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Russia-Ukraine talks set for Geneva on Feb 17-18
AFP, Published on 13/02/2026
» KYIV - Russia and Ukraine will hold US-brokered talks on February 17-18 in Geneva, both countries said Friday, announcing the next leg in fraught negotiations seeking to end the four-year war.
Rotten insects, viral videos and climate change: S.Korea battles 'lovebug' invasion
AFP, Published on 09/07/2025
» INCHEON, South Korea - K-pop's BTS are grossed out by them. A YouTuber ate them. Hikers plough through them: South Korea is dealing with a "lovebug" invasion that experts say highlights worsening climate change.
Russia seeks more contract soldiers
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/04/2024
» Russia is preparing to enlist more contract soldiers as it presses its invasion of Ukraine, aiming to avoid — at least for now — another mass call-up that could undermine popular support for the war.
Hurricane causes 27 deaths, severe damage in Mexico's Acapulco
AFP, Published on 27/10/2023
» ACAPULCO (MEXICO) - Hurricane Otis caused at least 27 deaths and major damage as it lashed Mexico's resort city of Acapulco as a scale-topping category 5 storm, officials said Thursday, in what residents called a "total disaster."
Biden, Trump in dueling US auto strike trips
AFP, Published on 26/09/2023
» DETROIT - US President Joe Biden will join the picket line with striking auto workers on a historic trip to Michigan Tuesday, putting him on a collision course with likely 2024 election rival Donald Trump who visits a day later.
'We only have this planet': Barbados PM urges unified climate finance response
AFP, Published on 23/06/2023
» PARIS - Between brainstorming ways to fix the global financial system and appearing onstage at a Paris pop concert, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley stopped to record a message about the storm looming near her Caribbean nation.
Ukraine's other frontline 'fortress' resisting Russian capture
AFP, Published on 20/03/2023
» AVDIIVKA (UKRAINE) - There's a second frontline town in eastern Ukraine that the Russians are trying to batter into submission just like Bakhmut, but locals say Avdiivka is unlikely to fall anytime soon.
Cyclone Freddy returns killing 70 in Malawi, Mozambique
AFP, Published on 13/03/2023
» BLANTYRE (MALAWI) - Cyclone Freddy, packing powerful winds and torrential rain, killed at least 70 people in Malawi and Mozambique on its return to southern Africa's mainland, authorities said Monday.
California reels from 'endless' storm onslaught, 14 dead
AFP, Published on 10/01/2023
» MONTECITO (UNITED STATES) - Relentless storms were ravaging California again Tuesday, the latest bout of extreme weather that has left 14 people dead and prompted evacuation of a star-studded town home to Britain's Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle.
Russia's New Year raids on Ukraine kill three, wound dozens
AFP, Published on 01/01/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Russia's New Year assault on Ukraine left three people dead and wounded another 50 as Moscow on Sunday claimed to have thwarted Kyiv's "terror attacks" on the homeland.