Mariette le Roux (@marietteleroux) 's Twitter Profile
Mariette le Roux

@marietteleroux

South African-born journalist in Bogotá @AFP Views expressed are my own.

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Male mice develop a thicker penis if they grow up around other males, according to scientists at the University of Western Australia u.afp.com/omg3

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‘I can think of nothing more American.’ — Beto O'Rourke — the man taking on Ted Cruz — brilliantly explains why NFL players kneeling during the anthem is not disrespectful

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Today in the French city of Besançon, a 34-year-old Afghan woman, who'd been staying at a shelter for domestic violence victims, was stabbed to death in broad daylight. Domestic violence claims a woman's life every three days in France. We don't talk about it nearly enough.

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NASA captures unprecedented images of supersonic shockwaves u.afp.com/J5s5 📷 A colored composite NASA image showing two T-38 aircraft flying in formation at supersonic speeds producing shockwaves that are typically heard on the ground as a sonic boom

NASA captures unprecedented images of supersonic shockwaves
u.afp.com/J5s5 

📷 A colored composite <a href="/NASA/">NASA</a> image showing two T-38 aircraft flying in formation at supersonic speeds producing shockwaves that are typically heard on the ground as a sonic boom
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Presque inhumain ce que les gens doivent endurer pour aller au travail et revenir. Des retards massifs et des trains dangereusement pleins sur le RER B du Aulnay Sous Bois ce matin, et maintenant encore pour revenir de Paris. Des trains supplementaires? Ne sommes pas des animaux.

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Half time. A small child asks Faf de Klerk for an autograph. Instinctively, without any hesitation, he box kicks the kid downfield. #walvrsa

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“Rugby shouldn’t be something that creates pressure on you, it should be something that creates hope” An eloquent response from Springboks head coach Rassie Erasmus on the meaning of pressure for South Africans outside of rugby #RWC2019

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The taxi associations in KZN are a bunch of bullies. They don't want people forming lift clubs going to work without a fee being paid to them. They even go as far as blocking cars on the road & stopping them when they see that the car is full. (Umhlanga) IT'S ABSOLUTE MADNESS.

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Today, a brass band and a community walked my dad home from school - his last day on duty. 35 years at the same school in the same place. He’s the one in the middle of the crowd, in the blazer, leading the celebrations. A dedicated educator and public servant

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Attention aspiring journos: AFP's English service is launching a new training programme that could lead to a job. Details here: afp.com/fr/node/3752079

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#Brazil - Brazilian nurses pose for a photograph showing the bruises in their faces from the use of protection gear at the Intensive Care Unit of the Santa Casa de Misericordia Hospital in Porto Alegre. #AFP 📸 Silvio Avila

#Brazil - Brazilian nurses  pose for a photograph showing the bruises in their faces from the use of protection gear at the Intensive Care Unit of the Santa Casa de Misericordia Hospital in Porto Alegre. #AFP 
📸 Silvio Avila
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she didn’t just pull out a tape measure. she pulled out a tape measure ✨𝓲𝓷 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓱✨ x.com/sosof313/statu…

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South African science was crucial in helping UK discover its new variants; but then the UK govt claimed (wrongly) that the SA variant is more transmissible. No evidence to support this, according to krisp scientists. thetimes.co.uk/article/new-co…