Illegal but essential, migrants recycle Istanbul’s waste
by Anne CHAON Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) - Shrouded by acrid smoke, a young Afghan crouches sorting waste he…
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Gas field tremor terror haunts Dutch villages
by Jan HENNOP Agence France-Presse GARRELSWEER, Netherlands (AFP) - Teacher Daan Schoolland was asleep with his partner when the earthquake…
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Facebook misidentified thousands of political ads: study
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Facebook misidentified tens of thousands of advertisements flagged under its political ads policy, according to a…
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Russia’s cosmos town, an isolated relic of Soviet glory
by Nikolay KORZHOV Agence France-Presse BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AFP) - Malik Mutaliyev walks by an abandoned amusement park in wintry Baikonur,…
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Sealand: the ‘micronation’ defying the UK and Covid
by Anna MALPAS Agence France-Presse SEALAND (AFP) - It's a hulking metal-and-concrete platform in the North Sea that has been…
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Russia closes notorious ‘whale jail’
MOSCOW, Russsia (AFP) - Russia has dismantled a notorious facility dubbed the "whale jail" that kept dozens of the mammals…
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Albanian bunkers ravaged by rising tides as erosion takes toll
by Briseida MEMA Agence France-Presse SEMAN, Albania (AFP) - Albania's communist-era bunkers were meant to withstand a nuclear strike, but…
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Uber Eats to quit Hong Kong after five years
HONG KONG, China (AFP) - Online food delivery platform Uber Eats announced on Tuesday it will quit Hong Kong at…
3 years ago
Bird watching for peace in Colombia
by Hervé BAR Agence France-Presse PLANADAS, Colombia (AFP) - As a bird perches on a telegraph pole, two young girls…
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Apple to start letting people fix their own iPhones
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Apple on Wednesday said it will begin allowing people to fix gadgets they buy…
3 years ago
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