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Earth 'can no longer sustain' intensive fossil fuel use, Lula tells COP30
AFP, Published on 08/11/2025
» BELéM (BRAZIL) - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday said Earth cannot sustain humanity's dependence on fossil fuels and without confronting this reality the climate fight will be lost.
Myanmar capital military base attacked by drones
Reuters, Published on 04/04/2024
» Opponents of army rule in Myanmar said on Thursday that they carried out drone attacks on two military targets in the capital Nay Pyi Taw. The military junta said 13 drones were shot down and no damage was caused.
Jill Biden says Horn of Africa needs more drought relief
AFP, Published on 26/02/2023
» NAIROBI - US First Lady Jill Biden on Sunday visited drought-affected communities in Kenya and appealed for wealthy nations to give more as the Horn of Africa suffers its driest conditions in decades.
Honduran ex-president to remain in custody as US seeks extradition
AFP, Published on 17/02/2022
» TEGUCIGALPA - Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez, wanted on drug trafficking charges in the United States, will remain in prison for at least a month as the extradition case against him proceeds, a judge in Tegucigalpa ruled Wednesday.
Parents of Somali soldiers fear sons fighting in Ethiopia
AFP, Published on 27/01/2021
» MOGADISHU - Somalia is under growing pressure to explain the fate of soldiers whose families fear they were secretly deployed from training camps in neighbouring Eritrea to fight in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.
Mauritius braces to halt new oil spill as tanker breaks up
AFP, Published on 11/08/2020
» PORT LOUIS (MAURITIUS) - Salvage crews raced against time Monday to prevent a second disastrous oil spill off the picture-perfect coastline of Mauritius, with a damaged tanker carrying nearly 2,000 tonnes of fuel at risk of splitting apart.
Boy dies of Ebola in Uganda as virus spreads from DRCongo
AFP, Published on 12/06/2019
» KAMPALA - A five-year-old boy in Uganda has has died of Ebola, the health minister told AFP Wednesday, as his grandmother and younger brother also tested positive for the virus after joining the child on a visit to neighbouring DR Congo.
Taliban confront fake news and social media in propaganda war
AFP, Published on 15/02/2019
» ISLAMABAD - Fighting "fake" news, wrestling with social media, and deploying an intern army -- the Taliban's sprawling propaganda machine embraces modernity even as the group vows to enforce Islamist controls on journalists if it returns to power.
Murders leave Rohingya camps gripped by fear
AFP, Published on 17/08/2018
» COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: A spate of bloody killings is fuelling unease in the Rohingya camps on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, where overstretched police are struggling to protect nearly a million traumatised refugees from violent gangs.