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AFP, Published on 12/11/2025
» PARIS — Former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala goes on trial in Paris Wednesday over atrocities committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo's bloody eastern conflict more than two decades ago.
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.
New York Times, Published on 26/12/2024
» Every year has its breakout stars, and 2024 yielded a bumper crop: Glen Powell, Chappell Roan, Pommel Horse Guy.
The New York Times, Published on 06/11/2024
» Haggis is a Scottish pudding prepared by cooking sheep organs inside the animal’s stomach, in which it is also served.
Reuters, Published on 10/10/2024
» ST PETERSBURG, Florida - Hurricane Milton marched across central Florida on Thursday after making landfall on the state’s west coast hours earlier, whipping up deadly tornadoes, destroying homes and knocking out power to nearly 2 million customers.
Reuters, Published on 27/09/2024
» SYDNEY - Pesto the huge king penguin chick has drawn hundreds of visitors to an Australian aquarium, and now the bird can count Katy Perry as one of his biggest fans.
AFP, Published on 03/11/2023
» BOGOTá - Colombia will cull some of the 166 hippos descended from a small herd imported by deceased drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, the country's environment minister said Thursday.
AFP, Published on 11/10/2023
» LOS ANGELES - A monster pumpkin weighing the same as a hippopotamus has claimed the world record for the mightiest gourd -- and bagged its grower a $30,000 prize.
AFP, Published on 30/03/2023
» BOGOTá: Colombia said Wednesday it was making progress on the transfer of 70 hippos to overseas sanctuaries, but mitigating the havoc caused by this unusual legacy of deceased druglord Pablo Escobar carries a hefty price tag: $3.5 million.
AFP, Published on 25/11/2022
» PANAMA CITY - Delegates at a global summit on trade in endangered species have postponed until Friday a vote on whether to approve a proposal to protect sharks, a move that could drastically reduce the lucrative and often cruel shark fin trade.