France's Total Energy plans to pump $1.5 billion into boosting gas production from Qatar's huge North Field, on top of more than $2 billion already announced in June. Doha (AFP) - France's Total Energy on Saturday signed a new $1.5...
At the Detroit Auto Show earlier this month, General Motors showed off its new electric vehicles, including the Chevrolet Silverado RST EV. DETROIT (AFP) - The budding fleet of electric vehicles sparked a fascination at the Detroit Auto Show, but...
The cab is lowered onto the tire of a battery-powered F-150 Lightning truck at Ford's Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan. Dearborn (United States) (AFP) - Construction crews are back in Dearborn to recreate the century-old Ford industrial complex...
The kingdom has been grappling with 14-year-old inflation that has driven up the basic cost of living — coming as the country prepares for a looming national election. BANGKOK (AFP) - In a rain shelter near Bangkok's Grand Palace, dozens...
Theophanes Christo, 20, and his grandfather Christos Charalambos, 79 (above the tree) harvest carob from a tree in the village of Asgata, southern Cyprus ASGATA (Cyprus) (AFP) - Christos Charalambos may be 79 years old but is several meters from...
Bakeries in Germany were among the businesses hit hard by the economic fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine BEILITZ (Germany) (AFP) - Faced with an explosion of energy and ingredient costs, German baker Tobias Exner has installed new energy-efficient ovens,...
In 2020, women in Switzerland, on average, received approximately 35% lower pensions than men GENEVA (AFP) - Switzerland voted Sunday on a number of issues, including a ban on factory farming and a pension reform that would raise the retirement...
Protesters set up a fake gas fracking platform in front of both houses of the British Parliament in 2012 London (AFP) - Britain on Thursday lifted England's controversial gas fracking moratorium to boost energy security, despite a breach of the...
Canada has launched a review of its cannabis law, four years after it legalized its recreational use - celebrated by thousands including this man who filmed smoking a knuckle at Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto in October 2018. Ottawa (AFP)...
The Bank of England said the British economy had entered a recession as it raised interest rates again to combat inflation New York (AFP) - Stock markets fell on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve and European central banks launched...

Military coup in Burkina Faso as military officers overthrow the leader...

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In Ouagadougou, protesters demanded the departure of junta leader Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaugo Damiba. Ouagadougou (AFP) - Military officers have seized control of Burkina Faso, claiming...

Military coup in Burkina Faso as military officers overthrow the leader...

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In Ouagadougou, protesters demanded the departure of junta leader Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaugo Damiba. Ouagadougou (AFP) - Military officers have seized control of Burkina Faso, claiming...

Military coup in Burkina Faso as military officers overthrow the leader...

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In Ouagadougou, protesters demanded the departure of junta leader Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaugo Damiba. Ouagadougou (AFP) - Military officers have seized control of Burkina Faso, claiming...

Street boats, cars at sea: Fort Myers beach hit by Ian

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Hurricane Ian left parts of Fort Myers Beach, Florida completely devastated FORT MYERS BEACH (United States) (AFP) - As Pete Belinda and his wife walked...

North Korea fires ballistic missiles for the fourth time this week

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South Korean and US officials have warned for months that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is preparing to conduct another nuclear test Seoul (AFP)...

After destroying Florida, Hurricane Ian began to recede

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An aerial photograph taken on September 30, 2022 shows destroyed homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers Beach, Florida FORT MYERS (United...

UN raises death toll from Kabul classroom bombing to 35 as...

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The death toll of the United Nations mission in the attack on the Kaj Higher Education Center is much higher than the death toll...