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Brazil mine disaster trial ends with claimants hopeful of justice
AFP, Published on 13/03/2025
» LONDON - A trial as to whether Australian mining giant BHP is liable for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters concludes in London on Thursday, with hundreds of thousands of victims demanding billions in compensation.
Joy, fear as India's population becomes world's biggest
AFP, Published on 26/04/2023
» DEHRA (INDIA) - Exhausted, elated and cradling her newborn daughter in a rundown government hospital, young mother Manu Bala had just helped make India the world's most populous nation.
Macron dismisses unrest, vows drought action
AFP, Published on 30/03/2023
» SAVINES-LE-LAC, France: President Emmanuel Macron announced new water-saving measures for France on Thursday as he sought to brush aside weeks of political turmoil after he imposed a deeply unpopular pensions reform.
Raul Gandhi expelled from Indian parliament
AFP, Published on 24/03/2023
» NEW DELHI: Top opposition figure Rahul Gandhi was expelled from India’s parliament on Friday, a day after his defamation conviction for a remark seen as an insult against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
'Feel cheated': Thousands protest Macron's imposed French pension reform
AFP, Published on 17/03/2023
» PARIS - Thousands of people massed in France's capital on Thursday to protest President Emmanuel Macron's government imposing a controversial pensions overhaul without a parliament vote.
With war next door, Finland, Sweden train with NATO
AFP, Published on 24/03/2022
» SETERMOEN, Norway: In a muddy car park in Norway's Far North, Finnish troops show off their military might, lining up rocket launchers, artillery and snowmobiles as they prepare to train alongside their NATO brothers-in-arms.
England try to deny Ireland rugby Grand Slam
AFP, Published on 22/02/2020
» TWICKENHAM, England: Owen Farrell will attempt to end the Grand Slam hopes of father Andy when England face Ireland in the Six Nations.
Quarter-final crunch time in Rugby World Cup
AFP, Published on 19/10/2019
» TOKYO: England take on Australia and defending champions New Zealand play Ireland as the Rugby World Cup in Japan suddenly gets serious in the quarter-finals on Saturday -- with reputations and coaches' futures at stake.
'We give him baguettes': England make light of Tuilagi French link
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» BAGSHOT (UNITED KINGDOM) - Manu Tuilagi has found himself on the receiving end of jokes about baguettes and croissants from England coach Eddie Jones amid reports the Leicester centre is set to pursue a club career in France.
Pacific nations resist US push to increase tuna quota
AFP, Published on 11/12/2018
» HONOLULU: Pacific island nations have vowed to oppose US efforts to increase its catch limit in the world's largest tuna fishery, saying the proposal does nothing to improve sustainable fishing.