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Remains of 5,000-year-old noblewoman found in Peru dig
AFP, Published on 25/04/2025
» LIMA - Archaeologists in Peru said on Thursday they found the 5,000-year-old remains of a noblewoman at the sacred city of Caral, revealing the important role played by women in the oldest center of civilization in the Americas.
Earthbound Boeing Starliner faces final challenge in key test mission
AFP, Published on 26/05/2022
» WASHINGTON - Boeing's Starliner capsule headed back to Earth Wednesday in the final step of a key test flight to prove itself worthy of providing rides for NASA astronauts to the International Space Station.
Yangon residents queue for water as power blackouts bite
AFP, Published on 14/03/2022
» Clutching pails, tubs and buckets, residents of Myanmar's bustling commercial capital Yangon queued for water on Monday, as rolling power outages aggravate the economic misery sparked by last year's military coup.
Taiwan rushes to contain sudden cane toad invasion
AFP, Published on 06/12/2021
» NANTOU COUNTY, Taiwan: Toads are a symbol of prosperity and good fortune in Taiwan, but the unexpected discovery of an invasive species has officials and environmentalists scrambling to contain their spread.
SpaceX poised to launch all-civilian crew into Earth orbit
AFP, Published on 15/09/2021
» KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, United States: Can four people who've never been to space before spend three days spinning around Earth after only a few months of training?
Family of slain Cambodia activist Kem Ley mark five year anniversary
AFP, Published on 10/07/2021
» PHNOM PENH - As the family of slain Cambodian activist Kem Ley rebuild their lives in Australia, his youngest son, born just months after the assassination, acts as a human timepiece measuring the years since the five brothers lost their father.
Haze, Hong Kong top Google searches in Singapore
TODAY, Published on 13/12/2019
» SINGAPORE: They looked up when the air smelled bad, looked on in dismay at what was unfolding in Hong Kong, looked at the cinema screens as well as their mobile phone screens. Most of all, they looked for all these on Google.
Trump rejects Puerto Rico storm toll of 3,000 as Democrat plot
AFP, Published on 14/09/2018
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected the official death toll from last year's Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, saying it had been inflated to almost 3,000 as part of a ploy to make him look bad.
Trump rejects Puerto Rico storm toll of 3,000 as Democrat plot
AFP, Published on 13/09/2018
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected the official death toll from last year's Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, saying it had been inflated to almost 3,000 as part of a ploy to make him look bad.
Who built Stonehenge? Cremation ashes yield clues
AFP, Published on 03/08/2018
» PARIS - Despite a century of scientific scrutiny, the 5000-year old Neolithic monument in southern England known as Stonehenge has yielded few secrets about the people buried amidst its ring of towering rocks.