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The book titled "Permiso Para Matar (License to Kill)" by Mexican journalists Paris Martinez, Daniel Moreno, and Specialist in International Criminal Law, Transitional Justice, and Human Rights, Jacobo Dayan, is on display at a book store in Mexico City.--AFP

‘Permission to Kill’: Book highlights Mexican drug-war murders

Innocent civilians have been murdered in the name of Mexico’s war on drug cartels by military personnel eager to show results, according to a new book that alleges the killings constitute war crime...
A mother elephant stands next to its baby elephant twins at Wingabaw Elephant Camp, Myanmar's Bago region, on Sept 5, 2024. --AFP

Rare twin elephants take first steps in Myanmar

Gerhard Fallent, chairman of the Wolfstop association and his godchild Irmuun Munkhbayar walk with his sheep at his pasture in Langschlag, Lower Austria.--AFP photos

As wolves swoop, Austrians grab guns for contested cull

This photograph shows a man catching blackchin tilapia fish in a canal in Bangkok.--AFP photos

Thailand nets 1.3 million kilograms of invasive fish

Containers of Nutella hazelnut spread made by the Ferrero company are displayed on a shelf at a grocery store on March 27, 2024 in San Anselmo, California. -- AFP

Vegan Nutella to hit European shelves

Hvaldimir first appeared off Norway's coast in 2019.--AFP

‘Russian spy’ whale found dead in Norway

Biologist César Garzón speaks during an interview with AFP in Quito on August 15, 2024, at the museum facilities of the National Biodiversity Institute. --AFP photos

Hunt for rare bird shows how Ecuador narco violence impedes research

Mark Chavez, the 'ketamine doctor' who is charged in connection with actor Matthew Perry's death from an accidental ketamine overdose, listen to his attorney Matthew Binninger speak to the media as they leave the Roybal Federal Courthouse in Los Angeles after his court appearance on August 30, 2024.—AFP

Matthew Perry doctor ordered not to practice medicine ahead of guilty plea

The ice creams are on dislay at "Roberto confectionary" pastry shop in Tatabanya, north-western Hungary.--AFP photos

Cone appetit: Hungary goes wild for cabbage stew ice cream

This aerial view shows the premises of a cohousing community in Malinalco, state of Mexico.--AFP photos

Cohousing lets Mexicans grow old among friends

Mark Chavez, the 'ketamine doctor' who is charged in connection with actor Matthew Perry's death from an accidental ketamine overdose, listen to his attorney Matthew Binninger speak to the media as they leave the Roybal Federal Courthouse in Los Angeles after his court appearance on August 30, 2024.—AFP

Matthew Perry doctor ordered not to practice medicine ahead of guilty plea

A doctor who has agreed to plead guilty in connection with the overdose death of “Friends” actor Matthew Perry was ordered Friday by a judge not to practice medicine. Mark Chavez, 54, who will admit conspiracy to distribute ketamine as part of a...
The ice creams are on dislay at "Roberto confectionary" pastry shop in Tatabanya, north-western Hungary.--AFP photos

Cone appetit: Hungary goes wild for cabbage stew ice cream

Goulash -flavored gelato, anyone? Curious customers are flocking from all over Hungary to taste the summer’s wackiest taste sensations - a small ice cream parlor serving up savory Hungarian staples. Robert Reinhardt and his taste-bud challenging f...
This aerial view shows the premises of a cohousing community in Malinalco, state of Mexico.--AFP photos

Cohousing lets Mexicans grow old among friends

Retired teacher Tesha Martinez and her husband swapped their home in the bustling city for a new life in Mexico’s first cohousing project for silver-haired citizens. It was a decision motivated in part by a wariness of nursing and retirement homes...
Honey bees in their beehive at honey producer La Ruche des Puys in Saint Ours, Auvergne.--AFP photos

'Bees starving' in disastrous year for French honey

Beekeepers across France say it has been a disastrous year for honey, with bees starving to death and production plummeting by up to 80 percent. Mickael Isambert, a beekeeper in Saint-Ours-les-Roches in central France, lost 70 percent of his honey a...
Alexandre Anderson de Souza, president of the Ahomar (Association of Men and Women of the Sea of Guanabara Bay) uses the 'De Olho na Guanabara' (An eye on Guanabara) app, at Guanabara bay.

Brazil fishermen turn to mobile app to combat pollution scourge

Brazilian activist and fisherman Alexandre Anderson uses one hand to steer his boat, and the other to film an oil stain spreading over Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay. He will upload the video to an app developed to expose environmental damage in t...
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KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, flanked by HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, receives a detailed explanation from Director of the National Satellite Project Dr Hala Al-Jassar during a ceremony to launch a national space science center at Bayan Palace on Sept 18, 2024. – KUNA (
Kuwait launches space center
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Why some people are back to using dumbphones
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SAIDA, Lebanon: People and first responders gather at the scene of a device explosion on Sept 18, 2024. - AFP
New device blasts hit Hezbollah
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US Muslims back Stein in blow to Harris
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Kuwait cuts discount rate by 25 bps as US Fed makes larger cut