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Hungry and exhausted, journalists document Gaza war
AFP, Published on 23/07/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Agence France-Presse (AFP) journalists in the Gaza Strip said Tuesday that chronic food shortages are affecting their ability to cover Israel's conflict with Hamas militants.
'Dying every two hours': Afghan women risk life to give birth
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» KHOST (AFGHANISTAN) - Zubaida travelled from the rural outskirts of Khost in eastern Afghanistan to give birth at a maternity hospital specialising in complicated cases, fearing a fate all too common among pregnant Afghan women -- her death or her child's.
Stranded Beluga whale is now stationary in Seine: NGO
AFP, Published on 08/08/2022
» RENNES (FRANCE) - A malnourished beluga whale that has swum up France's River Seine is no longer progressing but is still alive, environmental group Sea Shepherd said Monday.
'Little hope' of saving beluga whale stranded in France's Seine river
AFP, Published on 07/08/2022
» SAINT-PIERRE-LA-GARENNE (FRANCE) - Hopes of saving a malnourished beluga whale that has swum up the Seine river were receding on Sunday, as rescuers said they were in a race against the clock to find a solution.
Philippine bakeries shrink 'poor man's bread' as inflation bites
AFP, Published on 24/07/2022
» As the war in Ukraine pushes up wheat prices and a weaker peso raises the cost of imported edible oil, many Philippine bakers are shrinking the size of a popular breakfast roll to cope with higher inflation.
Fact Check: Pediatricians say homemade baby formula unsafe
AFP, Published on 19/05/2022
» WASHINGTON - Social media posts are urging parents who face baby formula shortages to make it themselves. But pediatricians told AFP they do not advise patients to use homemade formula, warning it may lack vitamins and nutrients key to helping infants grow and thrive.
Treating Covid patients in secret Myanmar clinics
AFP, Published on 27/12/2021
» A handful of Myanmar nurses hiding from the junta have been running makeshift clinics to treat Covid patients and resistance fighters with medicine smuggled past military checkpoints.
Afghan babies succumb to hunger as winter descends
AFP, Published on 01/12/2021
» HERAT (AFGHANISTAN) - When six-week-old Zubair arrives at a clinic for malnourished children in Afghanistan, doctors initially give him only a few hours to live.
Orkney's seaweed-eating sheep offer hopes of greener farming
AFP, Published on 27/10/2021
» NORTH RONALDSAY, United Kingdom: On a tiny island in Scotland's far-flung Orkneys, thousands of sheep spend the winter munching on seaweed, a unique diet that scientists say offers hope for reducing planet-warming methane emissions.
Spanish govt in rib-eye rumble as minister attacks meat industry
AFP, Published on 10/07/2021
» MADRID - Meat-loving Spaniards were outraged this week when a member of the government took aim at the industry over environmental and health concerns, prompting the prime minister to declare himself unable to resist a perfectly cooked steak.