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Tough-talking right-winger elected Costa Rica president
AFP, Published on 02/02/2026
» SAN JOSÉ - Right-wing political scientist Laura Fernandez won Costa Rica's presidential election on Sunday by a landslide, after promising to crack down hard on rising violence linked to the cocaine trade.
West Bank's ancient olive tree a 'symbol of Palestinian endurance'
AFP, Published on 07/11/2025
» AL WALAJAH (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - As guardian of the occupied West Bank's oldest olive tree, Salah Abu Ali prunes its branches and gathers its fruit even as violence plagues the Palestinian territory during this year's harvest.
Patrick Star and 'Drag Queen' crab: underwater robot live stream captivates Argentines
AFP, Published on 03/08/2025
» MAR DEL PLATA (ARGENTINA) - A robot explores the dark, cold, deep sea floor of the South Atlantic, transmitting images of vibrant coral and fish never seen before as scientists give live commentary via YouTube. And Argentines can't get enough of it.
Nearly two centuries on, quiet settles on Afghanistan's British Cemetery
AFP, Published on 18/06/2025
» KABUL — Aynullah Rahimi's family has for decades tended the old cemetery in Kabul reserved for non-Afghans, but since the country's latest war ended and foreigners left in droves, he says few now enter the oasis of quiet in the capital.
World greets 2025 after sweltering year of Olympics, turmoil and Trump
AFP, Published on 01/01/2025
» PARIS - The world ushered in 2025 on Tuesday, with huge crowds waving goodbye to the old year that brought Olympic glory, a dramatic Donald Trump return and turmoil in the Middle East and Ukraine.
Ex-Chilean president dies in helicopter crash
New York Times, Published on 07/02/2024
» SANTIAGO - Sebastián Piñera, a former president of Chile who helped strengthen the nation’s young democracy after becoming its first conservative leader since a military dictatorship, died in a helicopter crash in Chile on Tuesday, the government said. He was 74.
'City of jinn': magical myths haunt ancient Omani oasis
AFP, Published on 20/11/2023
» BAHLā' (OMAN) - Deep in Oman's parched interior, the ancient oasis town of Bahla abounds with myths of camel-eating, fire-mouthed hyenas and men turning into donkeys -- a reputation for magic and mystery that persists to this day.
China envoy: Phasing out fossil fuels unrealistic
Reuters, Published on 22/09/2023
» SINGAPORE - The complete phasing-out of fossil fuels is not realistic, China's top climate official said, adding that these climate-warming fuels must continue to play a vital role in maintaining global energy security.
South African township resists police over illegal power cables
AFP, Published on 14/09/2023
» CAPE TOWN - A woman in a black and white dress struggled, pulling fiercely on a long electrical cable as she tried to stop the police in anti-riot gear from carrying it away.
Pakistan climber cleanses K2 as shrine to fallen father
AFP, Published on 10/08/2023
» K2 BASECAMP (PAKISTAN) - Gazing up from K2 Basecamp, Sajid Ali Sadpara sees Earth's second-highest mountain, his father's final resting place, and a blight of litter on the furthest reaches of the natural world.