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83 still in hospital after Swiss fire tragedy
AFP, Published on 06/01/2026
» CRANS-MONTANA (SWITZERLAND) - The majority of those wounded in the devastating New Year bar blaze in Crans-Montana were still in hospital on Monday, as the bodies of five Italian teenagers were repatriated from Switzerland.
Unspoilt corner of Portugal fears arrival of high-end tourism
AFP, Published on 22/10/2025
» COMPORTA — Above the pine forests and dunes that stretch along the nearly deserted beaches of southwestern Portugal, cranes rise from building sites soon to be luxury hotels -- a sign of the region's contentious transformation into a playground for the wealthy.
'Defend ourselves': Refugee girls in Kenya find strength in taekwondo
AFP, Published on 18/04/2025
» KAKUMA — Along one of the many dirt tracks leading into Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp there is a large hidden compound, where inside, twice a week, adolescent girls gather to learn taekwondo, the martial arts lessons offering a safe space in the often chaotic settlement.
French rapist Dominique Pelicot questioned over 1990s cases
AFP, Published on 30/01/2025
» PARIS - Frenchman Dominique Pelicot, convicted in December for organising the rape of his then wife Gisele Pelicot by dozens of strangers, was being questioned Thursday by an investigating magistrate over an attempted rape, as well as a rape and murder, in the 1990s, his lawyer said.
Dominique Pelicot: the ‘monster’ whose facade crumbled
AFP, Published on 19/12/2024
» AVIGNON, France - His loved ones knew him as a devoted family man. But he had for years been recruiting dozens of strangers to rape his drugged wife without her knowledge.
Ex-husband jailed 20 years in French mass rape trial
AFP, Published on 19/12/2024
» AVIGNON, France - A court on Thursday sentenced a French man to the maximum term of 20 years in jail for committing and orchestrating the mass rapes of his now former wife, Gisele Pelicot, with dozens of strangers he recruited online.
Mutilation website ringleader jailed in UK
Reuters, Published on 09/05/2024
» LONDON - The ringleader of an extreme body modification conspiracy who cut off men’s genitals and uploaded videos to his “Eunuch Maker” website has been jailed for a minimum of 22 years by a London court.
Orangutan uses medicinal plant to treat wound
Reuters, Published on 04/05/2024
» JAKARTA - In June 2022, a male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus sustained a facial wound below the right eye, apparently during a fight with another male orangutan at the Suaq Balimbing research site, a protected rainforest area in Indonesia. What Rakus did three days later really caught the attention of scientists.
Nordic freeze triggers transport chaos
Bloomberg and Reuters, Published on 05/01/2024
» The deep freeze gripping the northernmost region of Europe is edging south, paralysing transport systems and pushing power prices to record levels.
Paris business district looks to students to replace workers
AFP, Published on 08/11/2023
» PARIS - With companies cutting back on office space as working from home remains popular, Europe's biggest business district is looking to students to fill the void left by workers.