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Eyes and ears everywhere in China
Published on 25/05/2024
» BEIJING - The wall in the police station was covered in sheets of paper, one for every building in the sprawling Beijing apartment complex. Each sheet was further broken down by unit, with names, phone numbers and other information on the residents.
Marxist mayor a hit with the wealthy
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 28/08/2022
» That the conservative mayor would win yet again, and serve a fifth term, had been treated as a foregone conclusion in Graz, Austria's second-largest city, a place where it's not uncommon to encounter local residents proudly dressed in traditional lederhosen and dirndls.
A railway from the past
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 26/06/2022
» Astride century-old tracks that cut through the modern metropolis of Amman, a historic train blared a horn to announce its departure. That sound spurred families bearing bags of food, pots of coffee, coolers of soda, grills, hookahs and lots of children into action, scrambling up iron ladders to settle into the train's wooden cars.
Russian 'Spyville' returns to Polish hands
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 15/05/2022
» Soviet diplomats moved out of the hulking Warsaw housing compound more than 30 years ago. But some Russians stayed behind, sheltering until the early 2000s behind a fence topped with barbed wire from a city that, with the collapse of their empire, had suddenly become hostile territory -- and an important intelligence target.
Resurrecting a decaying art gem
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 24/04/2022
» In a decaying housing complex filled with garbage-strewn hallways, shuttered shops and barren gardens lies one of Latin America's greatest art treasures.
Ukraine update: US to send more javelins; Zelenskiy rebukes UN
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/04/2022
» The United States and allies are poised to announce new sanctions, including a ban on all new investments in Russia, to punish the Kremlin for alleged atrocities against civilians committed by its forces in Ukraine.
A Virus Hunter in the Wuhan Market
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 03/04/2022
» As soon as Edward Holmes saw the dark-ringed eyes of the raccoon dogs staring at him through the bars of the iron cage, he knew he had to capture the moment.
Slaves to sachets: How poverty worsens plastics pollution
Published on 03/09/2019
» MANILA: Armed with gloves, rubber boots and a rake, "Mangrove Warrior" Willer Gualva, 68, goes to Freedom Island almost every day in an effort to stop it being engulfed by trash.
Chicago woman slain, baby cut from her womb
Associated Press, Published on 17/05/2019
» CHICAGO: A Chicago woman who sold baby clothes to a pregnant woman and lured her back to her house with an offer of more clothing has been charged with murder after allegedly strangling the woman with a cord and cutting the infant from her womb, police said Thursday.
Ai Weiwei unveils Lego portraits of Mexico's missing students
AFP, Published on 12/04/2019
» MEXICO CITY - Chinese artist Ai Weiwei unveiled a series of portraits Thursday made with around one million Lego blocks, depicting 43 Mexican students who were abducted and apparently massacred in 2014.