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Govt plots sustainable comeback for Phi Phi islands
AFP, Published on 07/12/2021
» KRABI: While travel stopped and the world locked down, in the dazzling blue waters of the idyllic Phi Phi islands, a gentle renaissance was underway.
Military joins rescue efforts in flood-devastated western Canada
AFP, Published on 19/11/2021
» ABBOTSFORD (CANADA) - Canada's military on Thursday joined rescue efforts for flood devastated communities in westernmost British Columbia province, with thousands evacuated from their homes and a number of motorists missing after powerful mudslides.
Climate change and fires: Bolivia's forests in peril
AFP, Published on 10/11/2021
» SANTO CORAZóN (BOLIVIA) - The road through San Matias, Bolivia, is a no man's land. Hundreds of thousands of hectares of once lush forest are now a wasteland of twisted, carbonized tree stumps.
Blood and beatings: 1961 Paris Algerian massacre recalled
AFP, Published on 17/10/2021
» ALGIERS - Rabah Sahili had just turned 19 when he arrived in central Paris for a peaceful demonstration by Algerians 60 years ago.
Diving into history: Gallipoli shipwrecks open to public
AFP, Published on 06/10/2021
» GALLIPOLI (TURKEY) - Hulking hulls of mighty warships greet divers off Turkey's western shore, testament to a World War I battle that gave birth to nations and is now an underwater museum.
Climate change threatens the Everglades, Florida's gem
AFP, Published on 05/10/2021
» MIAMI - Umberto Gimenez loves alligators. He gives them nicknames such as "Smile" and "Momma Gator" and laughs when he thinks of their antics.
Taliban fighters hit the fairground as Afghans fear for freedoms
AFP, Published on 29/09/2021
» QARGHAH (AFGHANISTAN) - "This is Afghanistan!" a Taliban fighter shouts on a pirate ship ride at a fairground in western Kabul, as his armed comrades cackle and whoop onboard the rickety attraction.
New Yorkers pick up pieces following 'unbelievable' rainfall
AFP, Published on 02/09/2021
» NEW YORK - New Yorkers mopped up flooded homes and businesses and began removing fallen debris from crushed cars Thursday following record rainfall that caught much of the Big Apple by surprise.
Tropical Storm Henri bears down on US east coast
AFP, Published on 22/08/2021
» NEW YORK - Tropical Storm Henri was on course to make landfall on the US east coast Sunday, with millions in New England and New York's Long Island preparing for flash flooding, violent winds and power outages.
Mass evacuations as Greek fires rage
AFP, Published on 07/08/2021
» ATHENS: Thousands of tourists and residents were evacuated and a thick cloud of smoke and ash hung over Athens as "nightmarish" forest fires raged in Greece Saturday, while heavy rains brought some relief to neighbouring Turkey.