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On board the Cold War-style sealed train from Moscow to Kaliningrad
AFP, Published on 29/10/2025
» KALININGRAD — As the Moscow-Kaliningrad train approached Lithuania, the car attendant beckoned to passengers in Russian: "I'm closing the entire carriage, the toilets are out of action."
UN conference seeks foreign aid rally as Trump cuts bite
AFP, Published on 27/06/2025
» MADRID - Spain will host a UN conference next week seeking fresh backing for development aid as swingeing cuts led by US President Donald Trump and global turmoil hinder progress on fighting poverty, hunger and climate change.
WHO adopts landmark pandemic agreement
AFP, Published on 21/05/2025
» GENEVA - The World Health Organization's member states on Tuesday adopted a landmark Pandemic Agreement on tackling future health crises, after more than three years of negotiations sparked by the shock of Covid-19.
Elite US universities feel heat over alleged anti-Semitism
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - Since the start of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, prestigious US universities have come under fire, accused of not doing enough to combat anti-Semitism.
France to ban wearing Islamic abayas in schools: minister
AFP, Published on 28/08/2023
» PARIS - French authorities are to ban the wearing in school of abaya dresses worn by some Muslim women, the education minister said Sunday, arguing the garment violated France's strict secular laws in education.
New Indonesia capital branded 'ecological disaster'
AFP, Published on 06/01/2023
» BALIKPAPAN, Indonesia: The twisting road that leads to Indonesia's future capital is lined with dense rainforest and pockets of plantations, punctuated every so often with monkeys enjoying a laze out on the tarmac.
'King of streets': Last skateboarder on Ukraine front
AFP, Published on 06/05/2022
» KRAMATORSK (UKRAINE) - The baby-faced teenager in baggy shorts races his skateboard past the bombed burger joint and hit Peace Square just as air raid sirens rolled over the Ukrainian front.
Jerusalem's Christian churches resist Israeli settlers
AFP, Published on 14/04/2022
» JERUSALEM - Churches in Jerusalem are up in arms against Jewish "radicals" who are settling in the Christian Quarter and threatening a fragile religious balance in the ancient Holy City.
France implements Macron's Covid pass despite protests
AFP, Published on 09/08/2021
» PARIS: People in France will from Monday need to show a health pass to enjoy usually routine activities such as sipping a coffee in a cafe or travelling on an intercity train, in a plan championed by President Emmanuel Macron to squeeze Covid-19 infections and encourage vaccination.
China's trekking elephants wait for youngster to catch up
AFP, Published on 15/06/2021
» BEIJING: A herd of elephants on a mammoth trek across China is taking an enforced break -- as they wait for a wayward youngster to catch-up.