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From the Israel-Gaza war to the Moon race: Events that defined 2023
AFP, Published on 29/11/2023
» PARIS - From Hamas's brutal attacks in Israel, and the fierce retribution it provoked, to the kiss that caused a revolt in Spanish football, here are 10 events that marked a tumultuous 2023:
All aboard a floating jungle supermarket
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 16/07/2023
» Up the wooden gangplank in a single-file line, nearly an entire indigenous village squeezed onto the Aquidaban's front deck. The Tomarahos had taken the boat downriver to vote in Paraguay's national elections and then had slept outside for four days, waiting for the Aquidaban to take them home.
Identifying the special genes
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 14/05/2023
» To learn more about humans, a large international team of scientists spent years tracking down some of the strangest creatures on Earth.
Paper plates and short showers: life with no water in Arizona
AFP, Published on 20/03/2023
» RIO VERDE FOOTHILLS (UNITED STATES) - With its cactus-filled garden and breathtaking views of the rocky peaks of the Arizona desert, Wendy and Vance Walker's home in the Rio Verde Foothills seemed to be a little slice of paradise.
Star visibility eroding rapidly as night sky gets brighter: study
AFP, Published on 20/01/2023
» WASHINGTON: Light pollution is growing rapidly and in some places the number of stars visible to the naked eye in the night sky is being reduced by more than half in less than 20 years, according to a study released Thursday.
When wind turbines spoil the view
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 07/08/2022
» Moises Tibau clambered aboard his small wooden boat at dawn, pushing off from a craggy outcropping in front of the house where Salvador Dali composed some of his most famous surrealist paintings.
The Smugglers' Paradise of Afghanistan
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 20/03/2022
» The smuggler barrelled down the narrow dirt road, bouncing into craters and over rocks that jutted out from the scrubland. His headlights were off and as the car picked up speed, he tightened his grip on the steering wheel trying to wrestle it under his control.
Capital confusion: South Korean video highlights... Pyongyang
AFP, Published on 01/06/2021
» SEOUL: A climate change summit hosted by South Korea has drawn ridicule for kicking off with a promotional video suggesting it was taking place in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.
Russians celebrate 60 years since Gagarin's spaceflight
AFP, Published on 12/04/2021
» MOSCOW: Russians on Monday celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first manned flight to space carried out by cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin as the Soviet hero remains one of the most admired figures in the country.
The quest to find signs of ancient life on Mars
AFP, Published on 11/07/2020
» PARIS - Mars may now be considered a barren, icy desert but did Earth's nearest neighbour once harbour life?