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Ceasefire, but not online
News, Editorial, Published on 29/07/2025
» It is welcome news that peace negotiations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday resulted in an agreement between Thailand and Cambodia for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire.
The price of privilege
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 04/07/2025
» In We Were Liars, Prime Video's new YA mystery-drama based on E. Lockhart's bestselling novel, 17-year-old Cadence Sinclair (Emily Alyn Lind) returns to her family's private island after suffering a traumatic brain injury the previous summer. The incident has left her with no memory of what happened and as she searches for answers, she finds herself surrounded by layers of silence, secrets and selective memory from those closest to her -- including her childhood besties, known as "The Liars", and her first love.
Soft power: BTS fans rally behind Korean international adoptees
AFP, Published on 17/06/2025
» SEOUL — Korean pop (K-pop) megaband BTS is back from military service, and their international fandom -- long known for its progressive activism -- is celebrating by rallying behind a cause: adoptees from South Korea.
Trump restores names of military bases honouring Confederates, with a twist
AFP, Published on 11/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - United States President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has ordered the restoration of the names of several US military bases that honored officers who fought for the Confederacy in the American Civil War.
N.Ireland town hit by second night of unrest
AFP, Published on 11/06/2025
» BALLYMENA (UNITED KINGDOM) - Violence flared for a second night Tuesday in a Northern Irish town after "racially motivated" attacks sparked by the arrest of two teenagers accused of attempting to rape a young girl.
Homeless seek refuge at Madrid airport as rents soar
AFP, Published on 02/06/2025
» BARAJAS, Spain - Victor Fernando Meza works during the day, but his salary is not enough to afford rent in the Spanish capital Madrid. So, once again, the 45-year-old Peruvian will spend the night at the airport.
Discarded protest art preserves George Floyd legacy
AFP, Published on 26/05/2025
» MINNEAPOLIS - Kenda Zellner-Smith hauled up a corrugated metal door to reveal hundreds of wooden boards covered with graffiti, each telling a story of the protests that followed George Floyd's killing by a US police officer.
George Floyd's uncertain legacy marked in US five years on
AFP, Published on 26/05/2025
» MINNEAPOLIS - Americans on Sunday marked five years since George Floyd was killed by a US police officer, as President Donald Trump backtracks on reforms designed to tackle racism.
Five years after George Floyd's murder, racial justice push continues
Published on 25/05/2025
» Shareeduh McGee is fighting to keep the memory of her cousin George Floyd alive.
Did George Floyd protesters miss their moment for change?
AFP, Published on 23/05/2025
» WASHINGTON — Outrage over George Floyd's killing by police catapulted Black Lives Matter (BLM) into one of the largest protest movements in United States history, with angry crowds chanting the slogan at rallies from Los Angeles to Washington.