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Negev Bedouin fear getting caught in crossfire of Israel's war with Hamas
AFP, Published on 16/10/2023
» NEGEV (ISRAEL) - In Israel's southern Negev desert, Bedouin youth gather near a car hit by a rocket from the Gaza Strip, fearing the war is coming closer to them.
Stifling defence takes US, Serbia into Basketball World Cup semis
AFP, Published on 06/09/2023
» MANILA - The United States rebounded from their first defeat of the Basketball World Cup to demolish Italy on Tuesday and reach the semi-finals, while Serbia joined them after suffocating Lithuania.
Threatened Ethiopian cabaret lives to dance another day
AFP, Published on 17/07/2023
» ADDIS ABABA - A beloved monument to Ethiopia's traditional cabaret culture, the historic nightclub Fendika is running on borrowed time, having just escaped demolition.
Can you trust your ears? AI voice scams new threat
AFP, Published on 12/06/2023
» WASHINGTON: The voice on the phone seemed frighteningly real -- an American mother heard her daughter sobbing before a man took over and demanded a ransom. But the girl was an AI clone and the abduction was fake.
'Snip-snip! Hooray!': TikTok trend dispels vasectomy myths
AFP, Published on 09/03/2023
» WASHINGTON: Squeezing his eyes shut, a man breaks into song while filming himself getting a vasectomy -- a TikTok trend helping dispel misinformation about the procedure whose demand has soared following US upheaval over abortion rights.
East Jerusalem car ramming kills two, including child
AFP, Published on 11/02/2023
» JERUSALEM - Two people, one of them a child, were killed in a car ramming attack on a bus stop in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on Friday, Israeli authorities said.
German anti-coal activists storm Green politician's office
AFP, Published on 12/01/2023
» BERLIN - Climate activists occupied the regional office of Germany's vice chancellor Thursday in a show of support for a flagship anti-coal protest, accusing the Green party politician of betrayal.
Climate activists take to the trees to save German village
AFP, Published on 12/11/2022
» LüTZERATH (GERMANY) - After the last farmer packed up and left in October, climate activists are the only people left in the village of Luetzerath, Germany, which sits above a rich vein of coal.
Nile islanders being evicted under Egypt's latest grand plan
AFP, Published on 05/09/2022
» CAIRO: Residents of a Nile island in greater Cairo woke up in recent weeks to find officials taking measurements of their houses -- a final step before enforcing demolition orders.
Sri Lanka troops demolish main protest camp
AFP, Published on 22/07/2022
» COLOMBO - Sri Lankan security forces demolished the main anti-government protest camp in the capital, evicting activists in a nighttime assault that raised international concern.