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Iraq passes bill sentencing same-sex acts to 10-15 years’ jail

Agence France-Presse Iraq's parliament passed a bill on Saturday (April 27, 2024) criminalizing same-sex relations, which will receive a sentence of up to 15 years in prison, in a move rights groups...

TikTok creators fear economic blow of US ban

Agence France-Presse Ayman Chaudhary turned her love for reading into a living on TikTok, posting video snippets about books like those banned in schools in ultra-conservative parts of the United States. Now the...

Rescue pup to meme star: the real-life ‘Dogecoin’ dog

Agence France-Presse Her fluffy face now frail, Kabosu still flashes the enigmatic smile that made her the go-to meme dog for millennials and inspired a $23 billion cryptocurrency beloved by Elon Musk. She's...

US surgeons transplant pig kidney to live patient for second time

Agence France-Presse Surgeons in the United States have transplanted a modified pig kidney into a living person for the second time, a hospital said Wednesday, celebrating an advance in animal-to-human organ transplants. The...

France records growing number of supercentenarians

Agence France-Presse The number of people in France living beyond 110 years is growing fast, the national demographic studies institute said Wednesday, with women dominating the supercentenarian contest. The phenomenon was unheard of...

Use of alcohol and e-cigarettes among youth ‘alarming’: WHO

Agence France-Presse The widespread use of alcohol and e-cigarettes among adolescents is "alarming", according to a report released on Thursday by the World Health Organization's (WHO) European branch, which recommended measures to...

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