Morocco High Atlas whistle language strives for survival
In Morocco's High Atlas mountains, shepherds Hammou Amraoui and his son hardly need words to speak. Across peaks, they whistle at each other in a centuries-old language, now jeopardised by rural flight.
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Glimmering sea of solar as China expands desert installation
An ocean of blue solar panels ripples across the ochre dunes of Inner Mongolia's Kubuqi desert, a glittering example of China's almost inconceivably mammoth energy transition.
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France's Sarkozy set to learn fate in Libya case
A Paris court is to issue its verdict Thursday in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence.
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Clean-up underway in southern China after Typhoon Ragasa sweeps through
Hundreds of thousands of people in southern China were clearing up Thursday after powerful Typhoon Ragasa crashed through Guangdong Province, ripping down trees, destroying fences, and blasting signs off buildings.
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Apple asks EU to scrap landmark digital competition law
Apple asked the European Union to scrap its landmark digital competition law on Thursday, arguing that it poses security risks and creates a "worse experience" for consumers.
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Asian markets slide as traders prepare for key US data
Stocks moved narrowly Thursday as traders continue to pull back from the buying that has propelled markets to record highs in recent months, with upcoming US inflation and jobs data seen as likely to be the next catalysts for action.
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Return of millions of Afghans fuels terror potential
A massive spike in millions of migrants forced back into impoverished Afghanistan by Pakistan and Iran could fuel Islamic State militancy, diplomatic and security sources fear.
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Savea to lead 'stung' All Blacks as Robertson makes four changes
Flanker Ardie Savea will captain New Zealand against Australia as the All Blacks made four changes Thursday to a side "stung" by their record defeat to South Africa.
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'Shut your mouth': Low-paid women still waiting for their #MeToo
"You need the work," one woman said, "so you shut your mouth." #MeToo may have helped change the landscape for women in Hollywood and in the boardroom, but cleaners, secretaries and supermarket workers who have suffered sexual violence at work say it has yet to do much for them.
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Famed 'sponge cities' Chinese architect dead in Brazil plane crash
Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu, known for his so-called nature-mimicking "sponge cities," has died in a small plane crash in Brazil with two filmmakers documenting his work, police said Wednesday.
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