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Five families' relics of World War I
AFP, Published on 12/10/2018
» PARIS - A British soldier's tobacco tin, a Russian icon and photographs of a beloved grandfather who lost an arm are among the relics cherished by families across the world of their ancestors who fought in World War I.
Tightrope tradition teeters on verge of extinction in Russia's Dagestan
AFP, Published on 01/10/2018
» CHAKHCHAKH (RUSSIA) - Dressed in a red and silver sequined jacket and trousers, 13-year-old Muhamed Balikhanov holds a long pole as he slowly rides an old red bicycle along a tightrope suspended several metres off the ground.
Mexico president-elect vows probe on 43 missing students
AFP, Published on 27/09/2018
» MEXICO CITY - Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday promised the parents of 43 students abducted in 2014 to unravel the unsolved case, on the anniversary of a suspected massacre that traumatized the country.
China dog meat fest opens as S. Korea goes the other way
AFP, Published on 22/06/2018
» YULIN: As South Korea moves closer to banning dog meat, diners tuck into bowls of stewed canine in southern China, where activists are rethinking their tactics to counter a notorious festival that butchers thousands of dogs.
Last migrants from camp cross US-Mexico border
AFP, Published on 05/05/2018
» TIJUANA, Mexico: The last of a group of 228 Central American migrants who had camped out on the US-Mexican border after crossing Mexico in a caravan have entered the United States to request asylum, activists said Friday.
UN Security Council convenes in remote Swedish farmhouse
AFP, Published on 21/04/2018
» BACKåKRA (SWEDEN) - The UN Security Council is meeting in a secluded farmhouse on the southern tip of Sweden on Saturday in a bid to overcome deep divisions over how to end the war in Syria.
Nigeria struggles to contain dramatic spread of deadly Lassa fever
AFP, Published on 13/03/2018
» IRRUA, Nigeria: Nigeria is battling on two fronts against an unprecedented outbreak of Lassa fever, a cousin of Ebola, that has already killed 110 people this year.
Revellers around the world ring in 2018
Associated Press, Published on 31/12/2017
» A look at how people around the world are ringing in 2018:
Celebrating Osaka
Asia focus, Published on 23/10/2017
» Amid the gloom and struggle that Osaka has endured in recent years, a tourism boom has been an unexpected boon for Japan’s gritty second city.
Good neighbour
Asia focus, Published on 06/02/2017
» Before I interviewed the Malaysian ambassador to Thailand, HE Dato' Nazirah Hussain, people told me she was the kindest and most humble female diplomat they have ever met. But what I did not expect was that this soft-spoken woman would make me, a professional journalist on duty, break into tears when she talked so movingly about Thailand's beloved late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.