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Health concerns swirl as Bolivian city drowns in rubbish
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Syria says deadly Israeli strikes a 'blatant violation'
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Financial markets tumble after Trump tariff announcement
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Starbucks faces new hot spill lawsuits weeks after $50mn ruling
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Europe riled, but plans cool-headed response to Trump's tariffs
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'Shenmue' voted most influential video game ever in UK poll
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New coal capacity hit 20-year low in 2024: report
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Revealed: Why monkeys are better at yodelling than humans
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Key details on Trump's market-shaking tariffs
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'A little tough love': Top quotes from Trump tariff talk
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US business groups voice dismay at Trump's new tariffs
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Grealish dedicates Man City goal to late brother
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US tariffs take aim everywhere, including uninhabited islands
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Trump sparks trade war with sweeping global tariffs
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Israeli strikes hit Damascus, central Syria; monitor says 4 dead
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Slot 'hates' offside rule that gave Liverpool win over Everton
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US stocks end up, but volatility ahead after latest Trump tariffs
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Barca oust Atletico to set up Clasico Copa del Rey final
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Mourinho grabs Galatasaray coach's face after losing Istanbul derby
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Grealish strikes early as Man City move up to fourth in Premier League
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Reims edge out fourth-tier Cannes to set up PSG French Cup final
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Liverpool beat Everton as title looms, Man City win without Haaland
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Jota wins bad-tempered derby as Liverpool move 12 points clear
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Inter and Milan level in derby Italian Cup semi
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Stuttgart beat Leipzig to reach German Cup final
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Trump unveils sweeping global tariffs
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Italian director Nanni Moretti in hospital after heart attack: media
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LIV Golf stars playing at Doral with Masters on their minds
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Trump unveils sweeping 'Liberation Day' tariffs
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Most deadly 2024 hurricane names retired from use: UN agency
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Boeing chief reports progress to Senate panel after 'serious missteps'
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Is Musk's political career descending to Earth?
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On Mexico-US border, Trump's 'Liberation Day' brings fears for future
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Starbucks faces new hot spill lawsuit weeks after $50mn ruling
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Ally of Pope Francis elected France's top bishop
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'Determined' Buttler leads Gujarat to IPL win over Bengaluru
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US judge dismisses corruption case against New York mayor
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Left-wing party pulls ahead in Greenland municipal elections
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Blistering Buttler leads Gujarat to IPL win over Bengaluru
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Tesla sales slump as pressure piles on Musk
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Amazon makes last-minute bid for TikTok: report
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Canada Conservative leader warns Trump could break future trade deal
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British band Muse cancels planned Istanbul gig
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'I'll be back' vows Haaland after injury blow
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Trump to unveil 'Liberation Day' tariffs as world braces
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New coach Edwards adamant England can win women's cricket World Cup
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Military confrontation 'almost inevitable' if Iran nuclear talks fail: French FM
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US stocks advance ahead of looming Trump tariffs
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Scramble for food aid in Myanmar city near quake epicentre
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The United States announced sanctions Thursday on Sudanese leaders it blamed for the collapse of US and Saudi-brokered ceasefire efforts after shelling and air strikes killed 18 civilians at a Khartoum market.
Sudan army quits truce talks, attacks paramilitary bases
Sudanese army forces blasted paramilitary bases with artillery in Khartoum on Wednesday after pulling out of US and Saudi-brokered ceasefire talks, accusing their paramilitary foes of failing to honour their commitments.
Cholera-hit S.African town blames govt for deadly outbreak
A grieving family gathers in their yard in a town near Pretoria, the epicentre of a deadly cholera outbreak, mourning the death of a relative, one of 17 people killed by the disease in just days.
US top health official sounds alarm on child social media use
The top US health official on Tuesday issued a stark warning to parents, tech companies and regulators, saying the evidence is growing that social media use may seriously harm children.
New US HIV infections decline as prophylactic access rises
New HIV infections in the United States fell by 12 percent in 2021 compared to 2017, continuing a decline driven by fewer cases in younger people, especially gay and bisexual men, official estimates showed Tuesday.
'I am not a robot': Evenepoel says Giro criticism hurt
Belgian cycling star Remco Evenepoel took a swing at his critics on Tuesday as he announced he was back in training nine days after abandoning the Giro d'Italia with Covid even though he was in the lead.
Italy's Berlusconi leaves hospital after six weeks
Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi was discharged on Friday from a hospital in Milan, where he was admitted more than six weeks ago suffering from leukaemia and a lung infection.
Running from abuse: The migrant women trying to enter France
Women may still be a minority among migrants crossing the Mediterranean for Europe, but their number is rising and so is their need for special attention after what are often traumatic experiences, assocations say.
