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Prosecutors allege rapper Young Thug led gang as trial begins
AFP, Published on 28/11/2023
» ATLANTA - Prosecutors in Atlanta said Monday that rapper Young Thug was the "proclaimed leader" of a gang that "moved like a pack" to commit crimes, as opening statements in a long-delayed racketeering trial got underway.
'Animals are thirsty': Dust and bones on Turkey's shrinking lake
AFP, Published on 25/08/2023
» VAN (TURKEY) - Shepherd Ibrahim Koc recalls his youth with fondness as he grazes cattle on a barren field that was once lush with vegetation on the edge of Turkey's largest lake.
Another Trump indictment looms as grand jury hears election case
AFP, Published on 14/08/2023
» ATLANTA - Prosecutors investigating Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election in the US state of Georgia were expected to begin presenting evidence to a grand jury Monday for what could be a sprawling, multi-defendant indictment.
Another Trump indictment looms as grand jury hears election case
AFP, Published on 14/08/2023
» ATLANTA - Prosecutors investigating Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election in the US state of Georgia were expected to begin presenting evidence to a grand jury Monday for what could be a sprawling, multi-defendant indictment.
Their time to slime: who will be 'Mollusc of the Year'?
AFP, Published on 17/03/2023
» PARIS - Will you choose beauty? The carnivorous Wavy Bubble Snail, perhaps, with its billowing skirts shimmering under UV light. Or will it be age? Like the venerable 500-year-old Methuselah oyster.
Limpet's sticking power is mucus, not muscle
AFP, Published on 17/06/2020
» PARIS: Limpets -- those coin-sized, suction-cup critters with conical caps -- have had the experts fooled all along.
Farmers on the cash trail with snail slime
AFP, Published on 20/07/2019
» NAKHON NAYOK: Giant snails inch across a plate of pumpkin and cucumber in central Thailand, an "organic" diet to tease the prized collagen-rich mucus from the molluscs, which to some cosmetic firms are now more valuable than gold.
Bombshell film reignites Michael Jackson abuse firestorm
AFP, Published on 02/03/2019
» NEW YORK - An unflinching new documentary on pedophilia accusations against Michael Jackson has shattered the glittering veneer around the late King of Pop, presenting in lurid detail the stories of two men who say he sexually abused them for years as minors.
Brazil candidates make final campaign pitches
AFP, Published on 28/10/2018
» SAO PAULO - Brazil's presidential candidates made their final push for voters Saturday, with pitches that echoed the gulf between them: leftist Fernando Haddad held a "peace rally" in the favelas, while far-right frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro reached out on Twitter.
Skin bleaching in Africa: An 'addiction' with risks
AFP, Published on 09/08/2018
» LAGOS - Dr. Isima Sobande was in medical school when she first heard of mothers who bleached the skin of their babies.