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Tunisia sees European tourist numbers rebound decade after attack
AFP, Published on 03/09/2025
» SOUSSE — Ten years after a beach attack that killed 30 Britons and delivered a crippling blow to Tunisia's tourism industry, European holidaymakers are finally returning in what authorities hope will be record-breaking numbers.
Turkey recreates 5,000-year-old loaf of bread
AFP, Published on 28/05/2025
» ESKISEHIR — In the early Bronze Age, a piece of bread was buried beneath the threshold of a newly built house in what is today central Turkey.
Five years on from the pandemic, long Covid keeps lives on hold
AFP, Published on 16/12/2024
» VIENNA - Three years ago, Andrea Vanek was studying to be an arts and crafts teacher when spells of dizziness and heart palpitations suddenly started to make it impossible for her to even take short walks.
Man in a wooden suit: Finnish craftsman turns bark to art
AFP, Published on 05/12/2023
» ASIKKALA (FINLAND) - In his rustic cabin in the forests of southern Finland, 87-year-old Erkki Pekkarinen carves delicate strips of birch bark with his knife, before intricately weaving them into beautiful objects.
Big tech to face full force of new EU law
AFP, Published on 23/08/2023
» BRUSSELS - The world's biggest digital companies will have nowhere to hide starting Friday, when the toughest EU rules on online content since social media first burst onto the scene enter into force.
British colonialist Cecil Rhodes's grave haunts Zimbabweans
AFP, Published on 10/03/2023
» BULAWAYO (ZIMBABWE) - It's a sacred hill where for centuries Zimbabweans would go to consult their ancestors.
Indonesian leprosy survivor crafts new limbs for shunned villagers
AFP, Published on 29/01/2023
» When Ali Saga visited a clinic in Jakarta four decades ago, he watched as patients and health workers scrambled to get away from him.
Big Ben to ring out again over London
Jitendra Joshi of AFP, Published on 11/11/2022
» LONDON: After a five-year enforced silence, the world-famous tower clock bell Big Ben will return with a bong on Sunday.
Rescuing trapped grandkids via kayak -- the aftermath of Hurricane Ian
AFP, Published on 30/09/2022
» MCGREGOR (UNITED STATES) - Suzanne Clarke wades through waist-deep water, struggling to reach her daughter's apartment as she drags a kayak behind her.
Dozens of sea turtles stabbed to death in Japan
AFP, Published on 19/07/2022
» A frustrated fisherman has confessed that he stabbed to death dozens of protected sea turtles on a southern Japanese island after they got caught in his fishing nets, local officials say.