Oregon turns on, tunes in to the power of magic mushrooms
Tori Armbrust grows magic mushrooms.
US judges appear skeptical of preserving access to abortion pill
A US federal appeals court panel appeared skeptical on Wednesday of preserving access to a widely used abortion pill.
Evenepoel's Giro team shredded by new positive Covid cases
The Giro d'Italia lost six more cyclists, four of them from former race leader Remco Evenepoel's team, on Wednesday owing to positive Covid tests taking the total of withdrawals due to the virus to 15 since the race began on May 6.
Possible antidote discovered for deadliest mushroom: study
Researchers said on Tuesday that an already widely used medical dye reduces the poisonous effects of death cap mushrooms in mice, raising hopes of the first targeted antidote for the world's deadliest mushroom.
It's snow joke -- Giro d'Italia cancels highest climb of race
This year's Giro d'Italia has been robbed of its most challenging climb as organisers told AFP on Tuesday that there is too much snow covering the Great-Saint-Bernard Pass.
New threat to privacy? Scientists sound alarm about DNA tool
The traces of genetic material that humans constantly shed wherever they go could soon be used to track individual people, or even whole ethnic groups, scientists said on Monday, warning of a looming "ethical quagmire".
Peru fumigation effort aims to curb dengue outbreak
Health personnel in protective suits are going door to door in Peru, fumigating homes to eradicate mosquitos spreading the dengue-causing virus that has already killed 79 people in the country this year.
WHO declares mpox no longer a global health emergency
The World Health Organization declared that mpox no longer constitutes a global health emergency on Thursday, almost exactly a year after the disease formerly known as monkeypox started spreading globally.
US panel recommends nonprescription use of contraception pill
A US panel of health experts voted Wednesday in favor of making birth control pills available without a prescription, a move backed by reproductive rights advocates especially in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling overturning the national right to abortion.
Five figures on Covid-19 in the United States
Though daily life has long returned to near-normal for many in the United States, the official end of the Covid-19 health emergency Thursday night still marks a new post-pandemic era for the country.
No longer a death sentence: Four decades of living with HIV
Forty years after the discovery of HIV, AFP looks at how far we have come in fighting a deadly virus that was once shrouded in fear and shame but is now treated as a manageable chronic condition.
'Lucky to still be alive': Living with HIV for over 30 years
When people were diagnosed with HIV more than three decades ago, it was considered a death sentence.
New study finds prehistoric migration from China to Americas
As the last continents to be settled by humans, the question of how and when people first came to the Americas has long intrigued scientists.
Mammograms should start at 40, says US task force
All women should get mammogram screening for breast cancer starting from age 40, rather than 50, an influential US health body announced Tuesday, a move it said could save thousands of lives.
Half of Chicago residents have been exposed to gun violence: study
Half of the residents of Chicago have witnessed a shooting by the age of 40 with Blacks significantly more likely to have done so than whites, according to a study published on Tuesday.
Influential US health body recommends mammograms from age 40
All women should get mammogram screening for breast cancer starting from age 40, rather than 50, an influential US health body announced Tuesday, a move it said could save thousands of lives.
New study finds prehistoric migrations from China to Americas
As the last continents to be settled by humans, the question of how and when people first came to the Americas has long intrigued scientists.
UK unveils pharmacies plan to ease NHS pressure
Britain's pharmacists will soon be able to prescribe drugs that were previously only authorised by doctors, under government plans unveiled Tuesday to ease pressure on the state-run National Health Service.
Iraqi Kurdish bodybuilder breaks down gender barriers
As a young girl, Iraqi Kurd Shylan Kamal would help her mother knead bread until one day she realised the work was a way to build up muscles -- and she liked it.
Wounded soldiers treated at night as Bakhmut battle rages
Deep inside the wound, the Ukrainian soldier's heart is beating. It is 9:00 pm and he has just been brought into a field hospital from the battle for Bakhmut.
Head of top US public health agency resigns
The head of the main US public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control, announced on Friday that she will step down from her post at the end of June.
Covid no longer a global health emergency: WHO
The Covid-19 pandemic, which killed millions of people and wreaked economic and social havoc, no longer constitutes a global health emergency, the WHO said Friday, warning that the threat remained.
Nigerian politician jailed after landmark UK organ trial
A UK court on Friday jailed Nigeria's former deputy Senate president for nine years and eight months, following his landmark conviction for plotting to harvest a man's kidney for his sick daughter.
Nigerian politician faces sentencing in landmark UK organ plot
Nigeria's former deputy Senate president faces up to life in jail in Britain on Friday when he is sentenced for plotting to harvest a man's kidney for his sick daughter.