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Hunter Biden indicted on tax evasion charges
AFP, Published on 08/12/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Hunter Biden was indicted late Thursday on multiple counts of tax evasion, the second time this year President Joe Biden's troubled son has been charged by a special counsel investigating his personal and business dealings.
Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to gun charges
AFP, Published on 03/10/2023
» WILMINGTON - Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty Tuesday to an illegal gun possession charge, marking the latest chapter in his troubled life just as his father President Joe Biden accelerates his campaign for reelection next year.
Biden's son Hunter indicted on gun charges
AFP, Published on 15/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden's son Hunter was indicted Thursday for illegally buying a gun when he was using drugs, casting a new shadow over his father's campaign for reelection next year.
Sinead O'Connor, a troubled Irish icon
AFP, Published on 27/07/2023
» LONDON - Sinead O'Connor will forever be remembered as the Irish singer who made Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U" her own, turning it into an anthem for the broken-hearted.
Snake escape shuts down Swedish zoo
AFP, Published on 24/10/2022
» STOCKHOLM: A Swedish zoo has been partially shut down after a king cobra staged an impressive escape from its enclosure at the weekend, with staff on Monday still searching for the venomous vagrant.
Coup in Burkina Faso as military officers dismiss junta leader
AFP, Published on 01/10/2022
» Military officers seized control of Burkina Faso on Friday, claiming to be restoring peace to the jihadist-wracked country as they dismissed a junta leader who had himself come to power in a coup at the start of this year.
Over 21% of reptile species at risk of extinction
AFP, Published on 28/04/2022
» PARIS - At least one in five reptile species are threatened with extinction, including more than half of turtles and crocodiles, according to the first major global assessment of the world's so-called cold-blooded creatures.
Top US diplomat heads to Nigeria facing calls to rethink ties
AFP, Published on 18/11/2021
» NAIROBI - Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to Nigeria on Thursday as persistent unrest and human rights concerns prompt calls for a rethink of the US relationship with Africa's most populous nation.
X-rays shed light on animal mummies' secrets
AFP, Published on 20/08/2020
» PARIS - Scientists have used 3D imaging to examine the contents of three mummified animals -- a cat, a snake and a bird of prey -- to provide unprecedented insight into how they died, all without damaging the specimens.
'Brazil's most famous cobra' sparks trafficking probe, draws fans
AFP, Published on 25/07/2020
» RIO DE JANEIRO: A cobra that bit a veterinary student in Brazil, putting him in a coma, has turned into a celebrity by sparking an investigation into an alleged exotic animal trafficking ring.