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Phony claims swirl around Sri Lanka's holiest tree
AFP, Published on 02/06/2023
» ANURADHAPURA (SRI LANKA) - When social media was inundated with rumours that Sri Lanka's holiest tree was being harmed by 5G mobile signals, Colombo's cash-strapped government pulled out all the stops.
Afghan universities reopen but women still barred
AFP, Published on 06/03/2023
» KABUL: Afghan universities reopened on Monday after a winter break, but only men returned to class with a "heartbreaking" ban by the Taliban authorities on women in higher education still in force.
Ukraine war dominates Nobel year again
AFP, Published on 31/01/2023
» OSLO - From NATO's secretary general to the Ukrainian president, the war in Ukraine dominates the publicly known names submitted by Tuesday's deadline for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize.
Afghan women stopped from entering universities after Taliban ban
AFP, Published on 21/12/2022
» KABUL: Hundreds of young women were stopped by armed guards on Wednesday from entering Afghan university campuses, a day after the nation's Taliban rulers banned them from higher education in another assault on human rights.
Taliban bans university education for Afghan girls
AFP, Published on 21/12/2022
» KABUL - The Taliban authorities on Tuesday ordered a nationwide ban on university education for females, as the hardline Islamists continue to crush Afghan women’s right to education and freedom.
China trying to 'undermine' US judicial system: Justice chief
AFP, Published on 25/10/2022
» WASHINGTON: Top US justice officials accused the Chinese government Monday of an unrelenting campaign by intelligence operatives to subvert the American justice system and steal commercial secrets.
Poland asks Germany for war reparations of 1.3 trillion euros
AFP, Published on 01/09/2022
» WARSAW - Poland on Thursday estimated the financial cost of World War II losses to be 1.3 trillion euros (dollars) and said it would "ask Germany to negotiate these reparations".
Two decades of deadly gun violence in US schools
AFP, Published on 25/05/2022
» WASHINGTON - Fourteen students and a teacher were shot dead Tuesday when an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at their Texas elementary school, the latest in the United States' relentless cycle of school mass shootings.
Afghan universities reopen, but few women return
AFP, Published on 27/02/2022
» KABUL - Afghanistan's main universities reopened Saturday six months after the Taliban returned to power, but only a trickle of women went back to now-segregated classes.
India arrests 'doctor' conman who married 18 women
AFP, Published on 21/02/2022
» Bibhu Prakash Swain believed in soulmates and true love, or so he told at least 18 women he allegedly married and conned across India before his arrest -- weeks before his next two weddings.