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A turning point for clean cooking
Oped, Published on 15/05/2024
» For most of her life, Florence Auma Ode cooked over an open fire in her Kenyan home. The resulting smoke coated the walls with a layer of soot and filled her lungs -- and those of her family members -- with particulate matter.
Messi misses Miami's Hong Kong friendly as organisers face govt funding cut
Reuters, Published on 04/02/2024
» HONG KONG: Lionel Messi's three days of adulation in Hong Kong ended in heartbreak for his fans as the Argentine did not take to the field in Inter Miami's 4-1 win against a local League XI in a friendly played in front of a sellout crowd on Sunday.
Freshwater fish swim into trouble as climate change increases threat: IUCN
AFP, Published on 11/12/2023
» DUBAI - A quarter of freshwater fish species worldwide are at risk of extinction, according to an update to the global red list of threatened species on Monday, highlighting the escalating impacts of human-caused climate change on the planet's wildlife.
Egypt election offers more of the same despite crisis
AFP, Published on 10/12/2023
» CAIRO: Egyptians vote on Sunday in a presidential election overshadowed by war in neighbouring Gaza and with little doubt that the incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will secure a third term.
'We are dying': Migrants' plea from Libya-Tunisia border
AFP, Published on 27/07/2023
» RAS JEDIR (LIBYA) - African migrants pleaded to be saved from a desert zone between Libya and Tunisia on Wednesday, weeks after Tunisian authorities allegedly dumped dozens of them there with nothing.
Berlusconi's many brushes with the law
AFP, Published on 12/06/2023
» ROME - Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was dogged throughout his life by legal woes and scandal, which became as much a part of his legend as his work in politics, media and sport.
Rwandan president purges military
AFP, Published on 07/06/2023
» KIGALI, Rwanda: Rwandan President Paul Kagame has embarked on a major shakeup of the country's military, with a round of dismissals announced Wednesday after the appointment of a new defence minister, army chief and head of internal security.
Jailed at 17, dissident wrote to survive
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 02/04/2023
» Abdelrahman ElGendy envisioned the ending of his book would be inspiring, despite all the horrors he would have to recount.
New movies out this week: March 1-7
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 01/03/2023
» New releases that hit Thai cinemas for your viewing pleasure.
Italy's Berlusconi acquitted in starlet bribery trial
AFP, Published on 15/02/2023
» An Italian court on Wednesday acquitted billionaire former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi of bribing witnesses to lie about his notorious "bunga bunga" parties, bringing closure to a years-long sex scandal.