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Pink elephants march for Thailand's late queen mother
AFP, Published on 27/11/2025
» Eleven pink painted elephants marched through Bangkok on Thursday, bowing in unison outside the Grand Palace in a lumbering tribute to Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother.
Toucans, tortoises saved in major Brazil trafficking bust
AFP, Published on 17/09/2025
» RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested 45 people and rescued hundreds of exotic animals in the biggest ever operation against wildlife traffickers in the world's most biodiverse nation.
Funny old world: The week's offbeat news
AFP, Published on 22/09/2023
» PARIS - From the Lazy Olympics to the toilet that knows all about you... Your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the world.
Polls open in Paraguay election, with Taiwan ties in the balance
AFP, Published on 30/04/2023
» ASUNCION - Voting stations opened Sunday across Paraguay as its citizens pick a president they hope will tackle endemic corruption, rising crime and economic inequality, with the election potentially impacting the country's future ties with Taiwan.
Pythons on your porch? Call Myanmar's 'Snake Princess'
AFP, Published on 27/04/2023
» KYAUKTAGA, Myanmar: At four in the morning outside a Rangoon monastery, Shwe Lei and her team were wrestling 30 writhing pythons into old rice sacks and loading them into a van.
Paris' Moulin Rouge promises to scrap troubled snake act
AFP, Published on 17/03/2023
» PARIS - Paris' storied Moulin Rouge cabaret venue said Thursday it would stop immersing non-aquatic snakes in water after the controversial stage act provoked outcry from animal rights activists.
Myanmar junta hails white elephant
AFP, Published on 04/01/2023
» Though it is a pariah on the world stage and battling fierce domestic opposition to its rule, Myanmar’s junta has found grounds for optimism — the birth of a rare albino elephant.
In conservative Florida, LGBT community fights to make its voice heard
AFP, Published on 16/10/2022
» ORLANDO - A Beyonce hit thumped in the background as Pride parade participants marched on Saturday through the streets of Orlando, transforming the Florida city into a rainbow island in a US state more and more associated with the conservative politics of its governor.
Pope Francis beatifies 'Smiling' John Paul I
AFP, Published on 05/09/2022
» VATICAN CITY - Thousands of people gathered in St Peter's Square on Sunday as Pope Francis presided over the beatification of John Paul I, the so-called "Smiling Pope" who led the Catholic Church for just 33 days before dying in contested circumstances.
Madagascar police confirm killing 19 civilians after albino kidnap
AFP, Published on 31/08/2022
» ANTANANARIVO - Madagascar police confirmed Tuesday that officers killed 19 people and injured 21 others after opening fire on what was described as a lynch mob angered over the kidnapping of an albino child.