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Dissident author warns Russians in Europe to be on guard
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» FRANKFURT - Russian author Sergei Lebedev's novel "Untraceable", about an undetectable toxin used to target Kremlin critics, was released a few years ago but has taken on added resonance as alleged poisonings have multiplied.
Old and poor: Thailand sleepwalking towards ageing crisis
AFP, Published on 16/10/2023
» Unless she lines up in the hot sun for a free meal, ketchup on bread is the only food Thai widow Noi can afford on her small government pension.
Austria celebrates last surviving shock ‘actionist’ artist
AFP, Published on 28/09/2023
» VIENNA - Several shows are recognising Guenter Brus, the last surviving key member of Vienna's famed "actionists", who turned 85 this week and whose radical movement broke new ground using the body to make art.
'Happy Dancing' routine boosts fitness in fast-ageing China
AFP, Published on 28/07/2023
» JIAMUSI (CHINA) - Hundreds of dancers twirl in unison by a riverside in northeastern China, thrusting hips and shimmying shoulders in an unusual but beloved routine that has taken the country by storm.
Suicides in Singapore rise to 22-year high
AFP, Published on 01/07/2023
» Suicides in Singapore rose nearly 26% last year to their highest level in more than two decades, reflecting the "unseen mental distress" in the city-state, according to a local non-governmental organisation (NGO).
Taiwan's newest party wants to make mahjong great again
AFP, Published on 23/11/2022
» KAOHSIUNG (TAIWAN) - As Taiwan hurtles towards becoming a "super-aged" society, a new political party has emerged with an unusual and somewhat singular platform -- making mahjong great again.
Europe temperature rise more than twice global average: UN
AFP, Published on 02/11/2022
» GENEVA: Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past three decades, showing the fastest rise of any continent on earth, the UN said Wednesday.
China's birthrate plummets, lowest in decades
AFP, Published on 24/11/2021
» BEIJING: China's birthrate plummeted to a record low last year, highlighting a looming demographic crisis for the world's most populous country, caused by a rapidly ageing workforce and slowing economy.
Anguish and anger after Taiwan building blaze kills 46
AFP, Published on 15/10/2021
» KAOHSIUNG (TAIWAN) - Taiwanese residents voiced anguish and outrage on Friday after 46 people perished in an inferno that tore through a dilapidated housing block as investigators searched for what sparked the island's deadliest fire in decades.
Faster, higher, older: pensioners defy virus fears to keep Tokyo Olympics running
AFP, Published on 03/08/2021
» TOKYO: Japan has tapped into its famously ageing population to help run the Tokyo Olympics, with pensioner volunteers -- some into their 90s -- shrugging off fears about the coronavirus to do their bit.