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AFP, Published on 02/08/2023
» WASHINGTON - NASA's distant Voyager 2 probe has sent a "heartbeat" signal to Earth after mission control mistakenly cut contact, the US space agency said Tuesday.
AFP, Published on 12/07/2023
» WASHINGTON - Jets of red gas bursting into the cosmos, and a glowing cave of dust: NASA unveiled a spectacular new image Wednesday depicting the birth of stars to mark the first anniversary of the James Webb Space Telescope's science operations.
AFP, Published on 25/01/2023
» SOWETO (SOUTH AFRICA) - Soweto is full of gritty urban landscapes and alleys which evoke its history as one of apartheid's battlegrounds.
AFP, Published on 18/06/2021
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper hit the stands Friday a day after police raided its newsroom, with an extra-large print run and a characteristic message of defiance emblazoned on its front that read: "We must press on".
AFP, Published on 11/02/2021
» BLACKBURN (UNITED KINGDOM) - A British farmer came up with a jokey idea to rent out her goats to liven up video call meetings -- and found an unexpected source of lockdown income.
AFP, Published on 28/08/2020
» WASHINGTON: Water covers 70% of the Earth's surface and is crucial to life as we know it, but how it got here has been a longstanding scientific debate.
AFP, Published on 19/03/2020
» SEOUL - Thirty years ago his floppy hair, make-up, and flamboyant fashion sense outraged audiences, who threw stones at him as he performed on stage and threatened to beat him at shows.
AFP, Published on 31/10/2019
» SEOUL - Tearful and screaming by turn, tens of thousands of BTS fans gathered in Seoul for the finale of the boyband's lucrative world tour, some flying thousands of kilometres to pay homage to their idols and swell their backers' bulging coffers.
Reuters, Published on 03/10/2019
» PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian judge on Thursday ordered a reinvestigation of the espionage case against two former Radio Free Asia journalists, saying he could not rule on their guilt or innocence without enough evidence.
AFP, Published on 06/06/2019
» PARIS: Scientists on Thursday unveiled the most detailed simulation of a black hole yet, solving a mystery dating back more than four decades over how the star-devouring monsters consume matter.