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Tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted of national security charges in Hong Kong
AFP, Published on 15/12/2025
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was on Monday found guilty on two counts of foreign collusion and of seditious publication, in one of the Chinese city's highest-profile national security trials.
Swiss glaciers melted sharply after light snowfall and heatwave
Reuters, Published on 01/10/2025
» OBERGOMS — Switzerland's glaciers melted considerably over the past 12 months to log their fourth-largest reduction in ice volume on record, monitoring body GLAMOS said on Wednesday.
Hope and hate: how migrant influx has changed Germany
AFP, Published on 29/08/2025
» BERLIN — Men sit outside shisha bars and women in hijabs push strollers past Middle Eastern restaurants and pastry shops in Berlin's Sonnenallee, a wide avenue which has become a symbol of how much Germany has changed in the last decade.
Meltdown: Swiss glaciers hit annual tipping point weeks early
AFP, Published on 04/07/2025
» GENEVA - The snow and ice accumulated last winter by Switzerland’s glaciers has already melted away, a monitoring service said, with Friday marking the alarming second-earliest arrival on record of the tipping point known as “glacier loss day”.
Can the French embrace cuisine sans booze?
AFP, Published on 02/01/2023
» PARIS - It remains an uncomfortably foreign idea for some, but even the wine-loving French are experimenting with non-alcoholic drinks these days.
Dune and dusted as Dakar Rally tests limits of endurance
AFP, Published on 30/12/2022
» SEA CAMP (SAUDI ARABIA) - When it comes to endurance races in motor sport, nothing can quite compete with the annual Dakar Rally which starts its 45th edition on the shores of the Red Sea on Saturday.
Swiss glaciers melting away at record rate
AFP, Published on 28/09/2022
» GENEVA: Switzerland's glaciers lost six percent of their total volume this year due to a dry winter and repeated summer heatwaves, shattering previous ice melt records, a report revealed Wednesday.
Probe finds ex-pope Benedict failed to act in German abuse cases
AFP, Published on 20/01/2022
» MUNICH: Former pope Benedict XVI knowingly failed to take action to stop four priests accused of child sex abuse in Munich, according to the findings of a damning independent report presented on Thursday.
Britain's Sunderland wins Dakar Rally motorbike title for second time
AFP, Published on 14/01/2022
» JEDDAH (SAUDI ARABIA) - British rider Sam Sunderland said his head almost "exploded" with stress before he won the Dakar Rally motorbike title for the second time on Friday after a hard-fought race through the Saudi Arabian desert.
Space debris 'event' forces ISS crew to take evasive action
AFP, Published on 16/11/2021
» WASHINGTON - The United States said Monday it was investigating a "debris-generating event in outer space" after astronauts on the International Space Station were forced to prepare for a possible evacuation.