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World could breach 1.5C warming threshold in 7 years: study
AFP, Published on 05/12/2023
» PARIS - The world may cross the crucial 1.5C global warming threshold in seven years as fossil fuel CO2 emissions continue to rise, scientists warned Tuesday, urging countries at the COP28 talks to "act now" on coal, oil and gas pollution.
'World at her feet': British student murdered in 1990 remembered at France trial
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» PARIS - Family members of a British student murdered in France in 1990 gave emotional testimony to a French court Monday in the trial of the widow of serial killer Michel Fourniret, who kidnapped, raped and murdered the 20-year-old.
'Failure' in psychiatric care of Paris attacker: minister
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» PARIS: There was a clear failure in the psychiatric care of the radicalised Islamist suffering from mental troubles who stabbed a German tourist to death in central Paris at the weekend before being arrested, France's interior minister said Monday.
Julia Roberts wants cheeseburgers and booze at the apocalypse
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» PARIS - Julia Roberts, who stars in the new apocalyptic comedy-drama "Leave the World Behind", says the end of humanity would be a good time to indulge herself.
'Terrorist plot' probe after deadly Paris stabbing
AFP, Published on 03/12/2023
» PARIS: A man known to French authorities for radical Islamism with mental health troubles stabbed a tourist to death and wounded two other people in central Paris late Saturday night before being arrested, with prosecutors opening an investigation into a suspected "terrorist plot".
Attacker stabs German tourist to death in Paris
AFP, Published on 03/12/2023
» PARIS - A person known to the French authorities as a radical Islamist with mental health troubles stabbed a German tourist to death and wounded two people in central Paris on Saturday before being arrested, officials said.
Burkina, Niger to quit G5 anti-jihadist force
AFP, Published on 02/12/2023
» OUAGADOUGOU - The military leaders of Burkina Faso and Niger said Saturday they would quit the G5 anti-jihadist force in Africa's Sahel region, the latest blow to the fight against insurgents in one of the world's most troubled zones.
Over 110 countries support tripling renewables by 2030: EU chief
AFP, Published on 02/12/2023
» DUBAI - More than 110 countries want the COP28 climate negotiations to adopt a goal of tripling renewable energy and doubling energy efficiency by 2030, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Friday.
Pro-Kremlin maestro Gergiev named head of Bolshoi Theatre
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» MOSCOW: Russia's government on Friday appointed controversial maestro Valery Gergiev, who is an ally of President Vladimir Putin, to lead Moscow's world famous Bolshoi Theatre.
Tantric yoga sect guru to appear before France judge
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» PARIS: The leader of a controversial tantric yoga sect was to go before a French judge on Friday, a judicial source said, after he was arrested in a probe along with over a dozen others on suspicion of kidnapping, rape and people trafficking.