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French motorists scramble for fuel as strike cuts supply
French motorists scramble for fuel as strike cuts supply
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Frustrated motorists faced more chaos at petrol pumps across France on Friday as a strike at energy giant Totalenergies entered its 12th day. The supply situation would improve "within two or three days", she predicted, adding that just 15 percent of all petrol stations in France had been affected.

Troubled Lesotho votes for parliament
Troubled Lesotho votes for parliament
World
by  AFP

Voters in the southern African kingdom of Lesotho were casting ballots in parliamentary elections on Friday, but hopes were low that the outcome will end the country's long-running political gridlock. Only 47 percent of registered voters bothered to cast their ballot at the last elections in 2017.

US, Philippines reinforce alliance with joint military drills
US, Philippines reinforce alliance with joint military drills
World
by  AFP

US and Philippine marines stormed a beach near a disputed rocky outcrop in the South China Sea on Friday as part of joint military drills involving more than 3,500 troops. Around 300 troops were involved in Friday's amphibious drills held on an uninhabited beach in Zambales province, about 240 kilometres (150 miles) east of Scarborough Shoal, which China seized from the Philippines in 2012.

After the floods, a wave of disease plagues Pakistan
After the floods, a wave of disease plagues Pakistan
World
by  AFP

His head haloed by a whirlwind of mosquitoes, Aamir Hussain stands on the roof of his home in southern Pakistan surveying the fetid floodwaters all around. - 'The hidden fever' - Before the floods southern Pakistan was already devastated by grinding poverty.