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India trials Delhi cloud seeding to combat deadly smog
AFP, Published on 24/10/2025
» NEW DELHI - India trialled cloud seeding over its smog-filled capital for the first time, spraying a chemical from an aeroplane to encourage rain and wash deadly particles out of the air.
Syria tries to enforce ceasefire in Druze heartland
AFP, Published on 19/07/2025
» SWEIDA, Syria - Syrian interior ministry forces began deploying in Sweida on Saturday under a US-brokered deal intended to avert further Israeli military intervention in the Druze-majority province.
Pro-Russia Ukrainian ex-MP shot dead in Spain
AFP, Published on 21/05/2025
» POZUELO DE ALARCON, Spain - A US-sanctioned Ukrainian ex-MP and senior aide to the former pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych was shot dead near Madrid on Wednesday.
On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis launches holy Jubilee year
AFP, Published on 25/12/2024
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis opened the "Holy Door" of St Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve on Tuesday, launching the Jubilee year of Catholic celebrations set to draw more than 30 million pilgrims to Rome.
Storm fears overshadow India coast decades after tsunami
AFP, Published on 19/12/2024
» AKKARAIPETTAI (INDIA) - The deadly tsunami that swamped India's southern coast two decades ago was a one-off disaster, but storms that are growing ever more intense spark panic each time howling gales whip up waves.
Restoring Milan's Duomo, one statue at a time
AFP, Published on 17/12/2024
» MILAN (ITALY) - In a workshop in the Milan suburbs, sculptor Giovanni Calderino completes his latest project -- a battered statue from the top of the Italian city's gothic cathedral, and its gleaming white replacement.
Deadly India train crash linked to signal system failure
AFP, Published on 04/06/2023
» BALASORE, India: The cause of India's deadliest train disaster in decades was linked to the signal system, the railway minister said Sunday, as families scoured hospitals and morgues for missing relatives with deaths expected to top 288.
Myanmar air strike deaths reach at least 170
News Agencies and Online Reporters, Published on 15/04/2023
» The death toll from an air strike on a village in central Myanmar has risen to at least 170, according to a person involved in cremating bodies and local media reports.
The flying hospital bringing Ukraine's wounded west
AFP, Published on 29/03/2023
» ON BOARD A BOEING 737 MEDEVAC PLANE (POLAND) - You can see the pain held just in check in the faces of Ukraine's war wounded as they are evacuated in a flying hospital.
Vietnam karaoke fire survivors recall terror
AFP, Published on 08/09/2022
» Survivors of a karaoke bar blaze in Vietnam spoke on Thursday of their terror as they tried to escape an inferno which killed 32 people and has raised questions about fire safety standards.