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Brazil's Lula starts Europe visit amid Ukraine tensions
AFP, Published on 22/04/2023
» LISBON: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday held talks with his Portuguese counterpart, kicking off his first European tour since resuming office in January, amid tensions with the West over the war in Ukraine.
Once home to civilisations, fabled Antioch left in ruins
AFP, Published on 13/02/2023
» ANTAKYA (TURKEY) - The smashed dome of the ancient mosque, considered to be Turkey's oldest, covers rubble that used to be a prayer hall.
Why was the Turkey-Syria earthquake so deadly?
AFP, Published on 06/02/2023
» PARIS - A combination of factors made the powerful earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria early Monday particularly deadly, including its timing, location, relatively quiet fault line and the weak construction of the collapsed buildings, experts said.
Tutankhamun: Egyptians bid to reclaim their history
AFP, Published on 15/09/2022
» QURNA (EGYPT) - It's one of the 20th century's most iconic photos: British archaeologist Howard Carter inspecting the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun in 1922 as an Egyptian member of his team crouches nearby shrouded in shadow.
Bolsonaro fetes Emperor Pedro I's heart
AFP, Published on 24/08/2022
» BRASíLIA - With full regalia, military honors and a skywriting squad, President Jair Bolsonaro presided over a lavish gala Tuesday for the embalmed heart of Emperor Pedro I, who declared Brazil's independence from Portugal 200 years ago.
Emperor Pedro I's heart returns to Brazil for 'state visit'
AFP, Published on 23/08/2022
» BRASíLIA - Nearly two centuries after it was cut from his corpse and stashed in formaldehyde, the heart of Emperor Pedro I, who declared Brazil's independence from Portugal, returned Monday for politically charged commemorations of the South American nation's 200th birthday.
UK's Boris Johnson weds in 'secret ceremony': reports
AFP, Published on 30/05/2021
» LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a "secret ceremony" on Saturday, UK media reports said.
Jupiter, Saturn cheek-to-cheek in rare celestial dance
AFP, Published on 21/12/2020
» PARIS: The solar system's two biggest planets, Jupiter and Saturn, are set to come within planetary kissing range in Monday's evening sky, an intimacy that will not occur again until 2080.
French tycoon charged in Africa corruption probe
AFP, Published on 26/04/2018
» PARIS - Billionaire French industrialist Vincent Bollore was charged Wednesday as part of a probe into allegations his company helped two African leaders win elections in return for lucrative contracts, after two days of questioning by police.