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UK’s crumbling canals threatened with collapse
AFP, Published on 11/02/2026
» WHITCHURCH, England - On a misty winter’s day in the English midlands, engineers struggled to drag stranded narrowboats from a waterless, mud-filled canal that collapsed weeks earlier, in a delicate, multi-million-pound rescue operation.
King Charles will be first to pray with pope in five centuries
AFP, Published on 22/10/2025
» LONDON - King Charles III leaves for a state visit to the Vatican Wednesday, where he will meet Pope Leo XIV and make history as the first head of the Church of England to pray publicly with the pontiff since the schism between the churches 500 years ago.
Meta working to curb ‘celeb bait’ ads
Reuters, Published on 02/10/2024
» SYDNEY - Meta says it has taken down about 8,000 “celeb bait” scam ads from Facebook and Instagram as part of a new effort with Australian banks to curb the practice.
China views Taiwan's 'elimination' as national cause: Taiwan president
Reuters, Published on 16/06/2024
» KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - China views the annexation and "elimination" of Taiwan as its great national cause, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday, telling cadets at the military's premier academy they must know their enemy and not give in to defeatism.
Nice pick up: Guitars owned by Clapton, Cobain hit auction block
AFP, Published on 11/10/2023
» GARDENA (UNITED STATES) - Guitars played by music legends Eric Clapton and Kurt Cobain are going under the hammer in the United States next month with an estimated price tag of up to $2 million each.
Landmark youth climate trial begins in Montana
AFP, Published on 13/06/2023
» WASHINGTON - The first ever climate trial in the United States opened Monday in Montana, brought by young activists suing the state for violating their constitutional right to a "clean and healthful environment."
'Dame Edna Everage' comedian Barry Humphries dies
AFP, Published on 22/04/2023
» SYDNEY - Australian comedian Barry Humphries, whose "Dame Edna Everage" alter ego left audiences in stitches, died aged 89 in a Sydney hospital on Saturday.
Ireland and France gear up for Six Nations blockbuster
AFP, Published on 10/02/2023
» DUBLIN - Ireland host France at Lansdowne Road on Saturday in one of the most eagerly awaited Six Nations clashes of recent years pitching the top two world ranked teams against each other.
Pope in 'tectonic' shake-up of Vatican bureaucracy
AFP, Published on 20/03/2022
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Saturday followed through on a promise made ahead of his 2013 election and published a much-anticipated shake-up of the Vatican's powerful governing body.
From oil to renewables, winds of change blow on Scottish islands
AFP, Published on 18/10/2021
» LERWICK (UNITED KINGDOM) - In the far north of the United Kingdom, where the wind blows and the sea rages, the islands of Orkney and Shetland have long relied on oil and gas for prosperity.