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‘I’ll never be the same’: Iranians coping through war
AFP, Published on 27/03/2026
» After a month of war with Israel and the United States with no clear end in sight, Iranians tell AFP about how life has changed, about watching missiles fall, and how security forces have tightened their grip.
AI-powered meet-up apps fight loneliness
AFP, Published on 08/09/2025
» SAN FRANCISCO - On a summer evening in San Francisco, JT Mason went to dinner with five complete strangers, confident he would have a good time thanks to careful guest selection by a new type of app for meeting people.
Veteran remembers joy of WWII end, 80 years on
AFP, Published on 01/05/2025
» HARLOW, England - Centenarian Dorothea Barron recalled the wave of relief she felt when she heard World War II had finally come to an end.
Tantric yoga sect guru to appear before France judge
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» PARIS: The leader of a controversial tantric yoga sect was to go before a French judge on Friday, a judicial source said, after he was arrested in a probe along with over a dozen others on suspicion of kidnapping, rape and people trafficking.
France arrests guru, 40 others in raids on yoga sect
AFP, Published on 28/11/2023
» PARIS - French authorities on Tuesday arrested 41 people in raids against a controversial yoga sect, including its leader, the guru Gregorian Bivolaru, a source close to the case told AFP.
For Iranian refugees, French wine harvest part of anti-government 'struggle'
AFP, Published on 03/10/2023
» SAINT-MEARD-DE-GURCON, France - Swapping their state-enforced veils for T-shirts reading "life" and "liberty", a group of Iranian women who have fled to France now help make wine that traces its roots back to ancient Persia.
WHO holds first traditional medicine summit
AFP, Published on 17/08/2023
» NEW DELHI - The World Health Organization (WHO) holds its first summit on traditional medicine on Thursday, with warnings that treatments rooted in natural products can be effective alternative healthcare only if scientifically proven.
Search for survivors after Indian floods, landslides kill 58
AFP, Published on 15/08/2023
» DEHRADUN (INDIA) - Rescuers searched Tuesday for people feared missing in floods and landslides that have killed at least 58 in India, including nine who died in the collapse of a popular temple.
Death toll from heavy rain in north India rises to almost 60
AFP, Published on 15/08/2023
» DEHRADUN (INDIA) - At least 58 people were killed, nine of them in a temple collapse, and many more were feared missing after intense rains caused floods and landslides in India, officials said Monday.
Rock'n'roll showman Mick Jagger turns 80
AFP, Published on 24/07/2023
» LONDON: Mick Jagger once sang "what a drag it is getting old" but the most senior swinger in town shows little sign of slowing down as he turns 80 on Wednesday.