Spanish Civil Guard seizes hashish from underwater traffickers | AFP Spanish Civil Guard seizes hashish from underwater traffickers | AFPDivers with the Spanish ‘Guardia Civil’ or Civil Guard recover bundles of hashish from a site used by traffickers for the underwater transport of drugs into Spain. The Spanish Civil Guard have announced the arrest of […]
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Holocaust survivor Marko Feingold dies aged 106 | AFP Holocaust survivor Marko Feingold dies aged 106 | AFPHolocaust survivor and leader of Salzburg’s Jewish community Marko Feingold dies at the age of 106 according to Austria’s APA news agency. Born in 1913, in what is today Slovakia, Feingold grew up in Vienna and fled the […]
Continue ReadingSmall group of climate defenders join Fridays For Future in Bogota | AFP Small group of climate defenders join Fridays For Future in Bogota | AFPA small group of environmental activists and indigenous defenders protest on Bolivar Square in Bogota in a symbolic Pre-Columbian event called “El Correr de La Tierra” and in support of […]
Continue ReadingBolivia’s Cholas are now integrated into society | AFP Bolivia’s Cholas are now integrated into society | AFPIn Bolivia, part of society still despises indigenous women known as “cholas,” despite the fact that indigenous people make up about half of the population in the Andean country. AFP has spoken to various indigenous women who suffer […]
Continue ReadingFridays for Future: Climate strike in the Mexican capital | AFP Fridays for Future: Climate strike in the Mexican capital | AFPYoung people in Mexico City join the world in a massive coordinated strike from school to protest government and business inaction on climate change. IMAGES Abonnez-vous à la chaîne de l’AFP, et pensez à […]
Continue ReadingMillions around the world demand climate action | AFP Millions around the world demand climate action | AFPFrom Sydney to New Delhi and from Stockholm to Jakarta, crowds of children skipped school Friday to join a global strike against climate change, heeding the rallying cry of teen activist Greta Thunberg and demanding adults act to […]
Continue ReadingNew York students skip school to participate in vast global climate strike | AFP New York students skip school to participate in vast global climate strike | AFPThousands of students prepare to march in downtown New York city after they skipped school to join a global strike against climate change, heeding the rallying cry of […]
Continue ReadingAfrica Weekly – a round up of news and features | AFP Africa Weekly – a round up of news and features | AFPThis week on Africa Weekly we head to Togo, where each year the sea erodes as much as 10 metres of coastline, distorting Togo’s landscape and driving out fishing communities. Then we […]
Continue ReadingGreta Thunberg to AFP: political leaders ‘need to take their responsibility’ | AFP Greta Thunberg to AFP: political leaders ‘need to take their responsibility’ | AFPTeenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg tells AFP that political leaders “need to take their responsibility” in addressing the climate crisis, and says meeting Trump is not what she “would prioritize […]
Continue ReadingWildfires ring alarm bells over deforestation in the Amazon | AFP Wildfires ring alarm bells over deforestation in the Amazon | AFPThe fires in the Amazon have raised global concern, but above all they have drawn attention to deforestation in the world’s largest tropical forest, where indigenous reserves, large landowners, illegal farmers and mining coexist […]
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