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Paris medics fear worst of Covid wave still to come
AFP, Published on 04/04/2021
» PARIS: In the Covid-19 intensive care unit of the Antony Private Hospital south of Paris, no bed stays free for long and medics wonder when their workload will finally peak.
Complex culture clash as Venezuelan migrants flood into Chile
AFP, Published on 01/03/2021
» COLCHANE (CHILE) - Anyier sits at the side of the road gasping for breath as the beating sun and 3,700-meter (12,000-foot) altitude take their toll.
UK top court rules Uber drivers entitled to workers' rights
AFP, Published on 19/02/2021
» LONDON - Britain's top court on Friday ruled that drivers at US ride-hailing giant Uber are entitled to workers' rights, in a judgement with huge implications for the "gig economy".
Myanmar generals in firm control after coup
AFP, Published on 02/02/2021
» YANGON: Myanmar’s generals appeared in firm control Tuesday a day after a surgical coup that saw democracy heroine Aung San Suu Kyi detained, as they offered silence to a barrage of global condemnation.
Virus measures hit London black cab business
AFP, Published on 20/11/2020
» EPPING: Tony Georgiou sighed as he stood in front of a field full of parked taxi cabs, admitting he has lost count of how many are there.
Who will succeed Ginsburg on the US Supreme Court?
AFP, Published on 20/09/2020
» WASHINGTON - The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers US President Donald Trump an opportunity to replace the progressive Supreme Court justice with a staunch defender of conservative values -- even if Democrats are girding for the political equivalent of trench warfare to oppose such a nominee.
All-women band in Iran struggles to break through
AFP, Published on 17/09/2020
» BANDAR ABBAS (IRAN) - The men in the audience clapped and the women ululated as the band finished singing: it would have been commonplace except the venue was in Iran and the group on stage were all women.
After Beirut blast, property sharks circle ravaged homes
AFP, Published on 29/08/2020
» BEIRUT - Ever since a monster blast ravaged the arches and high ceiling of his family home in Lebanon's capital, Bassam Bassila says a real estate developer has been hounding him to sell.
Croatia votes for new government as virus woes loom
AFP, Published on 05/07/2020
» ZAGREB - Croatians went to polls Sunday to choose a government to navigate the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in a general election campaign that has been dominated by the health crisis.
Thousands face homelessness in Greek refugee relocation push
AFP, Published on 01/06/2020
» PIRAEUS (GREECE) - Abdelkader Rahmoun hasn't slept in days.