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US presses final penny after more than 230 years
AFP, Published on 13/11/2025
» WASHINGTON - The United States pressed its final circulating penny on Wednesday, in a move made to save money as the one-cent coin denomination became less relevant over time.
Surging tourism polluting Antarctica, scientists warn
AFP, Published on 21/08/2025
» SANTIAGO, Chile - Soaring numbers of tourists and expanding research projects are increasingly polluting Antarctica, scientists warned Wednesday, a fresh blow for one of Earth’s most pristine environments already threatened by human-driven climate change.
Parisians hot under the collar over A/C in apartments
AFP, Published on 08/08/2025
» PARIS — As summer temperatures rise, many Parisians are warming to the idea of installing air conditioning (A/C) in their apartments, ending a longstanding resistance to what is considered a basic comfort in many capitals elsewhere.
Venezuela's El Dorado, where gold is currency of the poor
AFP, Published on 17/06/2025
» EL DORADO — In the Venezuelan mining community of El Dorado, the majority of residents carry around gold instead of cards or cash to pay for groceries.
Powerful 6.3 magnitude quake shakes central Colombia, damaging buildings
AFP, Published on 09/06/2025
» PARATEBUENO, Colombia - Buildings swayed, sirens blared and panicked Colombians raced onto the streets Sunday after a shallow 6.3 magnitude earthquake rattled the centre of the country.
Venezuelan family feels full force of Trump's crackdown
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» HOUSTON — Mercedes Yamarte's three sons fled Venezuela for a better life in the United States. Now one languishes in a Salvadoran jail, another "self-deported" to Mexico, and a third lives in hiding -- terrified US agents will crash the door at any moment.
Mennonite communities raise hackles in Peruvian Amazon
AFP, Published on 06/05/2025
» MASISEA — When they saw men with arrows and machetes bearing down on them, Daniel Braun and other Mennonites living in the Peruvian Amazon fled across rice paddies, some of their barns ablaze behind them.
Pope Francis has died aged 88
AFP, Published on 21/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, an energetic reformer who inspired widespread devotion from Catholics but riled traditionalists, died on Monday aged 88.
Trial over Spanish ecological disaster starts, 25 years on
AFP, Published on 04/07/2023
» MADRID: Twenty-five years after one of Spain's worst ecological disasters, a court case against the Swedish mining company involved opened on Tuesday in the southern city of Seville.
At least 27 dead in Peru gold mine fire tragedy
AFP, Published on 08/05/2023
» YANAQUIHUA (PERU) - At least 27 workers have died in a fire at a gold mine in a remote area of southern Peru, authorities said on Sunday, making it one of the worst mining tragedies in the country's recent history.