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Millions on the move in China amid Covid worries
AFP, Published on 19/01/2023
» SHANGHAI: Tens of millions in China headed to their rural hometowns for Lunar New Year celebrations on Thursday, though President Xi Jinping said he was "concerned" about the countryside's ability to weather a Covid surge.
S.Africa's ruling ANC re-elects Ramaphosa as party chief
AFP, Published on 19/12/2022
» JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's ruling ANC party on Monday re-elected President Cyril Ramaphosa as its leader for a second five-year term, despite a brewing scandal over a huge cash theft at his farm.
For political activists, Twitter packs vital punch
AFP, Published on 24/11/2022
» PARIS: From the Arab Spring uprisings to the MeToo movement in which women spoke up about sexual assaults, Twitter has proven itself a formidable ally for political activists and opposition groups, one whose reach and impact would be difficult to replace.
Nepal ganja campaign seeks return of Himalayan high times
AFP, Published on 29/04/2022
» KATHMANDU - Nepal's marijuana ban could soon be up in smoke, as lawmakers mull a return to the liberal drug policies that once made the Himalayan republic a popular pit stop on the overland "hippie trail".
US pot use increasingly normal, but legality is hazy
AFP, Published on 20/04/2022
» WASHINGTON: Buy a T-shirt, get a "gift" of weed: that's how some stores operate in Washington, exploiting a perceived loophole to sidestep a ban on selling cannabis in the US capital.
13 killed in rare NW Syria raid by US special forces
AFP, Published on 03/02/2022
» ATME, Syria: US special forces hunted down high-ranking jihadists in a rare airborne raid in northwestern Syria on Thursday, killing 13 people in an operation the Pentagon described as "successful".
Covid lifts Dutch 'coffeeshop' trade to new highs
AFP, Published on 10/12/2021
» THE HAGUE: At the No Limit Coffeeshop the customers stream in and out endlessly, as the cannabis trade booms despite Covid restrictions.
No tilling, no chemicals in S.African farmer's revolution
AFP, Published on 28/10/2021
» BALFOUR (SOUTH AFRICA) - It's spring in South Africa, and Danie Bester's tillers are rusting in a corner of his farm.
US set to rejoin UN Human Rights Council after walk-out
AFP, Published on 14/10/2021
» GENEVA - The United States is returning to the UN Human Rights Council three-and-a-half years after its dramatic walk-out -- time seized upon by China to assert wider influence.
China orders gaming giants to cut 'effeminate' gender imagery
AFP, Published on 09/09/2021
» BEIJING: Chinese authorities have ordered gaming giants Tencent and NetEase to end their focus on profits and cut content perceived to be breeding "effeminacy", as Beijing tries to direct youth culture, gender ideals and the reach of big tech.