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Greeks count cost of wildfire ‘tragedy’ near Athens
AFP, Published on 09/08/2025
» PALAIA FOKAIA, Greece - In the municipality of Palaia Fokaia, an hour’s drive south of Athens, a typical bucolic Greek landscape of olive groves and hamlets was transformed by a raging Friday wildfire into a dystopia of blackened land and incinerated homes.
Skimming the Sun, probe sheds light on space weather threats
AFP, Published on 16/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - Eruptions of plasma piling atop one another, solar wind streaming out in exquisite detail -- the closest-ever images of our Sun are a gold mine for scientists.
What to know about dengue fever as cases spread
New York Times, Published on 25/10/2023
» NEW YORK - Cases of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral illness that can be fatal, are surging around the world. The increase is occurring both in places that have long struggled with the disease and in areas where its spread was unheard-of until the last year or two, including France, Italy and Chad, in central Africa. Last week, health officials in Pasadena, California, reported a first case of locally transmitted dengue.
Ukrainian gunships rain rockets on Russian targets
AFP, Published on 11/03/2023
» HELICOPTER BASE, Ukraine: Three Mi-8 helicopter gunships rise up from a secret base in Ukraine and head at low altitude for the long-running battle for Bakhmut against Russian forces.
Funny old world: The week's offbeat news
AFP, Published on 06/01/2023
» PARIS: From thousands of little Ronaldos to the secret of skimming stones ... Your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the world.
China planning supersonic missile that can fly, swim
South China Morning Post, Published on 13/09/2022
» Chinese scientists plan boron-powered supersonic missile that can fly and also swim like a traditional torpedo, according to researchers involved in the project.
US drought exposes murky mob past of Las Vegas
AFP, Published on 04/07/2022
» LAS VEGAS: Mobsters who end up sleeping with the fishes are usually never seen again.
Ghosn wants case dismissed over 'prosecutor misconduct'
AFP, Published on 24/10/2019
» TOKYO - Ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn on Thursday urged a Tokyo court to dismiss the case against him, accusing Japanese prosecutors of a "pervasive pattern of illegal misconduct".
High above Greenland glaciers, NASA looks into melting ocean ice
AFP, Published on 26/08/2019
» ON A NASA DC3 ABOVE GREENLAND (GREENLAND) - Skimming low over the gleaming white glaciers on Greenland's coast in a modified 1940s plane, three NASA scientists, led by an Elvis-impersonating oceanographer, waited to drop a probe into the water beneath them.
Slimane goes super skinny in Paris Celine men's debut
AFP, Published on 21/01/2019
» PARIS - Paris men's fashion week finished late Sunday with superstar designer Hedi Slimane's first menswear collection for Celine, which has up to now only dressed women.