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‘Tiny houses’ tackle giant flood challenge
AFP, Published on 29/12/2023
» CHAR SHILDAHA, Bangladesh - An award-winning architect in Bangladesh, one of the nations most at risk from flooding driven by climate change, has developed an ingenious two-floor housing solution to help people survive what scientists warn is a growing threat.
Bulgaria dismantles Soviet army monument
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» SOFIA - Regional authorities in Sofia on Tuesday began dismantling a towering Soviet-era monument prominently featuring a soldier following years of controversy between Bulgaria's opposing camps of pro-Europeans and Russophiles.
Macron: Notre Dame to reopen on time
AFP, Published on 08/12/2023
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron promised on Friday that the restoration of Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral, badly damaged by fire in 2019, would be completed in time for its planned reopening next December.
Erdogan opens modern Turkish state's first new church
AFP, Published on 09/10/2023
» ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday inaugurated the first church built with government backing in overwhelmingly Muslim Turkey's 100-year history as a post-Ottoman state.
Pope set to draw Marseille crowds after pro-migrant plea
AFP, Published on 23/09/2023
» MARSEILLE - Tens of thousands of people are expected to watch Pope Francis process through the streets and celebrate mass in the French Mediterranean city of Marseille Saturday, where the pontiff has waded into an inflamed European debate about accepting migrants.
Argentina's ESMA torture centre: hell becomes heritage
AFP, Published on 20/09/2023
» BUENOS AIRES - The ESMA, the most notorious murder and torture centre among hundreds operated by Argentina's 1976-83 military dictatorship, stands today as a reminder of the brutality humans are capable of.
Scientists voyage to Greenland's melting sanctuary
AFP, Published on 29/08/2023
» ITTOQQORTOORMIIT, Greenland - With rugged red mountains rising on either side, a sailboat carrying scientists deftly snakes between icebergs brimming Greenland's Scoresby Fjord, as they rush to document this understudied region on the frontline of climate change.
Arson attack on Berlin memorial to deported Jews
AFP, Published on 13/08/2023
» BERLIN - A man set fire to a box of books on Nazism that was part of a Berlin monument dedicated to the Jews deported by the Nazis, city police said Saturday.
Biden, in environment push, protects lands near Grand Canyon
AFP, Published on 09/08/2023
» GRAND CANYON (UNITED STATES) - Joe Biden used the backdrop of the Grand Canyon Tuesday to champion the climate fight -- and distinguish himself from the Republican right -- by designating large swathes of surrounding sacred land with protective status.
Mystery in Dubai as mega-wheel stops turning
AFP, Published on 07/08/2023
» DUBAI - Two years ago, Dubai's skyscraper-studded skyline welcomed a Ferris wheel touted as the world's largest, but it mysteriously stopped turning just months after opening.