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'So much joy': Brazil holds first carnival since Covid-19
AFP, Published on 23/04/2022
» Rio de Janeiro's carnival, a glittering, sequin-studded festival of the flesh, exploded back to life Friday with the first famed samba school parades since Covid-19 started devastating Brazil.
Tuft love: Young Chinese weave away stress with crafts
AFP, Published on 22/04/2022
» BEIJING: Using a craft gun to shoot yarn through a fabric screen, Nora Peng puts the finishing touches on a rug in the shape of a corgi's bottom -- the perfect stress-relieving hobby for her frantic days.
New Indian 'sex start-ups' challenge old taboos
AFP, Published on 20/04/2022
» MUMBAI: The couple behind a new start-up using adult toys and cheeky adverts to challenge long-held taboos say they want to take the "shame, guilt and fear" out of sex in India.
Girls' education ban reveals deep rifts within Taliban
AFP, Published on 15/04/2022
» KABUL: The Taliban prohibition on girls' education shows the movement's ultra-conservatives retain tight control of the Islamist group, and exposes a power struggle that puts at risk crucial aid for Afghanistan's desperate population, experts say.
Pregnancy trap for workers in controversial Japan scheme
AFP, Published on 12/04/2022
» TOKYO: When Vanessa, a worker with Japan's "technical intern" programme, told her supervisors she was pregnant, she says they first suggested an abortion and then pressured her to quit.
Indian sari weavers toil to keep tradition alive
AFP, Published on 11/04/2022
» VARANASI: In a dim room near the banks of India's Ganges river, arms glide over a creaking loom as another silken fibre is guided into place with the rhythmic clack of a wooden beam.
Good times: Luxury watchmakers face soaring demand
AFP, Published on 07/04/2022
» ZURICH: Times have been so good for luxury watchmakers that they are running behind demand, forcing some to delay the release of new collections and others to invest more in production capacity.
Unhappy spouses celebrate as England adopts 'no-fault divorce'
AFP, Published on 06/04/2022
» LONDON: No more faked evidence or years-long waits -- from Wednesday, unhappy spouses in England and Wales can end their marriages without blaming each other, in the biggest reform of divorce law for half a century.
Pipe dreams: Pakistan sewage workers hope for better future
AFP, Published on 04/04/2022
» LAHORE: Nearly naked and covered with a black, foul-smelling muck, Shafiq Masih struggles out of a sewer he has just cleaned by hand in an upmarket district of Lahore, Pakistan's second biggest city.
'Love hormone' oxytocin turns fierce lions into kittens
AFP, Published on 30/03/2022
» WASHINGTON: Here kitty kitty...