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McDonald’s pulls AI Christmas ad in Netherlands
AFP, Published on 11/12/2025
» THE HAGUE - The restaurant chain McDonald’s has pulled an AI-generated Christmas commercial in the Netherlands after it was widely criticised online.
Amsterdam unveils its largest bike garage. It's underwater
AFP, Published on 26/01/2023
» AMSTERDAM - Plagued by ever-shrinking space to park its hundreds of thousands of bicycles, Amsterdam opened Wednesday the first of its largest-ever bicycle parking complexes, built underwater in a pioneering engineering project.
France on alert as forest fires rage in scorching southwest Europe
AFP, Published on 18/07/2022
» PARIS: France was on high alert on Monday as the peak of a punishing heatwave gripped the country, while wildfires raging in parts of southwest Europe showed no sign of abating.
Kyiv seeks evacuation of Azovstal fighters, first war crimes trial begins
AFP, Published on 18/05/2022
» KYIV: Ukraine was seeking to evacuate the last soldiers holed up at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol on Wednesday, its president said, as the first war crimes trial of a Russian soldier since the invasion began was set to get under way in Kyiv.
Japan's hardcore train fans accused of going off the rails
AFP, Published on 25/03/2022
» TOKYO - Crowding, confrontations and full-on attacks. Japan's many train fans are mostly mild-mannered enthusiasts passionate about the country's famed rail system, but a small group is gaining surprising notoriety.
French police arrest man over 2012 Alps killing of British family
AFP, Published on 13/01/2022
» GRENOBLE (FRANCE) - French police Wednesday detained a man over the 2012 killing of a British family of Iraqi origin in a remote Alpine region, prosecutors said, a rare development in one of France's most notorious unsolved cold cases.
Old bikes, wooden stools: Gabon Paralympic athletes 'make do'
AFP, Published on 18/03/2021
» OWENDO (GABON) - With a personal record of 100 metres in 11.76 seconds, Gabon's Davy Moukagni has every reason to dream of mounting the podium at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo in August.
Evenepoel suffers 'multiple injuries' after bridge plunge on Tour of Lombardy
AFP, Published on 16/08/2020
» COMO (ITALY) - Belgian cyclist Remco Evenepoel has suffered multiple injuries after plunging several metres down into a ravine in a dramatic crash on the Tour of Lombardy Saturday, the one-day classic won by Denmark's Jakob Fuglsang.
Prospective Olympians give postponement plenty of likes
AFP, Published on 25/03/2020
» PARIS - Prospective Olympic competitors were quick out of the blocks on Tuesday after the Tokyo Games were postponed until 2021 and most gave the decision the thumbs up on social media.
Trundling into trouble: Singapore targets e-scooters after accidents
AFP, Published on 10/11/2019
» SINGAPORE: Tiny Singapore had embraced electric scooters in a big way, but deaths and fires linked to the two-wheelers have prompted authorities to introduce tough rules that could put a brake on their runaway success.