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In Gaza's ruins, a grandmother keeps family and hope alive
AFP, Published on 26/10/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - With no shoes to protect their tiny dust-covered feet, Hiam Muqdad's grandchildren toddled unfazed through the bombed-out ruins of their Gaza City neighbourhood in search of clean water.
After deadly floods, Spaniards fight to save photos
AFP, Published on 21/10/2025
» VALENCIA (SPAIN) - Hundreds of photographs hang to dry at a laboratory, fragile reminders of birthday celebrations and summer vacations nearly swept away by last year's deadly floods in Spain.
At least 15 dead after Lisbon funicular derails
AFP, Published on 04/09/2025
» LISBON - A famed Lisbon funicular derailed Wednesday and smashed into a building, killing at least 15 and injuring 18 in one of the Portuguese capital's most popular tourist spots.
Veteran remembers joy of WWII end, 80 years on
AFP, Published on 01/05/2025
» HARLOW, England - Centenarian Dorothea Barron recalled the wave of relief she felt when she heard World War II had finally come to an end.
At Trump-themed Texas burger joint, diners eating it up
AFP, Published on 24/04/2025
» BELLVILLE, Texas - It is lunchtime at Trump Burger and diners are enjoying fast food and the frenetic first 100 days of their president’s second term.
Animal puppets trek from Africa to Europe in climate action
AFP, Published on 10/04/2025
» KINSHASA - A wildebeest, a gorilla and a giraffe were among the life-size puppets to begin a 20,000-kilometre trek across the globe Wednesday from the DR Congo capital, to raise awareness about migration due to climate change.
'Hands Off!' Anti-Trump Americans flood Washington
AFP, Published on 06/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - When Liz Gabbitas joined thousands of fellow protesters Saturday in the US capital, she thought her message to the Trump administration would be best delivered through her homemade sign: a cardboard guillotine.
Starbucks faces new hot spill lawsuits weeks after $50 million ruling
AFP, Published on 03/04/2025
» LOS ANGELES — Starbucks was facing two new lawsuits over spilled hot drinks Wednesday, just weeks after a court ordered the coffee giant to pay US$50 million to a man who was injured by a cup of tea.
Princess of Wales back in public eye
Reuters, Published on 15/06/2024
» LONDON - The Princess of Wales made her first public appearance on Saturday since surgery five months ago revealed the presence of cancer, attending a military parade in central London.
A migrant's odyssey from Venezuela to the United States
AFP, Published on 27/12/2023
» MATAMOROS (MEXICO) - Lying in the jungle with a gun pointed at him, Marcel Maldonado remembered his mother's warning about the dangers of migrating overland to the United States -- and wondered if he'd get out alive.