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Trump blames bruised hand on aspirin, denies falling asleep
AFP, Published on 02/01/2026
» WASHINGTON — United States President Donald Trump blamed aspirin for large bruises on his hand and denied falling asleep while attending public meetings in an interview with The Wall Street Journal published on Thursday.
Scientists link mystery foot to ancient human relative
AFP, Published on 27/11/2025
» PARIS - Newly discovered fossils prove that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belongs to a little-known, recently named ancient human relative who lived alongside the species of the famous “Lucy”, scientists said on Wednesday.
Million-year-old skull could change human evolution timeline
AFP, Published on 26/09/2025
» A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia not Africa, a study said Friday.
Caution urged as ailing pope records slight improvement
AFP, Published on 27/02/2025
» VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, battling pneumonia in both lungs, slept well and is resting, the Vatican said Thursday, after revealing the 88-year-old's condition was slightly improving.
Pope Francis's health worsens
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/02/2025
» VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis's health conditions are worsening as the pontiff remains in hospital indefinitely being treated for pneumonia in what the Vatican described as a "complex picture."
Migrants call UK barge accommodation a ‘prison’
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» WEYMOUTH, England - In the damp December cold, a blue bus stops near Weymouth town centre in southwest England. A few men get off, relieved to be spending a few hours away from what they call their "prison" — a barge housing asylum seekers.
I'm alive, says pope after flu scuppers COP 28 plans
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis joked on Thursday that he was still alive, after cancelling a trip to United Nations climate talks in Dubai due to the flu, saying doctors were worried about the heat there.
Breathless pope delegates reading as flu persists
AFP, Published on 29/11/2023
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis presided over his weekly audience Wednesday despite the flu that caused him to scrap a trip to Dubai, but asked an aide to deliver his reading for him.
Israel-Hamas battles create havoc in Gaza hospitals
AFP, Published on 12/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Heavy fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas trapped thousands of people in Gaza's hospitals on Sunday, as medics and aid workers warned patients will die in the crippled facilities unless there is a pause in the battle.
Combat threatens Gaza hospitals
AFP, Published on 11/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP - Gaza hospitals reported being under constant fire and running on nearly exhausted supplies on Saturday as Israel rejected key allies' condemnation of a rising civilian death toll in the Hamas-controlled territory.