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Paris airports under intense pressure for Olympics
AFP, Published on 24/07/2023
» PARIS - Paris' airports face a double challenge during the Olympics next year -- already under huge pressure, they will also be the first impression that many foreign visitors get of the Games.
Turks abroad finish voting in landmark election
AFP, Published on 09/05/2023
» ISTANBUL: Millions of Turks living abroad wrapped up voting on Tuesday, in a tense election that has turned into a referendum on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's polarising two-decade rule.
Germany hopes to help climate with discount travel card
AFP, Published on 01/05/2023
» BERLIN - Germany launches on Monday a new flat-rate public transport ticket valid across the country, but the 49-euro ($54) price point has raised doubts about the pass's potential impact.
New pension protests in France ahead of crucial votes
AFP, Published on 19/03/2023
» PARIS: France faced another day of protests Sunday against a bitterly contested pension reform rammed through by President Emmanuel Macron's government, a day before crucial no-confidence votes in parliament.
49 boys drown in Pakistan boating accident
AFP, Published on 31/01/2023
» PESHAWAR (PAKISTAN) - Forty-nine children died when their overloaded boat capsized in northwest Pakistan, police said Tuesday after divers spent three days dragging bodies from freezing waters.
Fear and propaganda: Russian tactics in captured lands
AFP, Published on 09/11/2022
» ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine: The first Ukrainian woman emerged from the evacuation bus shaking with sobs so violent she could barely speak.
No safe corridor, just a plank for those fleeing to Kyiv
AFP, Published on 07/03/2022
» IRPIN (UKRAINE) - The rickety plank is barely 50 centimetres wide and half submerged in icy water, but already 10,000 people have used it to cross a river and flee Russian bombardment.
South Africa mourns anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu
AFP, Published on 27/12/2021
» JOHANNESBURG: South Africa on Monday began a week of mourning for the revered anti-apartheid fighter Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Fickou shines as 'defensively sound' Racing beat La Rochelle to head up Top 14
AFP, Published on 12/09/2021
» PARIS: France centre Gael Fickou praised his team's defence after Saturday's 23-10 home win over La Rochelle to send them to the summit of the French Top 14.
US warns of more terror attacks at Kabul airport
AFP, Published on 29/08/2021
» KABUL: Suicide bomb threats hung over the final phase of the US military's airlift operation from Kabul Sunday, with President Joe Biden warning another attack was highly likely before the evacuations end.