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Paying for a selfie: Rome starts charging for Trevi Fountain
AFP, Published on 03/02/2026
» ROME - Italy's Trevi Fountain launched a new ticketing system Monday, making the famous Rome landmark the latest tourist site to charge entry in a bid to raise funds and battle overcrowding.
Ukraine and Russia consider cold-weather pause
AFP, Published on 30/01/2026
» KYIV - Ukraine will halt long-range strikes on Russian energy facilities if Russia does the same, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in remarks released Friday, after Donald Trump raised hopes for a pause in attacks during freezing temperatures.
Trump says Putin agrees to pause Kyiv strikes amid harsh cold
AFP, Published on 30/01/2026
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Russia's Vladimir Putin agreed to a personal request to halt attacks on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, after Moscow's strikes left millions without heating during an "extreme" cold snap.
Trump says Putin agreed not to attack freezing Kyiv for a week
AFP, Published on 30/01/2026
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - US President Donald Trump said Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to halt attacks on Kyiv and other cities for a week, as Moscow's strikes leave Ukraine facing its toughest winter since the start of the war.
Myanmar votes amid civil war, junta chief down plays presidential role
Reuters, Published on 28/12/2025
» Overshadowed by civil war and doubts about the credibility of the polls, voters in Myanmar were casting their ballots in a general election starting on Sunday, the first since a military coup toppled the last civilian government in 2021.
Drunk raccoon passes out in US liquor store
New York Times, Published on 04/12/2025
» A raccoon entered a liquor store the other day and drank his fill: rum, moonshine, even peanut butter whiskey. Then it passed out on the floor of the bathroom.
Berlin bathers demand lifting of swimming ban in Spree river
AFP, Published on 13/08/2025
» BERLIN - Hundreds of Berliners gathered to take a dip in the Spree river Tuesday to protest a 100-year-old ban on swimming in the city's main waterway.
Bull sharks linger in warming Sydney waters
AFP, Published on 11/07/2025
» SYDNEY - Bull sharks are lingering off Sydney's beaches for longer periods each year as oceans warm, researchers said Friday, predicting they may one day stay all year.
Seine reopens to Paris swimmers after century-long ban
AFP, Published on 05/07/2025
» PARIS - The River Seine reopened to swimmers on Saturday morning in Paris, allowing people to take a dip in the French capital's iconic waterway for the first time since 1923.
Trump scares off corporate donors to NY Pride parade
AFP, Published on 19/06/2025
» NEW YORK - New York’s pride Parade, the highest-profile annual US LGBTQ gathering, is ramping up efforts to raise funds from individual community members with corporate donations on the wane as Washington demonises diversity.