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Kakhovka hydro dam: A strategic facility for Crimea
Kakhovka hydro dam: A strategic facility for Crimea
by  AFP

The Kakhovka hydroelectric dam in southern Ukraine was captured in the beginning of the invasion because of its strategic importance: it supplies the Moscow-annexed Crimean peninsula with water. Built in Soviet times in the 1950s, the Kakhovka dam pumps water into the North Crimean canal, which starts in southern Ukraine and crosses the entire Crimean peninsula.

French climate activists target store lights in Paris night raids
French climate activists target store lights in Paris night raids
by  AFP

Paris climate activists have found a new way to get across their message against energy waste in the City of Light -- switching off store signs and advertising screens that are kept on all night even though the government has urged people to cut back electricity use.

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