50 years since iconic Paris market uprooted
AFP | In the early hours of Friday, February 28, 1969, Parisians headed to the centuries-oldfresh food market in the heart of the city to...
‘Flying bulldog’: World’s largest bee rediscovered
AFP | The world’s largest bee — a giant insect roughly the size of a human thumb — has been rediscovered in a remote part...
Brexit: May heads back to Brussels but EU not budging
AFP | Prime Minister Theresa May heads back to Brussels on Wednesday to renew her quest to reopen the terms of Britain's Brexit divorce but...
Britain to strip IS teen of citizenship: lawyer
AFP | Britain will strip citizenship from a UK teenager who joined the Islamic State group in Syria but now wants to return home with...
Ireland expresses ‘frustration’ at Brexit deal delay
AFP | Ireland's deputy prime minister expressed annoyance on Monday at Britain's continued failure to ratify a deal on its orderly withdrawal from the European...
Homegrown heavyweights shine at London Fashion Week
AFP | The dreamlike elegance of Roksanda, earthy shades of JW Anderson and a rubber-inspired collection from Christopher Kane were among the highlights of the...
Brexit uncorks fears for French wine industry
AFP | French winemakers may be "selling like crazy" to Britain as their clients stock up ahead of Brexit, but they say the country's looming...
Governments ponder what to do with returning jihadists
AFP | The imminent fall of the Islamic State's caliphate in Iraq and Syria has left many countries grappling with what to do with jihadists...
US demands Europe isolate Iran as Israelis, Arabs unite
AFP | Warsaw: US Vice President Mike Pence demanded on Thursday that Europeans drop a nuclear deal with Iran and join in seeking to cripple...
Saudi Arabia ‘regrets’ EU money-laundering blacklist proposal
AFP | Saudi Arabia expressed "regret" over EU proposals to add the country to its money-laundering blacklist of governments that do too little to thwart...
French ‘yellow vest’ boxer given one-year sentence
AFP | An ex-boxer who became a hero to some of France's "yellow vest" protesters after beating up police officers during a demonstration was convicted...
In war-torn Ukraine, women get taste of combat training
AFP | In a gym in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, not far from the frontline with Russia-backed separatists, 20 women fall to the...