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Turkmenistan's 'heavenly' horses at the heart of fervent state cult.AFP was given rare access to the ancient and endange...
05/06/2026

Turkmenistan's 'heavenly' horses at the heart of fervent state cult.

AFP was given rare access to the ancient and endangered Akhal-Teke stallions at an annual horse beauty pageant in the ultra-closed Central Asian state.

Full story: https://u.afp.com/SDLh

Anthropic calls for a global pause on building the most powerful AI systems as the latest models are beginning to show s...
05/06/2026

Anthropic calls for a global pause on building the most powerful AI systems as the latest models are beginning to show signs they could escape human control.

Getting a real pause to work would mean multiple major AI companies in multiple countries -- most notably the US and China -- all agreeing to stop at the same time, under rules everyone could actually verify, Anthropic said.

"Without a global coordination mechanism, companies and governments will have to make difficult decisions about safety while under competitive and geopolitical pressures," it said.

Full story: https://u.afp.com/SDuy

N**i party records released online shatter German family mythsMany German families have faced the uncomfortable question...
05/06/2026

N**i party records released online shatter German family myths

Many German families have faced the uncomfortable question: What did grandpa do during the war? Now, the answer may be just a few clicks away -- but it may not be what they wanted to hear.

Full story: https://u.afp.com/SDLw

05/06/2026

Thousands protest in Albania against Kushner real estate project.

The demonstrators argue that the estimated $1.2 billion project, led by Kushner and his wife Ivanka, will harm the environment, with plans for luxury hotels in the protected area of Vjosa-Narta on the southern coast.

Full story: https://u.afp.com/SDL4

04/06/2026

Israel carried out new strikes in Lebanon on Thursday and again threatened Beirut, despite the two countries agreeing to a conditional ceasefire that Lebanon's president called the "last chance" for a durable end to the fighting.
🎥 Anne Lebreton, Jorge Novominsky

04/06/2026

The Ghetto Kids, a Ugandan dance troupe made up of street children, has been invited by music superstar Shakira to perform at the halftime show during the World Cup final.

Ghetto Kids is an NGO that started in the Ugandan capital Kampala, using dance and performing arts to help abandoned and orphaned children.

The troupe had already built up an international following online for their performances but the World Cup, watched by more than a billion worldwide, is another level of fame.

🎥Drake Tabula
💻Maya Szaniecki

04/06/2026

A Nepali climbing guide who went missing on Mount Everest for six days and was believed dead has been found alive after crawling alone almost to Base Camp.

His wife had even begun to offer last rite prayers for his soul, she told AFP at the hospital in the capital Kathmandu, where he is recovering from "some frostbite" but is conscious.

Mountaineer Dawa Sherpa -- who is in his 50s, and is better known as "Hillary", like famed climber Edmund Hillary -- vanished on the upper reaches of the world's highest mountain in bitter conditions, early on 30 May.

🎥 Paavan Mathema

04/06/2026

Workers, farmers, miners, transport workers and teachers have been protesting for weeks in Bolivia, demanding measures to ease the country's worst economic crisis in four decades and calling for President Rodrigo Paz to step down.

About 100 road blockades have been reported nationwide, a typical protest tactic in Bolivia which has triggered shortages of food, medicine and fuel in La Paz, neighbouring El Alto and other cities, and driven up prices of basic goods.

Paz has warned that Bolivia is at a "breaking point” and said he was looking into using the military to quell the protests.

AFP’s Franco Fafasuli reports from La Paz as the government faces mounting pressure to resolve the crisis.

🎥 Franco Fafasuli, William Wroblewski

It's been nicknamed the "Obamalisk" and compared to a Star Wars spaceship and the Eye of Sauron from "The Lord of the Ri...
04/06/2026

It's been nicknamed the "Obamalisk" and compared to a Star Wars spaceship and the Eye of Sauron from "The Lord of the Rings". Barack Obama's huge presidential center in Chicago has caused a stir even before it opens.
Read more: u.afp.com/SD2n

04/06/2026

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are set to represent their countries at a record sixth World Cup this summer, when they take the field at the 2026 tournament. Both players started their World Cup careers in Germany in 2006, but while Ronaldo has failed to reach a final with Portugal, Messi led his Argentina team to World Cup glory in Qatar in 2022.

🎥 Jerome Pin, Magali Cervantes
📷 Pascal Pavani, Frank Fife, Timothy A. Clary, Mario Laporta, Ivan Castaneira, Nicolas Asfouri, Paul Faith, Antonin Thuillier, Patricia De Melo Moreira , Luiza Moraes / Getty Images North America, Jamie Squire / Getty Images North America
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