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Yvette Roudy, a veteran feminist campaigner and France's first women's rights minister, died on Tuesday at the age of 97, her nephew told AFP.

The two largest reservoirs in the United States have fallen to record lows as a severe drought grips the country's West, according to data released over the weekend.

Eager cruise passengers zipping around New York's southern shores rush to the starboard bow: a humpback whale is up for air, a breathtaking sighting set against Manhattan's iconic skyline.

Tributes are pouring in for actress Hayden Panettiere, who has died aged 36.

Colombia's new housing minister has come under fire after it emerged that he took his family on a Caribbean holiday while the country was reeling from a devastating earthquake that left thousands homeless.