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Macron talks up green credentials ahead of French election
AFP, Published on 17/04/2022
» MARSEILLE - President Emmanuel Macron promised to put the environment at the heart of his government if he is re-elected next weekend, in a speech in southern France on Saturday designed to appeal to young and green-minded voters.
Floating homes demolished in Phnom Penh
Reuters, Published on 12/06/2021
» PHNOM PENH: Officials in Cambodia’s capital on Saturday began overseeing the dismantling of “floating home” communities on the banks of the Tonle Sap River over the objections of longtime residents who say they have nowhere else to go.
Art to the rescue: Old US police, fire boxes get breath of life
AFP, Published on 04/10/2019
» WASHINGTON - Decades after they helped save lives in the US capital, police and fire department call boxes still stand on city corners, relics of a time when firefighters used horse-drawn wagons and cops walked the beat.
Giant art project transforms East German housing blocks
AFP, Published on 19/09/2019
» HALLE (SAALE) (GERMANY) - An enduring reminder of the communist era, the vast, concrete "Plattenbau" tower blocks that surround cities in eastern Germany are usually considered eyesores rather than works of art.