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Aid groups push to feed Yemen's hungry millions
Reuters, Published on 22/04/2022
» HAJJAH/AL MAHRA, Yemen: A two-month ceasefire has given aid groups a chance to step up aid to Yemen's hungry millions, but malnutrition ravaging children is projected to worsen if fighting returns or humanitarian funding does not pick up.
Georgia restaurant's unpalatable past
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 17/04/2022
» For half a century, celebrities, tourists and local residents flocked to Aunt Fanny's Cabin, a restaurant known as much for its Southern menu as for its depiction of plantation life and racist imagery, where white patrons were served by young black waiters with yoke-like wooden menu boards hung around their necks.
Biden accuses Putin's forces of 'genocide' in Ukraine
AFP, Published on 13/04/2022
» KRAMATORSK, Ukraine: US President Joe Biden has for the first time accused Vladimir Putin's forces of committing genocide in Ukraine, where Russia is intensifying its campaign to take the strategic port city of Mariupol.
The Smugglers' Paradise of Afghanistan
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 20/03/2022
» The smuggler barrelled down the narrow dirt road, bouncing into craters and over rocks that jutted out from the scrubland. His headlights were off and as the car picked up speed, he tightened his grip on the steering wheel trying to wrestle it under his control.
A break-dancing opera singer
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 13/03/2022
» When foreign stars visit the Glyndebourne opera festival in the countryside outside London, it's common for them to participate in some time-honoured English rituals, like sipping Pimm's on the lawn or nibbling on a scone for afternoon tea.
When you can take it with you -- just
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 13/03/2022
» If you were leaving home forever and had just a few hours to collect your thoughts and most precious belongings, items that would have to fit into a knapsack or purse, or just your pockets, what would you choose?
Western nations halt Russian oil as Ukrainians flee
AFP, Published on 09/03/2022
» KYIV: The United States led a Western assault on Moscow's economic lifeline Tuesday, banning imports of Russian oil as civilians fled besieged Ukrainian cities in a desperate evacuation push blighted by Russian shelling.
A Taliban police unit on patrol in Kabul
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 13/02/2022
» A young Taliban fighter with a pair of handcuffs dangling from his finger warily watched the stream of approaching cars as he stood in front of a set of steel barricades.
No, athletes are not dying from Covid-19 vaccines
New York Times, Published on 29/01/2022
» The conspiracy theory that athletes are collapsing or dying after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine resurfaced this week after two prominent voices advanced the idea.
Spanish orchestra makes music from recycled junk
AFP, Published on 24/12/2021
» MADRID - Cristina Vazquez, a Roma teen who grew up in a Madrid shantytown, never imagined herself playing the violin.