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'Dying every two hours': Afghan women risk life to give birth
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» KHOST (AFGHANISTAN) - Zubaida travelled from the rural outskirts of Khost in eastern Afghanistan to give birth at a maternity hospital specialising in complicated cases, fearing a fate all too common among pregnant Afghan women -- her death or her child's.
S.Africa's Pistorius granted parole over girlfriend's murder
AFP, Published on 24/11/2023
» PRETORIA - South Africa's ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison in January after he was granted parole on Friday, a decade after he shot dead his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in a crime that gripped the world, prison authorities said.
S. Africa's Pistorius in fresh parole bid decade after murder
AFP, Published on 24/11/2023
» PRETORIA: South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was Friday seeking an early release from prison, a decade after he killed his girlfriend in a crime that gripped the world.
'Blade Runner' Pistorius denied parole
AFP, Published on 31/03/2023
» PRETORIA: South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was refused parole on Friday after seeking early release from prison, a decade after he shot and killed his girlfriend, lawyers and authorities said.
Lawn bowls gives Commonwealth Games minnows a chance to shine
AFP, Published on 05/08/2022
» LEAMINGTON SPA (UNITED KINGDOM) - The Falkland Islands, Niue and Norfolk Island are unlikely to produce a 100m champion but lawn bowls is a chance for them to "put their flag on the map" at the Commonwealth Games.
Top US officials to meet Zelensky on first wartime visit to Kyiv
AFP, Published on 24/04/2022
» KYIVศ The United States' top diplomat and defence chief were Sunday set to make their first wartime visits to Kyiv since Russia invaded Ukraine two months ago, with fierce battles raging in the east of the country.
Mexico's women police squad on protest frontline
AFP, Published on 06/03/2022
» MEXICO CITY - At a police station in Mexico City, women train with riot gear in preparation for an International Women's Day march in one of the countries hardest hit by gender-based violence.
Pulitzer Board honors teen who filmed George Floyd murder
AFP, Published on 12/06/2021
» NEW YORK - The Pulitzer Prize Board awarded a "special citation" on Friday to the teenager whose video of the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer sparked worldwide protests against racial injustice.
Mexico votes with president's 'transformation' at stake
AFP, Published on 07/06/2021
» MEXICO CITY - Mexicans voted Sunday in legislative elections seen as a referendum on President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's more than two years in office overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic and cartel-related violence.
Last major Aussie bank ditches coal, in fresh blow to sector
AFP, Published on 29/10/2020
» SYDNEY - Australia's ANZ became the country's last major bank to walk away from thermal coal investments Thursday, delivering a fresh blow to a sector facing export market upheaval and widespread public hostility.