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French-owned container ship passes through Hormuz
AFP, Published on 03/04/2026
» PARIS - A container ship declaring itself to have a French owner has passed through the Strait of Hormuz, according to data analysed by AFP on Friday.
AI-generated 'Fruit Love Island' takes TikTok by storm
AFP, Published on 03/04/2026
» TOKYO - Millions of people have been gripped by the juicy twists of an AI-generated TikTok micro-series based on the television hit "Love Island" -- except all the participants are sexy human-like fruit.
7.4-magnitude quake off Indonesia kills one
AFP, Published on 02/04/2026
» MANADO, Indonesia - A major 7.4-magnitude quake struck off the coast of eastern Indonesia on Thursday, killing at least one person, causing waves of up to 75 centimetres and triggering a tsunami warning that was subsequently lifted.
Florida tourists gather before Moon launch to ‘witness history’
AFP, Published on 01/04/2026
» COCOA BEACH, Florida - Jason Heath had ventured with his family from northeastern Maine to the Sunshine State for a vacation — but soon found out they were set to “witness history” with the launch of NASA’s Artemis 2 mission.
Israel strikes Iran's capital as Trump set to address US on war
AFP, Published on 01/04/2026
» TEHRAN — Israel struck Iran's capital on Wednesday ahead of United States President Donald Trump's planned address to the American public on the month-long war he said could end within weeks.
Historic Moon mission set for launch
AFP, Published on 01/04/2026
» MERRITT ISLAND — On Wednesday three men and one woman are set to embark on the first crewed journey to the Moon since 1972, a landmark odyssey that aims to launch the United States into a new era of space exploration.
Woods says was looking at phone before crash: accident report
AFP, Published on 01/04/2026
» MIAMI - Golf superstar Tiger Woods told authorities he was looking at his phone and changing radio channels before his car crash last Friday, according to an accident report released by police Tuesday.
Russian oil arrives in Cuba as US eases blockade
AFP, Published on 31/03/2026
» MATANZAS, Cuba - A Russian oil tanker arrived in a Cuban port on Tuesday to deliver the first crude shipment to the island since January after Washington gave the crisis-hit country a reprieve from an effective fuel blockade.
Massive US-Israeli strikes hit Iran after Trump threat
AFP, Published on 31/03/2026
» TEHRAN - US and Israeli strikes hit military facilities in central Iran, damaged a major religious site in the northwest and provoked power cuts Tuesday, after President Donald Trump threatened to blow up the country’s oil and energy plants.
Cubans ready for Russian oil but some say not enough
AFP, Published on 31/03/2026
» MATANZAS (CUBA) - Cubans on Monday cautiously welcomed the imminent arrival of a Russian oil shipment, with some warning it would do little to ease an energy crisis after US President Donald Trump granted a reprieve from his oil blockade.