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Tears and stunned silence at vigil for Swiss fire victims
AFP, Published on 02/01/2026
» CRANS-MONTANA (SWITZERLAND) - Hundreds gathered in silence in the freezing night in Crans-Montana on Thursday evening, laying flowers and lighting candles to remember those killed and injured in a horrific blaze as they celebrated the New Year.
Europe bakes in summer’s first heatwave
AFP, Published on 28/06/2025
» MARSEILLE - Southern Europeans braced on Saturday for the first heatwave of the northern hemisphere summer, as climate change pushes thermometers on the world’s fastest-warming continent increasingly into the red.
Inside Saudi's hajj-only barbershop, shaving thousands of heads in a day
AFP, Published on 07/06/2025
» MINA (SAUDI ARABIA) - Near the holy city of Mecca, men in white robes stand quietly in a long queue, waiting for the next important act of their hajj pilgrimage: a haircut.
Muslim pilgrims 'stone the devil' as hajj concludes in Saudi
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» MINA (SAUDI ARABIA) - Pilgrims were set to perform the last major ritual of the hajj -- the "stoning of the devil" -- on Friday, as Muslims around the globe celebrated the beginning of the Eid al-Adha holiday.
Muslim pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat in hajj apex
AFP, Published on 05/06/2025
» MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia - Muslim pilgrims prayed atop Mount Arafat on Thursday during the high point of the annual hajj pilgrimage, as Saudi officials called on participants to refrain from being outside during the hottest hours of the day.
How a privately owned city in Kenya took on corrupt officials
AFP, Published on 06/05/2025
» NAIROBI — To many, Tatu City on the outskirts of Nairobi looks like a success.
China families appeal to free relatives held by scam gangs in Myanmar
Reuters, Published on 22/01/2025
» BEIJING/BANGKOK - The abduction and cross-border rescue had all the makings of the kind of action script struggling Chinese actor Wang Xing had hoped to land – only not as a reality star.
Angry questions in Germany after Christmas market attack
AFP, Published on 22/12/2024
» BERLIN - The German government faced growing questions Sunday about whether more could have been done to prevent the Christmas market car-ramming attack that killed five people and injured over 200.
Huge rescue effort after deadly Greek storms
AFP, Published on 08/09/2023
» FARKADONA, Greece - Helicopters and lifeboats have been deployed to reach hundreds of stranded villagers in central Greece, as the death toll from deadly flooding rose to seven, authorities said Friday.
German teachers pushed out for exposing 'far-right' pupils
AFP, Published on 29/07/2023
» BURG, Germany: Two teachers have been pressured out of their jobs in a small German town after denouncing the alleged right-wing extremism of their pupils, in a case that sparked a national outcry.