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Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (AFP) April 19, 2025 - Equatorial Guinea's vice president on Saturday denied the central African country was sending troops to fight alongside Russian soldiers in Ukraine, contrary to an AFP report published earlier this week.
Apr 19, 2025
Quito (AFP) April 19, 2025 - Criminals dressed in fake military uniforms opened fire on spectators at a cockfight in rural Ecuador, killing 12 unarmed people and wounding several others, police in the violence-plagued South American nation said Friday.
Apr 19, 2025
Saint-Julien-Mont-Denis, France (AFP) April 18, 2025 - Alpine ski resorts were getting back to normal on Friday after spring storms the previous day claimed four victims in the French Alps and northern Italy, including a British holidaymaker.
Apr 18, 2025
Dhawalpur, India (AFP) April 18, 2025 - In central India's dry forests, community trackers hunt for signs of elephants to feed into an alert system that is helping prevent some of the hundreds of fatal tramplings each year.
Apr 18, 2025
Washington (AFP) April 18, 2025 - The White House on Friday unveiled a revamped Covid-19 website that promoted the contentious theory that the virus leaked from a Chinese laboratory, framing it as the pandemic's true origins.
Apr 18, 2025
Washington (AFP) April 18, 2025 - Commercial fishing will be allowed in a gigantic marine reserve home to one of the world's most vulnerable ecosystems in the middle of the Pacific under an executive order signed Thursday by President Donald Trump.
Apr 18, 2025
Washington (AFP) April 17, 2025 - The Trump administration aims to remove degradation of habitat from its definition of harm to endangered species, proposing Wednesday a rule change that would open the door to human activity in ecologically sensitive environments.
Apr 17, 2025
Mogadishu (AFP) April 17, 2025 - Somali and US forces carried out an air strike on an area under attack from the Al-Shabaab Islamist group and killed 12 militants, the Somali government said on Thursday.
Apr 17, 2025
Washington (AFP) April 17, 2025 - Up to 17 percent of cropland worldwide is contaminated with at least one type of toxic heavy metal, posing health risks to up to 1.4 billion people, scientists warned Thursday.
Apr 17, 2025
Paris (AFP) April 17, 2025 - Chizuko Kimura has become the first female sushi chef in the world to win a Michelin star, fulfilling a promise she made to her dying husband to continue his legacy.
Apr 17, 2025
Mogadishu (AFP) April 17, 2025 - Joint US-Somalia air strikes and combat killed dozens of Al-Shabaab jihadists attacking a key town and a military base and also destroyed a shipment of weapons, the Somali government said on Thursday.
Apr 17, 2025
Niamey, Niger (AFP) April 17, 2025 - Niger beefed up its troops presence on the border with neighbouring Burkina Faso to counter a perceived terror threat liable to force local people from their homes, an security source told AFP on Thursday.
Apr 17, 2025
Mexico City (AFP) April 16, 2025 - Mexico has sent a diplomatic note to the United States seeking security coordination in response to Washington's plan for its military to control land along the border, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday.
Apr 16, 2025
Berlin (AFP) April 16, 2025 - Germany's environment minister on Wednesday warned of a high risk of forest fires and poor harvests after a worrying lack of rain in recent weeks.
Apr 16, 2025
Madrid (AFP) April 16, 2025 - Spanish police said Wednesday they have uncovered an illegal underground firing range they suspect was operated by a weapons trafficking ring that supplied assault rifles and other arms to drug gangs.
Apr 16, 2025
New York (AFP) April 16, 2025 - A retired New York policeman was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison for his role trying to force the repatriation of a man to China, which is accused of hounding its opponents around the world.
Apr 16, 2025
