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Semenya case set for ECHR Grand Chamber final ruling
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» STRASBOURG (FRANCE) - The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) agreed Monday to rule on the case of double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya, who has been barred from competing over her refusal to take medication to lower her testosterone levels.
Fukushima operator says released water samples within safe limits
AFP, Published on 25/08/2023
» TOKYO - Seawater samples taken following the release of wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactor showed radioactivity levels well within safe limits, operator TEPCO said on Friday.
Sudan refugees fear uncertain future in Ethiopia
AFP, Published on 10/05/2023
» METEMA, Ethiopia: After a perilous three-day journey from conflict-torn Sudan, Muhamad Yusuf reached the Ethiopian border town of Metema.
Europe's produce at stake in Spain's water war
AFP, Published on 02/05/2023
» TOTANA (SPAIN) - Spanish farmer Juan Francisco Abellaneda's salads and watermelons fill the shelves of European supermarkets winter and summer. But maybe not for much longer.
Trans women banned from female athletics
AFP, Published on 24/03/2023
» PARIS - Transgender women will no longer be allowed to compete in female track and field events regardless of their levels of testosterone, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Thursday, citing fairness over inclusion.
Global wildlife contaminated by 'forever chemicals'
AFP, Published on 24/02/2023
» PARIS - From pandas to sea lions to tigers, hundreds of wildlife species across the globe are contaminated by potentially harmful "forever chemicals", according to a review of hundreds of peer-reviewed studies.
Ukraine energy supply recovering after Russian strikes
AFP, Published on 18/02/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine was weathering a wave of Russian attacks on its power grid and seeing recovering supplies despite Russia's campaign against key infrastructure, energy operator Ukrenergo said Friday.
Cyclone Freddy hits Madagascar, four killed
AFP, Published on 22/02/2023
» ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar: Powerful tropical Cyclone Freddy tore through parts of Madagascar on Wednesday, killing four people on the Indian Ocean island, disaster management authorities said.
The controversial plan to release Fukushima plant's wastewater
AFP, Published on 15/02/2023
» FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (JAPAN) - Twelve years after a nuclear catastrophe triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami, workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in northeast Japan are preparing to release treated wastewater into the sea.
In S.Africa's Soweto, Ramaphosa scandal fuels resentment
AFP, Published on 12/12/2022
» SOWETO (SOUTH AFRICA) - In the township of Soweto, where South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa grew up -- and where he visited last year promising better days -- nothing has changed for Solomzi Dzanzbe.