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Faced with US heat waves, the Navajo push for power -- and A/C
AFP, Published on 13/07/2025
» TONALEA (UNITED STATES) - Workmen plant electricity poles in the rust-orange earth of the Navajo Nation and run cables to Christine Shorty's house -- finally giving her power against the searing Arizona desert heat.
Christmas muted in 'grieving' Bethlehem
AFP, Published on 17/12/2023
» BETHLEHEM (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Outside Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity in the Palestinian West Bank, the throngs of tourists and pilgrims who normally rub shoulders with costumed Santas and marching bands are missing this year.
Building fever grips Greece as tourism booms
AFP, Published on 12/04/2023
» PAROS, Greece: It's early morning in the picturesque village of Naoussa on the Greek island of Paros, and jackhammers are already echoing as locals ready for what they hope will be a record tourist season.
UK, Greece in 'secret talks' on Parthenon Marbles: report
AFP, Published on 03/12/2022
» ATHENS - The British Museum and the Greek prime minister are in the "advanced stage" of "secret talks" over the "possible return" of the Parthenon Marbles, local media reported on Saturday.
Two more Tiananmen monuments removed from Hong Kong university campuses
Reuters, Published on 24/12/2021
» HONG KONG: Two more Hong Kong universities on Friday removed public monuments to the 1989 Tiananmen protests in Beijing, following on the heels of the dismantling of a sculpture marking victims of the crackdown at another university earlier this week.
Three dead as gas blast rips through Madrid building
AFP, Published on 21/01/2021
» MADRID: At least three people were killed on Wednesday when a huge explosion ripped through a building in Madrid, with officials confirming it was caused by a gas leak.
Three dead as gas blast rocks Madrid building
AFP, Published on 20/01/2021
» MADRID - At least three people were killed on Wednesday when a huge explosion ripped through a building in Madrid, with officials confirming it was caused by a gas leak.
Iconic Vienna hotel turns to drive-in cake
AFP, Published on 28/11/2020
» VIENNA: The coronavirus pandemic may have forced many of Vienna's luxury hotels to close indefinitely as global travel restrictions keep away the many millions of tourists who usually visit the Austrian capital every year.
Macron vows to rebuild Notre-Dame within five years
AFP and Reuters, Published on 17/04/2019
» PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron vowed Tuesday to rebuild Notre-Dame cathedral "within five years", after a fire that toppled the steeple of the 850-year-old landmark and caused major damage to the roof.
US, Israel prepare final move of US embassy to Jerusalem
AFP, Published on 08/05/2018
» JERUSALEM: Workmen on Monday put up street signs to the US embassy due to open in Jerusalem in one week, a move hailed as historic by Israel but loathed by Palestinians.