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 Jakarta (AFP) March 28, 2009 
Rescue workers in Indonesia searched Saturday for 100 people still missing after a dam burst sending a torrent of water crashing into a Jakarta suburb, as the official death toll rose to 77. Hundreds of buildings collapsed when a wall of water broke through the man-made earthen dam early Friday as residents slept in their beds. "The impact of the Situ Gintung dam has killed 77 people and ... read more 
Fargo, North Dakota (AFP) March 27, 2009Thousands of people have been evacuated from rising waters in North Dakota, US authorities said Friday, voicing fears some 30,000 could be left homeless by the state's worst floods in over a century. As rising waters from the Red River began to breach levees and miles of sandbag dikes, volunteers battled freezing temperatures in a desperate bid to shore up flood barriers around Fargo, North ... more |
Morocco flood evacuees mark muted Ramadan away from home
US East Coast braces for another massive snowstorm Italy's Enel buying US wind, solar plants for $1bn Mennonites in Colombia face trial for deforestation 158 giant tortoises reintroduced to a Galapagos island Austria snowstorm leaves five dead, road and power chaos Austria snowstorm brings road and power chaos, four deaths Trump administration repeals tougher rule on coal plant emissions Austria snowstorm brings road and power chaos, two deaths Snowstorm in Austria results in one death, blocked roads 
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Beijing (AFP) March 27, 2009Highly infectious hand, foot and mouth disease has killed 18 children and infected nearly 42,000 in China this year, with the peak period still to come, a government official said Friday. "Currently the situation in our country on controlling the hand, foot and mouth disease is rather serious," health ministry spokesman Deng Haihua told journalists. "The epidemic is in a stage of increas ... more  
Paris (AFP) March 26, 2009UN talks on delivering a historic deal on climate change resume in Bonn on Sunday with many hoping that US President Barack Obama's untested negotiators can breathe life into a troubled process. Some 190 nations will launch a marathon of meetings designed to culminate in Copenhagen in December with a new pact for curbing greenhouse gases beyond 2012, when provisions under the Kyoto Protocol ... more  
Beijing (AFP) March 27, 2009More than 1,000 policemen have deployed to a rural area of southern China where days of clashes between two feuding villages left one dead and nine others injured, state media reported. A bridge connecting the villages in the tropical island province of Hainan is now under the control of the police to prevent further violence after one man was stabbed to death, the official Xinhua news agenc ... more 
Nicosia (AFP) March 27, 2009In the wake of recent heavy rainfall, Cypriot authorities on Friday eased water rationing arrangements, to signal the end of a two-year drought on the holiday island. Agriculture Minister Michalis Polynikis announced that Cyprus households will start receiving an "improved supply" after a partial lifting of restrictions takes effect of April 13. "Certainly cuts will be eased," and though ... more |
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Musk merges xAI into SpaceX in bid to build space data centersSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Feb 3, 2026 Elon Musk has announced that his rocket company SpaceX will take over his artificial intelligence outfit xAI, as he seeks to raise billions of dollars for his science fiction-worthy outer space projects. ... more
  
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Beijing (AFP) March 28, 2009China vowed Saturday to "severely crack down on any separatist activities" in Tibet as it launched a new national holiday marking the 50th anniversary of a failed uprising in the Himalayan region. The Chinese flag was raised in front of the Potala Palace in Tibet's capital Lhasa as more than 13,000 people, most in Tibetan traditional dress, rose for the national anthem to commemorate "Serfs' ... more 
Johannesburg (AFP) March 27, 2009Southern African countries have been hit by the worst floods in years, killing more than 100 people and displacing thousands, as a tropical storm threatened to bring more pain on Saturday. As Mozambique braced for the arrival of a strengthening tropical storm Izilda, record river levels across the region threatened to exacerbate floods which have already affected hundreds of thousands of peo ... more 
Beijing (AFP) March 27, 2009China's controversial choice as the second highest Tibetan spiritual figure is increasingly being used by Beijing as a tool in its propaganda offensive against the exiled Dalai Lama, say experts. Rarely seen in public previously, but believed to have been educated in the Chinese capital, the 19-year-old Panchen Lama Friday expressed loyalty to Beijing, in stark contrast to the views of the ... more 
Washington (AFP) March 26, 2009Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano exploded anew on Thursday, hurling ash and smoke high into the atmosphere, authorities said. At 9:24 am local time (17:24 GMT), the volcano began kicking out fresh debris, now reaching up to 65,000 feet (nearly 20,000 meters) above sea level, according to the US National Weather Service. The Alaska Volcano Observatory described the blast as "a major explosi ... more |
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China shuns calls to enter nuclear talks after US-Russia treaty lapsesBeijing (AFP) Feb 5, 2026 China rejected calls to enter talks on a new nuclear treaty after a US-Russian agreement expired on Thursday, ending decades of restrictions on how many warheads the two powers can deploy. ... more 
Trump urges new nuclear treaty after Russia agreement endsWashington, United States (AFP) Feb 6, 2026 US President Donald Trump on Thursday called for a brand new nuclear treaty after the last agreement with Russia expired, prompting fears of a new global arms race. ... more 
Iran, US prepare for Oman talks after deadly protest crackdownMuscat, Oman (AFP) Feb 6, 2026 Iran and the United States were preparing for talks on Friday in Oman, with Washington looking to see if there was any prospect of diplomatic progress on the Iranian nuclear programme and other issues while refusing to rule out military action. ... more
  
Why did Xi hold back-to-back calls with Putin, Trump?Beijing (AFP) Feb 5, 2026 China's leader Xi Jinping held back-to-back calls with Russia's Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump this week, timing analysts said on Thursday was rare and significant as Beijing positions itself as a stable global power. ... more 
Russia, US agree to resume military contacts at Ukraine talksAbu Dhabi (AFP) Feb 5, 2026 Russia and the United States agreed to resume high-level military contacts, in a major step of rapprochement between the world's top nuclear powers at Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. ... more 
China's Xi calls for 'orderly' world in talks with Uruguay leaderBeijing (AFP) Feb 3, 2026 China's leader Xi Jinping called Tuesday for an "equal and orderly multipolar world" in the face of "unilateral bullying", in an apparent jab at the United States. ... more
  
Iraq starts investigations into IS detainees moved from SyriaBaghdad (AFP) Feb 2, 2026 Iraq's judiciary announced on Monday it has begun its investigations into more than 1,300 Islamic State group detainees who were transferred from Syria as part of a US operation. ... more 
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Rubio warns Iraq on Iran ties as Maliki sets returnWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 26, 2026 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Iraq on Sunday against a pro-Iranian government as the expected return of Nouri al-Maliki as prime minister stirs Washington's concern. ... more
  
Pakistan seeks out perpetrators after deadly separatist attacksQuetta, Pakistan (AFP) Feb 1, 2026 Pakistan forces hunted on Sunday for the separatists behind a string of coordinated attacks in restive Balochistan province, with the government vowing to retaliate after more than 190 people were killed in two days. ... more 
US judge grants asylum to Chinese man who filmed alleged Uyghur campsWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 A US immigration judge on Wednesday granted asylum to a Chinese man who fled his country after documenting sites of alleged human rights abuses against Uyghurs, his mother and lawyer told AFP. ... more 
Kurdish women braid their hair in show of solidarity with Syria KurdsErbil, Iraq (AFP) Jan 23, 2026 Women in Iraqi Kurdistan and beyond have taken to the streets and social media to braid their hair in a show of solidarity after a Syrian soldier bragged in a video about cutting off a Kurdish fighter's braid in Raqa. ... more |
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