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Dehorning of S.African rhinos slashed poaching: study
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» JOHANNESBURG - The dehorning of rhinos resulted in a nearly 80-percent reduction in the poaching of the animals during a seven-year study in a major South African conservation area, researchers said Thursday.
Henry Kissinger, singular US diplomat, dead at 100
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - Henry Kissinger, the former US secretary of state whose unapologetic promotion of raw American power helped shape the post-World War II world, died Wednesday, his consulting firm said. He was 100.
Kissinger, giant of statecraft, molded post-war US history
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - Brilliant, abrasive and ruthlessly ambitious, Henry Kissinger towered over post-World War II US foreign policy like no one else and shaped a fateful new course for the world's relationship with China.
French minister defends Playboy shoot as criticism mounts
AFP, Published on 06/04/2023
» PARIS - A feminist French minister who posed for Playboy told the magazine she backed the right of women to pose nude if they wanted to amid fresh criticism from her cabinet colleagues about her stunt on Wednesday.
Battle to save Panama turtle at center of aphrodisiac superstition
AFP, Published on 17/11/2022
» PUNTA CHAME (PANAMA) - The sea turtles of Punta Chame, a peninsula of Panama that juts into the Pacific Ocean, face an existential threat similar to the rhino and pangolin: human superstition.
Sex shops offer Brazil's Evangelicals a taste of heaven
AFP, Published on 30/11/2021
» RIO DE JANEIRO: Sometimes, she disguises her merchandise as medication, or as a bakery delivery. Whatever the packaging, Andrea dos Anjos knows discretion is key when Brazil's emerging Evangelical sex shops send erotic products to their clients.
Afghan saffron boss says Taliban will not silence her
AFP, Published on 27/09/2021
» HERAT (AFGHANISTAN) - An Afghan business leader who employs hundreds of women on her saffron fields has vowed to speak up for the rights of her workers, and "not remain silent" under Taliban rule.
Poachers' paradise: Gulf hunts fuel Pakistan falcon trafficking
AFP, Published on 04/01/2021
» KARACHI: Since learning to capture birds as a teen, Muhammad Rafiq has amassed a small fortune in Pakistan trapping and trafficking falcons -- including some endangered species -- for wealthy Gulf Arabs.
From egg hunter to protector, Malaysian battles to save turtles
AFP, Published on 21/07/2020
» CHAGAR HUTANG, Malaysia: Aziz Mustaffa used to collect turtles' eggs from a Malaysian beach and sell them. But nowadays, he makes a living as a ranger protecting the creatures' nesting sites.
Spanish falcons feed Arab passion for raptor hunting
AFP, Published on 17/10/2019
» FUENTESPINA (SPAIN) - For centuries, the art of falconry has been a prestigious tradition within Arab society. Today most of these formidable predators come from Spain, which has become the world's top exporter.