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A ghost of Angola's past, Luanda's bullring awaits new life
A ghost of Angola's past, Luanda's bullring awaits new life
by  AFP

Around the corner from a congested Luanda street, partially covered by a thick row of little shops and food stalls, stands a dilapidated concrete bullring -- the vestige of Angola's colonial past. Numbers for the stands can still be seen on the worn-out walls, half-covered by graffiti.

Scientists fight to protect DR Congo rainforest as threats increase
Scientists fight to protect DR Congo rainforest as threats increase
by  AFP

A tower bristling with sensors juts above the canopy in northern Democratic Republic of Congo, measuring carbon dioxide emitted from the world's second-largest tropical rainforest. Sibret said more time is required to draw definitive conclusions from the data gathered by DRC's flux tower, but one thing is certain: The rainforest sequesters more greenhouse gases than it emits.

A new life begins for the Titkovs, far from Ukraine
A new life begins for the Titkovs, far from Ukraine
by  AFP

After months of anguish and hesitation, the Titkov family -- who fled to Vienna from Ukraine just after Russia invaded -- have finally decided to stay. Yet in June the Titkovs almost returned to Ukraine.

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