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Cyberattack may cripple major Australian ports for days
AFP, Published on 13/11/2023
» SYDNEY - Major ports handling nearly 40 percent of Australia's freight trade may remain crippled for days, officials said Monday, after a cyberattack blocked the key gateways.
US approves first vaccine against chikungunya virus: drug regulator
AFP, Published on 10/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - US health authorities on Thursday approved the world's first vaccine for chikungunya, a virus spread by infected mosquitoes that the Food and Drug Administration called "an emerging global health threat."
Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon down 22% in a year
AFP, Published on 10/11/2023
» BRASíLIA - Brazilian Amazon deforestation fell 22.3 percent in the year through July, hitting a five-year low, officials said Thursday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government fights to curb destruction of the world's biggest rainforest.
Colombian guerrillas free Liverpool striker Luis Diaz's kidnapped dad
AFP, Published on 10/11/2023
» VALLEDUPAR (COLOMBIA) - Colombia's ELN guerrilla group on Thursday freed the father of Liverpool footballer Luis Diaz, ending a 12-day ordeal by handing the kidnapped man over to a humanitarian mission.
UK bans recreational use of nitrous oxide
AFP, Published on 08/11/2023
» LONDON - Possessing laughing gas to get a psychoactive high became illegal in Britain on Wednesday, with serial offenders facing up to two years in prison and dealers up to 14 years.
Top consultancy undermining climate change fight: whistleblowers
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» PARIS - The world's top management consultancy McKinsey & Company is using its position as a key advisor to the UN's COP28 climate talks to push the interests of its big oil and gas clients, undermining efforts to end the use of the fossil fuels driving global warming, according to multiple sources and leaked documents.
Colombia to cull some of Pablo Escobar's hippos
AFP, Published on 03/11/2023
» BOGOTá - Colombia will cull some of the 166 hippos descended from a small herd imported by deceased drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, the country's environment minister said Thursday.
Armed residents guard streets in Mexico's hurricane-hit Acapulco
AFP, Published on 01/11/2023
» ACAPULCO (MEXICO) - Armed with machetes and baseball bats, some residents of Mexico's hurricane-ravaged beachside city of Acapulco are guarding their neighborhoods from looters who have already emptied supermarkets.
As Otis toll climbs, Mexicans criticize government response
AFP, Published on 30/10/2023
» ACAPULCO (MEXICO) - Acapulco was struggling Sunday to recover from the extraordinarily powerful Hurricane Otis, which claimed 48 lives across southern Mexico and provoked widespread power outages and criticism of the government response.
Death of 'Friends' actor Matthew Perry causes shock
AFP, Published on 29/10/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Shock over the sudden death of Matthew Perry, troubled star of the beloved "Friends" sitcom, rippled from Hollywood to his boyhood home in Canada, where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the world would remember his "joy."