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Drunk raccoon passes out in US liquor store
New York Times, Published on 04/12/2025
» A raccoon entered a liquor store the other day and drank his fill: rum, moonshine, even peanut butter whiskey. Then it passed out on the floor of the bathroom.
Chimps ingest alcohol daily: study
AFP, Published on 18/09/2025
» WASHINGTON — Chimpanzees consume the equivalent of at least one alcoholic drink per day as they eat ripe, fermenting fruit, says a study out Wednesday that addresses one possible reason why humans are drawn to booze.
Ukraine's French-trained brigade rocked by scandal
AFP, Published on 10/01/2025
» UNDISCLOSED (UKRAINE) — With its soldiers trained in France and high-profile endorsements from the French and Ukrainian presidents, the "Anne of Kyiv" brigade was supposed to be a flagship unit for Ukraine's army.
Five elections in 2024 that will shape the global order
AFP, Published on 29/11/2023
» PARIS - Could Donald Trump make a comeback? Will anyone in Russia challenge another six years for Vladimir Putin?
Bernstein family defends Bradley Cooper from 'Jewface' storm
AFP, Published on 17/08/2023
» LOS ANGELES - The family of Leonard Bernstein has defended Bradley Cooper's controversial decision to wear a large prosthetic nose while playing the Jewish composer in a new film.
France's shrinking footprint in Africa
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» PARIS - With anti-France feelings running high in many of its former colonies in West Africa, Paris is being forced to retreat ever further from the increasingly unstable region and re-think its presence, experts say.
France braces for Le Pen-Macron showdown
AFP, Published on 23/04/2022
» PARIS: France on Saturday prepared to choose between centrist President Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen to rule the country for the next five years after a bitterly contested and polarising election campaign.
'Wine time Fridays' leave British PM with new hangover
AFP, Published on 16/01/2022
» LONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson witnessed weekly drinking sessions by his staff throughout the pandemic, according to a report Saturday that stoked fresh calls from his own party for the embattled leader to quit.
Biden bids to renew US leadership in UN speech
AFP, Published on 21/09/2021
» UNITED NATIONS, US: President Joe Biden will tell the world Tuesday that the United States wants to avoid a Cold War with China, while pivoting from continuous post-9/11 conflicts to an era of US-led diplomacy.
Fiery feni: Making a 500-year-old liquor cool again
AFP, Published on 02/07/2021
» CANSAULIM, India: Five centuries after Goans began making feni -- a pungent, fermented liquor not for the faint-hearted -- a new crop of distillers is hoping to take the spirit global.