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Norway police search ex-PM Jagland's properties in probe over Epstein links
AFP, Published on 12/02/2026
» OSLO — Norwegian police said Thursday they had searched properties belonging to former prime minister Thorbjorn Jagland following the launch of a corruption probe over his dealings with US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
'Stranded, stressed' giraffes in Kenya relocated as habitats encroached
AFP, Published on 18/11/2025
» NAIVASHA — Coaxed and tugged by rangers, a blindfolded giraffe totters into the specialised vehicle that will transport it away from an increasingly hostile environment to a new home in Kenya's eastern Rift Valley.
Dead famous: Paris puts heritage graves up for grabs
AFP, Published on 07/11/2025
» PARIS - For decades, being laid to rest near the likes of The Doors singer Jim Morrison at the Pere-Lachaise cemetery or the writer Simone de Beauvoir across the River Seine in Montparnasse has been a pipe dream for Parisians.
Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown -- using Musk's Starlink
AFP, Published on 14/10/2025
» BEIJING - They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an AFP investigation can reveal.
German influencers face tax-dodging crackdown
AFP, Published on 09/10/2025
» FRANKFURT, Germany - They could soon be unboxing fines rather than freebies — Germany’s online influencers are facing a tax evasion crackdown that has left them screaming OMG!
Toucans, tortoises saved in major Brazil trafficking bust
AFP, Published on 17/09/2025
» RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested 45 people and rescued hundreds of exotic animals in the biggest ever operation against wildlife traffickers in the world's most biodiverse nation.
Zelensky urges allies to push for 'regime change' in Russia
AFP, Published on 01/08/2025
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday urged his allies to bring about "regime change" in Russia, hours after a Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv killed 15 people including a six-year-old boy.
Zelensky signs bill ensuring anti-graft agencies' 'independence'
AFP, Published on 31/07/2025
» KYIV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed new legislation on Thursday restoring the "independence" of Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies, reversing changes that had sparked large-scale protests and criticism from the European Union (EU).
'Absolute madness': Thailand's pet lion problem
AFP, Published on 29/07/2025
» CHIANG MAI — Behind a car repair business on a nondescript Thai street are the cherished pets of a rising TikTok animal influencer: two lions and a 200-kilogramme lion-tiger hybrid called "Big George."
WHO says malnutrition reaching 'alarming levels' in Gaza
AFP, Published on 28/07/2025
» GENEVA - Malnutrition rates are reaching "alarming levels" in the Gaza Strip, the World Health Organization warned Sunday, saying the "deliberate blocking" of aid was entirely preventable and had cost many lives.