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Journey to the center of the world (Hint: it's in California)
AFP, Published on 05/05/2023
» FELICITY (UNITED STATES) - Every morning, Jacques-Andre Istel has breakfast in bed at the center of the world.
Zelensky asks donors for $38 bn as Russia shells Bakhmut
AFP, Published on 25/10/2022
» KYIV (UKRAINE): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday asked the international community to cover an expected budget deficit of US$38 billion next year for his war-torn country, with Moscow's invasion also badly hitting the economy.
New breed of video sites thrive on misinformation and hate
Reuters, Published on 22/08/2022
» A day after a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York last May, the video-sharing website BitChute was amplifying a far-right conspiracy theory that the massacre was a so-called false flag operation, meant to discredit gun-loving Americans.
Tug-of-war: Ukraine celebrates its tank-towing farmers
AFP, Published on 29/07/2022
» MALA ROGAN (UKRAINE) - Towed away gleefully as if it were parked illegally, the Soviet-era armoured personnel carrier doesn't look so intimidating as it is paraded before the delighted Ukrainians gathered to celebrate its seizure.
Drifting into trouble? Tiny ocean creatures with a global impact
AFP, Published on 25/10/2021
» PLYMOUTH, United Kingdom: The strange metal box hauled from the waves and onto the ship's deck looks like a spaceship fished from a child's imagination.
Life lessons for S. Korea's octogenarian school pupils
AFP, Published on 31/05/2019
» SUNCHEON (SOUTH KOREA) - When the tune of "Twinkle twinkle little star" plays in her South Korean classroom octogenarian pupil Nam Yang-soon sings along with classmates more than 70 years her junior.
Unfroggetable: endangered Bolivian amphibians get long-awaited first date
AFP, Published on 02/04/2019
» LA PAZ - The fate of a species may just rest on this love story.
Abracadabra! German executives turn to magic to up their game
AFP, Published on 20/01/2019
» PULLACH IM ISARTAL (GERMANY) - Harold Voit takes out his wallet, extracts a wad of 50-euro bills and gazes at it calmly as the cash goes up in flames.
Modern dance giant Paul Taylor dies at 88
AFP, Published on 31/08/2018
» NEW YORK - Paul Taylor, a towering figure of US modern dance who imbued his choreography with joyful, poetic exuberance, has died, his eponymous company said Thursday. He was 88.