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It's been a busy week at the top of Everest with long queues of climbers trying to reach the summit
World
12.08.2024
Three more deaths on overcrowded Everest
AFP launched its fact-checking service in 2017 and now publishes verifications in eight languages thanks to a network of 40 journalists and editors across five continents
World
12.08.2024
AFP part of alliance to combat fake news in Argentina election
Now 27, Zahia Dehar hit the headlines 10 years ago as the under-age escort who was allegedly paid for sex by top French footballers
World
12.08.2024
Football scandal girl film wins a top Cannes award
This image, presumed to be by Banksy, appeared on the outer wall of a house overlooking the canal Rio de Ca Foscari, in Venice
World
12.08.2024
Banksy in Venice? New work appears and perhaps the artist himself
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BJP supporters said their enthusiasm for the leader had only increased
World 12.08.2024
'The lion returns' -- Modi fans paint the town saffron
Newly elected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a book fair in Kiev tells AFP that his new job "has been a bit of a shock, there's a lot of work"
World 12.08.2024
Ukraine's Zelensky says first days of presidency 'a bit' shocking
Iranians protest using a mask depicting US President Donald Trump during a rally in Tehran on May 19, 2019
World 12.08.2024
Iran says no talks with US 'under any circumstances'
Journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo gesture as they walk out of Insein prison gate after being freed in a presidential amnesty in Yangon on May 7, 2019
World 12.08.2024
Myanmar filmmaker in court amid freedom of expression clampdown
Callixte Nsabimana, spokesman for the National Liberation Front (FLN), was escorted by police officers into the court in Kigali
World 12.08.2024
Rwandan rebel leader pleads guilty to terrorism
The dramatic intervention is the latest blow against billionaire Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit
World 12.08.2024
Thai court blocks popular junta foe from entering parliament
Dennis Christensen, a 46-year-old Danish citizen, has been sentenced to six years in prison in Russia for "extremism"
World 12.08.2024
Russia upholds jail sentence for Danish Jehovah's Witness
UN envoy Ghassan Salame has bitterly denounced the conflict in Libya, warning the country is committing suicide and squandering its oil wealth
World 12.08.2024
Libya committing suicide, squandering oil riches: UN envoy
German-born British author and illustrator Judith Kerr worked well into her 90s
World 12.08.2024
British author Judith Kerr, creator of childhood favourites, dies aged 95
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