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Man dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli embassy
New York Times, Published on 27/02/2024
» WASHINGTON — An airman who had set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington in protest of civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip died of his injuries Sunday night, a spokesperson for the United States Air Force, Rose M. Riley, said Monday.
Is it the end of populism, or just a pause?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 19/06/2023
» We're going to miss the populist "big beasts" now that they're gone. Who will now tell us that "Voting Conservative will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW M3"? (Boris Johnson) Who will describe Barack Obama as "handsome, young and also suntanned"? (Silvio Berlusconi)
Burning up in Tunisia
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 22/01/2023
» The most troublesome patient in the hospital's severe burns unit was refusing to let the orderlies change the bandages that had encased him since he set himself on fire three months earlier, so Dr Imen Jami burst into his room, her habitually knit brows drawn as tight as they would go, her lips pressed together in a magenta line.
Tunisia's president says necessary to amend constitution
AFP, Published on 12/09/2021
» TUNIS - Tunisian President Kais Saied has announced plans to amend the constitution and form a new government months after he dismissed the prime minister and suspended parliament in moves his critics called a coup.
10 years on, no peace after war in Syria
AFP, Published on 08/03/2021
» BEIRUT: After a decade of unfathomable violence and human tragedy that has made Syria the defining war of the early 21st century, the fighting has tapered off but the suffering hasn't.
From hope to agony, what's left of the Arab Spring?
AFP, Published on 23/11/2020
» BEIRUT: Ten years ago, a wildfire of revolts in the Arab world touched off an unlikely series of events that swelled, then dashed many hopes, and irrevocably changed the region.
Chow time!
Special Publications, Published on 07/08/2020
» Much has been made of synergies between culinary and other arts but rarely have they intertwined so beguilingly as in the Le Petit Chef 3D video-mapping-meets-fun dining performances presented at Embassy Room, 9th floor Park Hyatt Bangkok, in collaboration with Dinnertime Stories.
Tunisia's ex-president Ben Ali dies: foreign ministry
AFP, Published on 19/09/2019
» TUNIS - Former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the first leader to be toppled by the Arab Spring revolts, died Thursday in Saudi Arabia, Tunisia's foreign ministry told AFP.
Xi Jinping viewed as living Buddhist deity, Chinese official says
Reuters, Published on 08/03/2018
» BEIJING: President of China, head of its Communist Party, commander-in-chief of the military and now living Buddhist deity - Xi Jinping has added another title to his growing collection, at least in the eyes of some ethnic Tibetans.
Tibetans greet new year with giant Buddhas, dancing and lamb carcasses
AFP, Published on 04/03/2018
» REBKONG COUNTY (CHINA) - Despite a few elbows to the face, Tsering pushed through the broil of Tibetan worshippers and lifted her bawling two-year-old over the mad crush, briefly pressing the girl's forehead to a passing sacred scroll.