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Fresh paint, careful choreography as pope visits African prison
AFP, Published on 23/04/2026
» BATA, Equatorial Guinea - The walls around Equatorial Guinea’s notorious Bata prison were freshly painted salmon-pink for Pope Leo XIV’s visit Wednesday, but inside there was no masking the acrid smell of sweat and urine
‘Dancing in their hands’: Japan’s kabuki wig masters
AFP, Published on 23/04/2026
» TOKYO - Every actor in kabuki — a traditional Japanese performing art celebrated for its striking makeup and elaborate costumes — relies on one final, essential element to fully inhabit their role: the wig.
Deportees from US stranded and ‘scared’ in DR Congo
AFP, Published on 23/04/2026
» KINSHASA - Spending the past five days cooped up in a hotel in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo is not quite what a group of Latin Americans expected when they sought asylum in the United States.
Trump’s ‘low IQ’ slur and the right’s race obsession
AFP, Published on 23/04/2026
» WASHINGTON - When US President Donald Trump this week attacked Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and top House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, two of America’s most prominent Black figures, he chose a particularly pejorative insult: “low IQ person”.
Pattaya police vow justice after shooting involving policeman
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/04/2026
» Police have promised unhindered justice in their investigation into the death of Phattharathon "King" Jirachokchaikul, a 41-year-old cannabis shop owner shot by a drunk police sub-lieutenant in Pattaya on Sunday.
Tears and smiles at benefit concert for Swiss fire victims
AFP, Published on 23/04/2026
» LAUSANNE - A benefit concert was held Wednesday in tribute to the victims of a fire on New Year’s Day that killed 41 people in an upscale Swiss ski resort, nearly four months on from the tragedy.
Pope in Equatorial Guinea criticises prison conditions
AFP, Published on 23/04/2026
» BATA, Equatorial Guinea - Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday made a tightly controlled visit to a notorious prison in Equatorial Guinea's biggest city, after launching a rare criticism of living conditions for inmates.
Climate scrubbed from G7 agenda to appease US
AFP, Published on 23/04/2026
» PARIS - A meeting of G7 nations on the environment begins in Paris on Thursday but climate change has been left off the agenda to avoid a row with the United States.
Anutin wants proactive crisis push
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 23/04/2026
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has instructed the Interior Ministry to adopt a more proactive approach in tackling key national challenges, including PM2.5 pollution, natural disasters and economic recovery.
Woman fights for return of dog
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/04/2026
» A woman has filed a police complaint with the police Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) after her friend allegedly refused to return her 10-year-old Pomeranian dog, “Kati”, unless she paid 100,000 baht for “care and medical expenses”.