM PROEK (CAMBODIA) - A biologist might go a lifetime without discovering a new species. It took a team exploring Cambodia's limestone karst a single night to find three.
Versailles orchestra plays New York in 'Affair of the Poisons'
AFP, Published on 23/07/2025
» NEW YORK — Acrobatics, fortune tellers, opulent gowns and palace intrigue: the New York debut of the Versailles Royal Opera Orchestra was a performance befitting the era it recalls.
As heatwaves intensify, Morocco ups effort to warn residents
AFP, Published on 08/07/2025
» CASABLANCA — Lhoussaine Youabd knows nearly all the languages spoken in Morocco, a useful skill in his role warning the population of growing climate-related risks in the country braving increasingly common heatwaves.
Snakes on a plane from Thailand bound for India, again
AFP, Published on 30/06/2025
» NEW DELHI - Indian customs officers in Mumbai said they have stopped a plane passenger arriving from Thailand with a wriggling cargo of live snakes, the third such seizure this month.
Australians vote in election swayed by inflation, Trump
AFP, Published on 03/05/2025
» SYDNEY — Millions of Australians voted Saturday in a bitterly contested general election, following a campaign shaped by living costs, climate anxiety and United States President Donald Trump's tariffs.
'Heartbreaking' floods swamp Australia's cattle country
AFP, Published on 01/04/2025
» SYDNEY — Whole herds of cattle have drowned in vast inland floods seeping across the Australian outback, officials said Tuesday as the muddy tide drenched an area the size of France.
South Africa bids for first African F1 grand prix in 30 years
AFP, Published on 28/02/2025
» MIDRAND — Three decades after Formula One (F1) engines last roared on African tarmac, South Africa is mounting a bid to organise a new Grand Prix and bring the world championship back to the continent.