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Patients with leprosy face lasting stigma in Ethiopia
AFP, Published on 23/04/2025
» ADDIS ABABA — Tilahun Wale not only lost his right foot to leprosy -- a disease that still affects thousands in Ethiopia -- he also lost his family.
UBS to pay $1.4 bn to settle US fraud charges on subprime loans
AFP, Published on 15/08/2023
» NEW YORK - UBS will pay $1.4 billion to settle US charges that it defrauded investors in the sale of mortgage-backed securities, resolving the last big case stemming from the 2008 financial crisis, the Justice Department announced Monday.
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.
Japanese doctor, five Afghans killed in Afghanistan attack
AFP, Published on 04/12/2019
» KABUL: A Japanese doctor who spent decades working in Afghanistan was killed Wednesday along with five Afghans in an attack in the east of the country, officials said.
Trump to snub Macron's 'Peace Forum' on Armistice weekend
AFP, Published on 09/11/2018
» PARIS - US President Donald Trump is set to snub a peace conference organised by French President Emmanuel Macron this weekend as part of World War I commemorations in Paris, organisers said Thursday.
World leaders to descend on France for WWI commemorations
AFP, Published on 04/11/2018
» PARIS - France kicks off a week of World War I commemorations from Sunday, with some 80 leaders from around the globe preparing to fly in for a ceremony marking a century since the guns fell silent.
Italy's Salvini in Libya as migrants in limbo at sea
AFP, Published on 25/06/2018
» TRIPOLI - Italy's pugnacious new government took its fight to block migrants to Libya on Monday as a new boat with hundreds on board remained stranded at sea, deepening a crisis shaking Europe.
Italy hardens anti-migrant stance before EU summit
AFP, Published on 22/06/2018
» ROME: Italy doubled down Friday on its new tough stance against migrants, calling for a German NGO's rescue boat to be impounded and its crew arrested as the EU prepares for a tense weekend mini-summit on the issue dividing the bloc.
Nationalist 'leprosy' spreading in Europe: Macron
AFP, Published on 22/06/2018
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday likened rising nationalism and anti-migrant sentiment in Europe to "leprosy".