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Help for endangered Amazon tribe
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 16/04/2023
» The illegal tin mine was so remote that, for three years, the massive gash it cut into the Amazon rainforest had gone largely ignored.
Biden urges UK to protect peace in NIreland on visit 'home' to Ireland
AFP, Published on 14/04/2023
» DUBLIN - US President Joe Biden on Thursday declared "I'm home" as he was feted on a visit to his ancestral homeland Ireland, whose story he said proved the triumph of hope over despair.
Biden to address Irish parliament on historic visit
AFP, Published on 13/04/2023
» DUBLIN - After a frosty encounter north of the border, US President Joe Biden is assured of a far warmer welcome by lawmakers in Ireland on Thursday during a visit to the country of his ancestral roots.
Biden touts peace and prosperity in restive N. Ireland
AFP, Published on 12/04/2023
» BELFAST - US President Joe Biden was set Wednesday to promote the potential of enduring peace as well as business investment on his trip to Northern Ireland.
Irish Joe: Immigrant roots central to Biden's political identity
AFP, Published on 09/04/2023
» WASHINGTON - When a British journalist once asked Joe Biden for an interview, the US president responded with a joke.
Films screened for ancestors at Chinese cemetery during festival
Chinnawat Singha, Published on 05/04/2023
» PHITSANULOK: The Chinese Association of Phitsanulok has been showing open air movies at a Chinese cemetery in Muang district as part Qingming, the Ching Ming Festival.
Former Taiwan president heads to China pledging peace
Published on 27/03/2023
» TAOYUAN, Taiwan: Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou left for China on Monday on a landmark trip, saying he hoped to bring about peace and improve relations through the interactions of young people.
Indonesians seeking climate justice take aim at Swiss concrete giant
AFP, Published on 14/03/2023
» PARI ISLAND (INDONESIA) - Sitting near a wall of stacked rocks, fisherman Mustagfirin looks out to sea from the tiny Indonesian island of Pari, wondering whether his home will exist for much longer.
British colonialist Cecil Rhodes's grave haunts Zimbabweans
AFP, Published on 10/03/2023
» BULAWAYO (ZIMBABWE) - It's a sacred hill where for centuries Zimbabweans would go to consult their ancestors.
An image of Nan
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 09/03/2023
» In the northern town of Nan last week, in 35°C midday heat, a colourful procession of villagers wearing distinctive ethnic attire made its way to Wat Phra That Chae Haeng down a lengthy staircase, aside which a pair of naga sculptures stood like guardians. A number of classic wood litters carried replicas of a gold, bell-shaped pagoda as well as various Buddhist offerings such as Lanna-style flags and khan dok trees, all to mark the return of the annual seven-day Hok Peng Festival.