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Sixties screen siren Claudia Cardinale dies aged 87
AFP, Published on 24/09/2025
» PARIS - Sixties screen siren Claudia Cardinale, who died on Tuesday aged 87, entranced audiences across the globe with the sultry gaze that made her the muse of Luchino Visconti and Federico Fellini.
Ukraine strikes Russian airfields in long-range drone assault
AFP, Published on 02/06/2025
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine said Sunday it destroyed Russian bombers worth billions of dollars as far away as Siberia, in its longest-range assault of the war as it geared up for talks on prospects for a ceasefire.
Ukraine strikes Russian bombers ahead of Istanbul talks
AFP, Published on 01/06/2025
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine said Sunday it launched a "large-scale" attack to destroy Russian bombers as it geared up for talks in Istanbul with Moscow counterparts to explore prospects of a ceasefire.
130,000-year-old baby mammoth goes under scalpel
AFP, Published on 04/04/2025
» YAKUTSK — Making incisions and carefully taking samples, the scientists at a laboratory in Russia's far east looked like pathologists carrying out a post-mortem.
Animal rescuers care for LA fire evacuees - dogs, donkeys, horses
Reuters, Published on 12/01/2025
» PASADENA, California: The pitbull mix arrived at Pasadena Humane covered in ash, his paw pads ulcerated from walking on fire debris, his lungs choked with smoke. A good Samaritan found the dog lying in rubble in Altadena, wrapped him in a blanket and brought him to the shelter.
China's viral wild boar hunters attract fame and concern
AFP, Published on 08/01/2025
» WEINAN (CHINA) - In the frigid night of China's Qinling mountains, hunters with huge social media followings scour the landscape in pursuit of wild boars menacing local farmers' livelihoods.
In a political year, some deaths spoke to the struggles for democracy
The New York TImes, Published on 01/01/2025
» In a year saturated with politics in an ever more polarised world, where the obituary many feared they’d be reading would be that of democracy itself, one death seemed to encapsulate the historical moment we’re in: that of Alexei Navalny.
Putin heads for victory in Russia election without real opponent
Bloomberg, Published on 17/03/2024
» Russia enters the final day of its presidential election with Vladimir Putin poised to clinch a new term to pursue his war in Ukraine and confrontation with the West.
Russia fights off ‘incursion attempts’ from Ukraine
Reuters, Published on 12/03/2024
» MOSCOW - Russia said its forces prevented incursions from Ukraine on Tuesday and inflicted heavy losses on the attackers, after Ukraine-based armed groups said they had launched cross-border raids.
Subdued defiance as Navalny laid to rest
Reuters, Published on 01/03/2024
» MOSCOW - Standing under grey skies holding red and white bouquets, Russians queued patiently along pavements leading towards opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s funeral on Friday, two weeks after his death in a Siberian penal colony.