Discovering HIV started 'race against time': Barre-Sinoussi
When Nobel laureate Francoise Barre-Sinoussi helped identify a mysterious virus that would become known as HIV 40 years ago, she says it kicked off a "race against time" to counter the looming AIDS crisis.
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No longer a death sentence: Four decades of living with HIV
Forty years after the discovery of HIV, AFP looks at how far we have come in fighting a deadly virus that was once shrouded in fear and shame but is now treated as a manageable chronic condition.
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'Lucky to still be alive': Living with HIV for over 30 years
When people were diagnosed with HIV more than three decades ago, it was considered a death sentence.
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ASEAN leaders say 'deeply concerned' about Myanmar violence
Southeast Asian nations said Wednesday they are "deeply concerned" about the violence ravaging Myanmar, and condemned a recent attack on a convoy of diplomats delivering humanitarian aid in the country.
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Asian markets drift lower as US inflation data looms
Stocks extended losses in Asia on Wednesday as traders awaited the release of US inflation data, with sentiment clouded by a range of issues including the debt ceiling standoff in Washington and banking sector uncertainty.
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Screen icons headed for blockbuster Cannes festival
Heroes and villains! Screen legends and scandal! Indiana Jones, Martin Scorsese and Johnny Depp! The script for the 76th Cannes Film Festival, which opens next Tuesday, suggests it will be a blockbuster.
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Embiid, Sixers close on series win after downing Celtics
Joel Embiid led the Philadelphia 76ers to within one win of a series triumph over the Boston Celtics on Tuesday, scoring 33 points in a 115-103 road victory in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference playoff duel.
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Thousands of Venezuelans face desperate gamble at US border
Before turning himself in to US border officials in El Paso on Tuesday, Juan Fernandez sent a farewell text message to his wife in Venezuela.
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Four people shot dead in Tunisia synagogue attack
A police officer shot dead two people participating in an annual pilgrimage to a renowned Tunisian synagogue as well as two members of the security services before he was killed on Tuesday, the interior ministry said.
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Musk says video and audio calls coming to Twitter
Twitter boss Elon Musk on Tuesday put out word that audio and video calls are coming to the platform.
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