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‘Very worried’: Hong Kong fire survivors hunt for the missing
AFP, Published on 27/11/2025
» HONG KONG - The morning after saving her elderly neighbour from Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades, retiree Kwok was trawling through social media groups looking for signs other missing residents were safe on Thursday.
Canada's captive whales face euthanasia threat
AFP, Published on 26/11/2025
» NIAGARA FALLS — The remaining 30 captive belugas at Canada's Marineland have nothing to do but wait.
France expecting peak temperatures as heatwave hits Europe
AFP, Published on 01/07/2025
» PARIS - Paris was on red alert for high temperatures on Tuesday, with the top of the Eiffel Tower shut, polluting traffic banned and speed restrictions in place as a searing heatwave gripped Europe.
Crowds 'stone the devil' in final hajj ritual
AFP, Published on 28/06/2023
» MINA (SAUDI ARABIA) - Massive crowds of robed Muslims gathered for the "stoning of the devil" ritual in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the pandemic draws to a close.
Japanese bath houses find new ways to stay afloat
AFP, Published on 29/08/2022
» TOKYO: Just before it opens each afternoon, elderly residents gather outside one of Tokyo's last remaining old-style bath houses carrying flannels, soap and shampoo for their regular soak.
Chinese city dims lights in heatwave power crunch
AFP, Published on 19/08/2022
» BEIJING - A provincial capital in southwest China has dimmed outdoor advertisements, subway lighting and building signs to save energy, official announcements said, as the area battles a power crunch triggered by record-high temperatures.
Hong Kong boy band ends show after falling screen hits dancers
AFP, Published on 28/07/2022
» At least two Hong Kong dancers were injured on Thursday night after being hit by a falling screen at a concert of the city's most popular boy band Mirror.
Displaced Ukrainians move into room of their own in the park
AFP, Published on 20/04/2022
» LVIV (UKRAINE) - In a park in western Ukraine, Viktoria wheeled her four-month-old granddaughter in a pushchair between rows of prefabricated houses that have become home after escaping war.
Ukraine calls Russia's humanitarian corridors a 'genocidal' hoax
AFP, Published on 09/03/2022
» KYIV: The United States has banned imports of Russian oil, firing one of its biggest economic weapons against Moscow over the war in Ukraine where new humanitarian corridors were set to open Wednesday for civilians trying to escape besieged cities.
Western nations halt Russian oil as Ukrainians flee
AFP, Published on 09/03/2022
» KYIV: The United States led a Western assault on Moscow's economic lifeline Tuesday, banning imports of Russian oil as civilians fled besieged Ukrainian cities in a desperate evacuation push blighted by Russian shelling.