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French firefighters optimistic after controlling vast wildfire
AFP, Published on 08/08/2025
» SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-CABRERISSE, France - French authorities said on Friday that they were counting on better weather conditions to help put out the country’s biggest wildfire in at least half a century after firefighters finally managed to bring it under control.
Millions of Australian vines ripped up amid wine glut
Reuters, Published on 09/03/2024
» GRIFFITH, Australia - Millions of vines are being destroyed in Australia and tens of millions more must be pulled up to rein in overproduction that has crushed grape prices and threatens the livelihoods of growers and wine makers.
World wine output at 60-year low
Reuters, Published on 07/11/2023
» PARIS - World wine production is expected to fall to its lowest level in 60 years in 2023 due to poor harvests in the Southern Hemisphere and in some major European producers, the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) said on Tuesday.
France and Germany to host Charles III
AFP, Published on 03/03/2023
» LONDON: King Charles III will make his first state visits as UK monarch when he travels to France and Germany later this month, Buckingham Palace announced on Friday.
Captagon connection: How Syria became a narco state
AFP, Published on 03/11/2022
» BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon: A decade of appalling civil war has left Syria fragmented and in ruins but one thing crosses every front line: a drug called captagon.
'I belong here': New US citizens take oath on Ellis Island
AFP, Published on 18/09/2022
» ELLIS ISLAND (UNITED STATES) - Tears flowed and flags waved as 200 New Yorkers became US citizens Saturday during a special naturalization ceremony at the city's famed Ellis Island, which once welcomed thousands of immigrants daily.
Florida governor flies migrants to toney Martha's Vineyard
AFP, Published on 15/09/2022
» WASHINGTON - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis took credit Thursday for sending two planeloads of undocumented Venezuelans to wealthy Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, as Republicans play up immigration issues before the November election.
Shelling forces Ukraine nuclear plant off grid as Zelensky warns of 'disaster'
AFP, Published on 06/09/2022
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - The last working reactor at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was disconnected from the grid after shelling caused a fire, with the UN's atomic watchdog due to brief the Security Council about the crisis on Tuesday.
Ukraine's winegrower 'closest to the frontline'
AFP, Published on 05/09/2022
» PAROUTYNE (UKRAINE) - Pavlo Magalias has made two equal piles. On the left are remnants of ancient storage jars unearthed in recent years at his vineyard in southern Ukraine, to the right, cluster bombs, dropped since the war broke out.
'Your body belongs to Christ': US anti-abortionists see divine hand in court ruling
AFP, Published on 26/06/2022
» EL PASO, US: Diana Villanueva's rapist took her to an abortion clinic when she was just 16 years old and told her to terminate her pregnancy.