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Spain bets on mixed gender prisons
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» TEIXEIRO (SPAIN) - At a jail in northwestern Spain, a sole female inmate played football with 21 male convicts, part of a push towards mixed prison living that remains rare in Europe.
Art for bark's sake: stray dogs take up painting for UK charity
AFP, Published on 28/11/2023
» BRISTOL (UNITED KINGDOM) - In their studio in Bristol, western England, rescue dogs Rosie and Alba are hard at work on their canvases, redefining the essence of abstract art -- one tail swish at a time.
McDonald's UK boss says fast-food chain faces weekly sex abuse claims
AFP, Published on 15/11/2023
» LONDON - McDonald's boss in Britain said Tuesday the US fast-food giant faces "one to two" sexual harassment allegations from workers every week, as he vowed to tackle the issue recently exposed by the BBC.
Better than AI? The UK police who never forget a face
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» SULHAMSTEAD (UNITED KINGDOM) - Artificial intelligence and facial recognition software are seen by some as the future of crime-fighting around the world.
Push to free chained elephants at Hanoi zoo
Published on 16/08/2023
» HANOI: Legs in iron chains and unable to roam freely, the treatment of two elderly elephants at the Hanoi public zoo has drawn outrage in Vietnam, with animal rights groups demanding the pair be relocated.
Japan's macho cheerleaders fight to save a tradition
AFP, Published on 10/07/2023
» TOKYO - They are drenched in sweat, their hands bloodied from clapping, and their voices hoarse from shouting -- meet Japan's predominantly male and unashamedly macho "leadership section" cheerleaders.
Gene therapy could curb stray cat problem
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 02/07/2023
» For all the cats who share our homes as companion animals, there is a vast shadow world of strays -- a sprawling and fast-breeding crowd.
World's oldest burial site found in S.Africa - scientists
AFP, Published on 06/06/2023
» MAROPENG, South Africa: Palaeontologists in South Africa said Monday they have found the oldest known burial site in the world, containing remains of a small-brained distant relative of humans previously thought incapable of complex behaviour.
Has Ukraine's counter-offensive really begun?
AFP, Published on 16/05/2023
» PARIS: Fighting is raging and Kyiv is relentlessly pressing its allies for more military hardware.
Holdouts in a nuclear zone
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 07/05/2023
» The world's worst nuclear disaster, unfolding only a few kilometres away, did not force Halyna Voloshyna, 74, to abandon her home in Chernobyl in 1986.