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'Less and less sea ice': Brazil woman sails solo through Arctic
AFP, Published on 17/10/2025
» RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL) - Brazilian navigator Tamara Klink told AFP she encountered "very little" sea ice on her solo sail through the Northwest Passage -- a rare feat that would have been impossible without an icebreaker ship three decades ago.
On patrol for jihadists with Mauritania's camel cavalry
AFP, Published on 10/05/2025
» ACHEMIME (MAURITANIA) - A posse of turban-clad soldiers perched on "ships of the desert" may conjure images of the past but Mauritania's camelback cavalry play a vital role in the fight against jihadism today.
'Nobody knows where their village is': New inland sea swamps Pakistan
AFP, Published on 10/09/2022
» MEHAR (PAKISTAN) - From a hastily erected embankment protecting Mehar city, mosque minarets and the price board of a gas station poke above a vast lake that has emerged, growing to tens of kilometres wide.
More cunning than the 'old fox': Sri Lanka's presumptive president
AFP, Published on 19/07/2022
» COLOMBO: Acting Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is favourite to take the country's reins long term on Wednesday, as parliament votes to appoint a full successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Nature's GPS: Sharks read magnetic fields for directions
AFP, Published on 07/05/2021
» WASHINGTON: Forget Google Maps -- sharks can read the Earth's magnetic field like a GPS navigator to find their way, a study in Current Biology showed Thursday.
Explorer Horn in Saudi sands seeks a rally without petrol
AFP, Published on 10/01/2021
» SAKAKA (SAUDI ARABIA) - Mike Horn made his name by walking to some of the world's remotest spots but as the Dakar Rally resumes on Sunday, he is in a diesel car, trying to navigate the Saudi Arabian desert with the aim of "conserving the planet".
In new German save-the-forest fight, migrant captain centre stage
AFP, Published on 20/10/2020
» DANNENROD (ALLEMAGNE) - Eighteen months ago, German ship captain Carola Rackete was hailed a hero by refugee campaigners after she defied the authorities by steering a migrant rescue vessel into the port of Lampedusa.
'UFO' off French coast: Japanese sailor Shiraishi eyes Vendee Globe win
AFP, Published on 30/07/2020
» LORIENT (FRANCE) - As far as Kojiro Shiraishi is concerned, a Japanese sailing the gruelling Vendee Globe round-the-world race is akin to a Frenchman taking up sumo wrestling.
Trump nixes idea of renaming US bases honoring Confederate heroes
AFP, Published on 11/06/2020
» WASHINGTON - US military bases honoring Civil War Confederate leaders will not be renamed, President Donald Trump said Wednesday, pushing back on pressure to rid public places of monuments glorifying the once pro-slavery South.
For cruise crew members stuck at sea, mental strain is huge
AFP, Published on 18/05/2020
» MIAMI - For the thousands of cruise ship crew members stuck at sea aboard their vessels as the coronavirus crisis unfolds, the situation is psychologically intense, to say the least.