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Kazakhstan declares emergencies in cities hit by unrest
AFP, Published on 05/01/2022
» ALMATY (KAZAKHSTAN) - Kazakhstan's president imposed states of emergency in the largest city Almaty and an oil-rich western region Wednesday after unprecedented protests that began over a regional energy price hike engulfed other parts of the vast ex-Soviet country.
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Floating Dutch cow farm aims to curb climate impact
AFP, Published on 03/09/2021
» ROTTERDAM (NETHERLANDS) - Among the cranes and containers of the port of Rotterdam is a surreal sight: a herd of cows peacefully feeding on board what calls itself the world's first floating farm.
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Mitsubishi says paid 25 million euro Dieselgate fine
AFP, Published on 12/07/2021
» TOKYO: Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors confirmed Monday it paid a 25 million euro fine issued by German prosecutors over emissions fraud allegations earlier this year.
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Desperate search for oxygen in Myanmar as latest Covid wave hits
AFP, Published on 15/07/2021
» YANGON: Residents across Myanmar's biggest city are defying a military curfew in a desperate search for oxygen to keep their loved ones breathing as a new coronavirus wave crashes over the coup-wracked country.
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New Zealand weightlifter selected as first transgender Olympian
AFP, Published on 21/06/2021
» WELLINGTON: New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard was selected as the first transgender Olympic athlete Monday after Kiwi officials made a groundbreaking call on "a highly sensitive and complex issue".
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Too thirsty? France's Volvic blamed as streams run dry
AFP, Published on 22/05/2021
» VOLVIC (FRANCE) - The lush volcanic hills surrounding Volvic in central France have long been a source of mineral water prized worldwide, but locals and geologists warn that too much is now being pumped out, putting the entire region at risk.
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Kremlin critic Navalny could 'die any minute': doctors
AFP, Published on 18/04/2021
» MOSCOW: Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny risks cardiac arrest at "any minute" as his health has rapidly deteriorated, doctors warned Saturday, urging immediate access to Russia's most famous prisoner.
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Mass protests called across Russia to 'save Navalny's life'
AFP, Published on 18/04/2021
» MOSCOW - The team of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Sunday called for massive protests across Russia next week to help save the life of the hunger-striking opposition leader, who doctors warn could die in a matter of days.
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India's Covid-19 shortages spur black market for drugs, oxygen
AFP, Published on 22/04/2021
» MUMBAI, India: As Poonam Sinha fought for her life, her distraught son found himself fending off black marketeers of coronavirus drugs after the hospital treating her ran out of supplies.
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French 'Ice man' sets new world record in freezing glass cabin
AFP, Published on 20/12/2020
» WATTRELOS, France: Frenchman Romain Vandendorpe on Saturday set a world record for sitting immersed in ice cubes for the longest time, enduring the extreme challenge to raise money for childhood cancers.
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