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A migrant's odyssey from Venezuela to the United States
AFP, Published on 27/12/2023
» MATAMOROS (MEXICO) - Lying in the jungle with a gun pointed at him, Marcel Maldonado remembered his mother's warning about the dangers of migrating overland to the United States -- and wondered if he'd get out alive.
The flight of the Eagle Hunters
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 28/11/2023
» Ten years ago, photographer Jatenipat Ketpradit, also known as JKBoy, embarked on a journey to Mongolia to capture portraits of the Eagle Hunters Tribe. Accompanied by a local guide, Jatenipat had to go door to door to search for members of the clan as only a few still make a living from the profession these days.
Under your skin: Tattoo artist inks cremated remains in art
AFP, Published on 27/10/2023
» OCEANSIDE (UNITED STATES) - When Scout Frank lost her mother, she knew she needed to keep her close -- and hit upon the perfect solution when she found she could have her ashes tattooed into her skin.
Canoeist Orasa pockets 2nd medal
Sports, Published on 04/10/2023
» Hangzhou: Canoeist Orasa Thiangkathok claimed her second medal of the 19th Asian Games in China on Tuesday when she won silver in the women's single 200m final.
India's headhunter warriors sever past, fret over future
AFP, Published on 05/07/2023
» MON (INDIA) - Once, the way to get ahead among India's Konyak warriors was by chopping off an enemy's skull. Today, the last survivors of a past age mourn the changing times -- and a new generation they see as soft.
Fossil findings prompt dinosaur rush
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 02/07/2023
» It took a moment to spot the fragment, initially: fist-size and unnaturally smooth, nestled between shrubs teeming with burrs in an endless expanse of arid plains. But after the first, the others were easier to pick out, gleaming dirty white against the red earth and run through with a honeycomb texture.
Modern medicine in ancient Rome
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 02/07/2023
» Doctors are generally held in high regard today, but Romans of the first century were sceptical, even scornful, of medical practitioners, many of whom ministered to ailments they did not understand. Poets especially ridiculed surgeons for being greedy, for taking sexual advantage of patients and, above all, for incompetence.
A swansong or phoenix rising?
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 30/06/2023
» Like many others, I'm one who grew up loving the Indiana Jones franchise, especially the original trilogy. It opened my eyes to the world of adventure, Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford as a famed and loved archaeologist.
Musk's Neuralink says cleared for human test of brain implants
AFP, Published on 26/05/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Elon Musk's start-up Neuralink on Thursday said it has gotten approval from US regulators to test its brain implants in people.
Basquiat-Warhol: a rare artistic duo, reunited in Paris
AFP, Published on 03/04/2023
» PARIS - There are vanishingly few great collaborations in the annals of fine art. For a brief moment in the 1980s, Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat showed the world how it was done.