Inside a Baghdad slum left barren by war
Baghdad/Amman, 19 September 2019 (AFP) – Sadr City, a Baghdad slum seen as symbol of Saddam Hussein’s downfall, is virtually bereft of electricity and clean water and remains one of the main flashpoints of…
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Baghdad/Amman, 19 September 2019 (AFP) – Sadr City, a Baghdad slum seen as symbol of Saddam Hussein’s downfall, is virtually bereft of electricity and clean water and remains one of the main flashpoints of…
CNN’s Dhanya Skariachan takes the first step toward easing the footwear shortage in 21st-century America. If men’s style is any indicator, we are entering the early stage of a shoe renaissance. There’s the amazing…
This article is over 3 months old Number of troops sent in massive amphibious drill marks ‘first time since the second world war’ Japan’s defence ministry said 4,000 troops have begun staging a massive…
University of Illinois professor tells Associated Press he wants independent experts to perform autopsy, which could come later The autopsy of the North Carolina teenager who died after police tackled him in front of…
Image copyright AFP Image caption Princess Mako has been a fixture at the centre of Japanese royal politics Princess Mako, the youngest child of Japan’s Emperor Akihito, has celebrated her 22nd birthday. It is…
Muhammad Ali’s grandson, Nico Ali Walsh, joined other torchbearers in Palm Springs, California, on Wednesday as the 34-year-old carried the Olympic flame alongside his father, actor Keith Carradine. Play Video 2:24 Muhammad Ali, Olympic…
Emma Raducanu of the United Kingdom easily defeated Canada’s Leylah Fernandez to win the US Open Girls’ Under-14s Singles final. Dressed in white, Raducanu swept to a 6-0, 6-0 victory on Court 18 after…
iStockphoto For the fourth year running, youth leaders from around the world gathered in Barcelona for COP26, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. In a nod to the EU’s challenge in preserving the…
A day after 5-foot-11 center Greg Ostertag was drafted into the NBA, he scored 24 points to help Wisconsin end the University of Kansas’ seemingly endless winning streak in the NCAA Tournament, ousting the…
As global temperatures rise, the German landscape is changing as well: in one extreme, roadside ecologists are removing the leaves from trees to prevent them from falling on pedestrians; in another, invasive species have…