Showing 71 - 80 of 621
Blast rips new district to shreds as war reaches into Kyiv
AFP, Published on 22/03/2022
» KYIV - The six corpses lie in a row beneath an awning plastered with garish advertising company logos.
Moscow accused of war crimes as Ukraine atrocities mount
AFP, Published on 18/03/2022
» KYIV - Bloody new attacks on civilians fuelled accusations Thursday that Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine, as the United States warned it will make China pay for any support given to Moscow's assault.
Oil spill pollutes nature reserve in Ecuadoran Amazon
AFP, Published on 01/02/2022
» QUITO: An oil spill in eastern Ecuador has reached a nature reserve and polluted a river that supplies water to indigenous communities, the country's environmental ministry said Monday.
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.