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India plans mega-dam to counter China water fears
AFP, Published on 30/09/2025
» RIEW (INDIA) - On a football field ringed by misty mountains, the air rang with fiery speeches as tribesmen protested a planned mega-dam -- India's latest move in its contest with China over Himalayan water.
US-backed Gaza aid centres to close temporarily after 27 killed
AFP, Published on 04/06/2025
» GAZA CITY — Aid centres in hunger-wracked Gaza will temporarily close on Wednesday, a controversial US-backed agency said, with the Israeli army warning roads leading to distribution stations "are considered combat zones".
Gaza rescuers say Israeli fire kills 10 near aid site as ceasefire push stalls
AFP, Published on 01/06/2025
» PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - Gaza rescuers said Israeli gunfire killed at least 10 Palestinians near a US-backed aid distribution site on Sunday, shortly after Washington rejected a Hamas ceasefire proposal as "totally unacceptable".
French-Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado dies aged 81: French Academy of Fine Arts
AFP, Published on 24/05/2025
» PARIS - French-Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado, famed for his immense body of work depicting wildlife, landscapes and people around the world, died Friday aged 81, announced the French Academy of Fine Arts, of which he was a member.
Patients with leprosy face lasting stigma in Ethiopia
AFP, Published on 23/04/2025
» ADDIS ABABA — Tilahun Wale not only lost his right foot to leprosy -- a disease that still affects thousands in Ethiopia -- he also lost his family.
Ex-Barcelona star Dani Alves has rape conviction overturned
AFP, Published on 29/03/2025
» MADRID - A Spanish appeals court overturned Friday former Brazil international footballer Dani Alves' rape conviction, citing insufficient evidence.
Philippine House backs impeachment of VP Duterte
Reuters, Published on 05/02/2025
» MANILA - The Philippine lower house of Congress on Wednesday endorsed an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of the country’s firebrand former president, paving the way for a rare trial in the Senate.
Private firefighters highlight wealth divide in ruined Los Angeles
AFP, Published on 17/01/2025
» PACIFIC PALISADES — On one side of the street lie the ashes of ruined houses, lost to the huge blazes that defeated Los Angeles firefighters when hydrants ran dry.
Philippines' Marcos drops VP Duterte from security council
Reuters, Published on 03/01/2025
» MANILA — Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte will no longer sit on the National Security Council after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr signed an order removing her office from the agency, following a bitter split between the two former allies last year.
Mayotte hospital on life support after cyclone
AFP, Published on 19/12/2024
» MAMOUDZOU - The haggard faces in the wreckage-and-water-strewn corridors betrayed the nerves and exhaustion of those soldiering on at the main hospital on the French archipelago of Mayotte, ravaged by a deadly cyclone last weekend.