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Less glamour, more content, says Wim Wenders of Berlin Film Fest
AFP, Published on 13/02/2026
» BERLIN - Berlin Film Festival jury president Wim Wenders said Thursday that this year's 76th edition of the festival would have "less glamour" but "more content" in its eclectic selection.
US firm brought back extinct dire wolves
AFP, Published on 11/04/2025
» WASHINGTON — They whimper, drink from baby bottles and crawl oh so tentatively -- they look like cute white puppies, not the fruit of a daring project to resuscitate an extinct species.
'Life or death consequences for millions': NGOs stunned by US aid freeze
AFP, Published on 06/02/2025
» PARIS - The freeze in aid funding by Donald Trump's new US administration has left humanitarian workers seeing a large proportion of their budget cut off and fearing millions will be affected as programmes are suspended.
'Never again' is now: German leader vows to protect Jews
AFP, Published on 09/11/2023
» BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged Thursday to protect Germany's Jews against a "shameful" upsurge in anti-Semitism in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, on the anniversary of the Nazi Kristallnacht pogrom that began the Holocaust.
England close on World Cup last 16 but suffer Walsh injury blow
AFP, Published on 28/07/2023
» SYDNEY - England closed in on a place in the last 16 of the Women's World Cup with a 1-0 win over Denmark on Friday but their victory was overshadowed by a potentially serious injury to key midfielder Keira Walsh.
Messi beats Mbappe to FIFA Best prize, Putellas claims women's award
AFP, Published on 28/02/2023
» PARIS - Lionel Messi won The Best FIFA men's player prize for 2022 on Monday on the back of his World Cup triumph with Argentina and Spain's Alexia Putellas retained the women's award at a ceremony in Paris.
US sees 'systemic' war crimes by Russia in Ukraine
AFP, Published on 22/11/2022
» WASHINGTON - Russians have murdered, tortured and kidnapped Ukrainians in a systematic pattern that could implicate top officials in war crimes, the US State Department's ambassador for global criminal justice said Monday.
In Amazon, Indigenous voters wear Lula support painted on faces
AFP, Published on 31/10/2022
» IRANDUBA (BRAZIL) - In the Brazilian Amazon, members of an Indigenous community painted their faces and put on traditional feather headdresses as they set out to vote Sunday in the hard-fought presidential runoff election.
Seven-time winner Messi misses out on Ballon d'Or nomination
AFP, Published on 13/08/2022
» PARIS - Seven-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi paid a high price for an underwhelming first season with Paris Saint-Germain when he was left off the 30-strong list for this year's coveted football award.
Forever young: Many cold-blooded creatures don't age, studies show
AFP, Published on 24/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - Scientists have discovered the secret to eternal youth: be born a turtle.