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Gabon forest cave reveals clues about prehistoric central Africa
AFP, Published on 05/08/2025
» LASTOURVILLE, Gabon - In Gabon's sprawling forest, archaeologists dig for ancient clues that could unlock the secrets of how prehistoric humans lived and interacted in the changing landscape of central Africa.
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.
Drugs from the deep: scientists explore ocean frontiers
AFP, Published on 03/03/2023
» PARIS - Some send divers in speed boats, others dispatch submersible robots to search the seafloor, and one team deploys a "mud missile" -- all tools used by scientists to scour the world's oceans for the next potent cancer treatment or antibiotic.
Extinct-in-the-wild species in conservation limbo
AFP, Published on 26/02/2023
» PARIS: For species classified as "extinct in the wild", the zoos and botanical gardens where their fates hang by a thread are as often anterooms to oblivion as gateways to recovery, new research has shown.
Queen Elizabeth II dies aged 96
AFP, Published on 09/09/2022
» LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognisable to billions of people around the world, died on Thursday. She was 96.
Boom or bust as Spain, Italy get biggest slice of EU fund
AFP, Published on 25/06/2021
» MADRID : Spain and Italy will receive the lion's share of the 750-billion-euro EU rescue fund but opinions vary over whether it will help their economies roar back to life or go to waste.