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Guinea-Bissau youth hope presidential vote brings better life
AFP, Published on 22/11/2025
» BISSAU - Caramba Souare focuses on cleaning the car in front of him despite a din of surrounding festivities on the last day of presidential campaigning in Guinea-Bissau.
US man charged with staging car crash shown in TikTok video
New York Times, Published on 09/11/2024
» NEW YORK — A Brooklyn man who was shown in a popular TikTok dashcam video of a crash on a busy Queens highway was charged with insurance fraud, staging a motor vehicle accident, reckless endangerment and other crimes, prosecutors announced Friday.
Lethal bat-borne virus sparks new pandemic fears
Reuters, Published on 30/10/2023
» MARUTHONKARA, India: It was more than two weeks before doctors even realised what they were treating, the fourth outbreak in five years of the lethal, brain-swelling Nipah virus in India’s Kerala region. By then, hundreds of people had been exposed to the bat pathogen.
Ancient Arctic ice saved to preserve climate history
AFP, Published on 22/04/2023
» PARIS: Scientists have succeeded in saving samples of ancient Arctic ice for analysis in a race against time before it melts away due to climate change, they said this week.
Seven dead in new California shooting as police probe dance hall killings
AFP, Published on 24/01/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO: An Asian farm worker was in custody Monday after seven of his colleagues were killed in front of children at sites in California, days after a mass shooter killed 11 people at a Lunar New Year celebration near Los Angeles.
Sydney set for reopening, anger in Vietnam over killing of 13 dogs: virus update
Soikaew Khammala, Published on 10/10/2021
» Sydney was set to reopen after months in lockdown, officials said on Sunday, with businesses readying themselves to welcome fully vaccinated residents from Monday.
Vietnam jails man for five years for spreading Covid
AFP, Published on 07/09/2021
» A Vietnamese man has been sentenced to five years in jail for spreading Covid-19 after he breached home quarantine rules.
France hit by mystery campaign to discredit Pfizer
AFP, Published on 26/05/2021
» PARIS: French media and social networks were abuzz Tuesday with speculation about a mysterious offer to influencers and YouTube personalities asking them to publicly denigrate the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in return for money.
Wildfires devastate US West Coast, at least seven dead
AFP, Published on 10/09/2020
» CLOVIS (UNITED STATES) - Wildfires raged Thursday up and down the US West Coast, whipping through towns in three states and prompting widespread evacuations as officials warn the death toll could shoot up in the coming days.
More evacuations as massive fires rapidly expand in California
AFP, Published on 21/08/2020
» LOS ANGELES: A series of massive fires in northern and central California forced more evacuations as they quickly spread Thursday, darkening the skies and dangerously affecting air quality.