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In politics and gay? So what, say most US voters
AFP, Published on 04/04/2019
» WASHINGTON - The election of Chicago's first black lesbian mayor and the rise to prominence of a gay presidential candidate have shown beyond a doubt that in US politics -- at least among Democrats -- being LGBTQ is now utterly accepted.
Spycam crimes put hidden camera industry under scrutiny
AFP, Published on 28/03/2019
» SEOUL: Shin Jang-jin's shop in Incheon offers seemingly innocuous household items, from pens and lighters to watches and smoke detectors, but with a secret feature -- a hidden one millimetre-wide-lens that can shoot video.
Slovaks vote for president amid fallout from journalist murder
AFP, Published on 16/03/2019
» BRATISLAVA - Slovaks voted Saturday in round one of a presidential election that a vocal government critic appears poised to win after an investigative journalist's murder dealt a blow to the ruling elite.
Do you want fries with your North Korea-US summit?
AFP, Published on 25/02/2019
» PYONGYANG: One of the closest things to an example of American culture in Pyongyang is the Green Leaf Coffee Shop -- the top burger joint in the North Korean capital.
Hungary's Orban bets on baby boom to boost population
AFP, Published on 19/02/2019
» BUDAPEST - Faced with a plummeting population, Hungary's fiercely anti-immigration Prime Minister Viktor Orban has come up with an answer sparking yet another controversy: "We need Hungarian children".
Myanmar’s first LGBT pride boat parade sets sail
AFP, Published on 27/01/2019
» YANGON: Rainbow flags flew high and gay anthems blasted out over Rangoon’s river as a flotilla of boats took to the water of Myanmar’s biggest city on Saturday for the country’s first-ever Pride boat parade in a sign of growing acceptance for LGBT rights.
Nigerian couples cautiously turn to surrogacy to ease fertility woes
AFP, Published on 27/12/2018
» LAGOS - Ada became a surrogate mother after her landlord threatened to evict her family from their apartment in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, two years ago.
Lest they forget: Five families' mementos from World War I
AFP, Published on 13/10/2018
» PARIS - The 1914-18 "War to End All Wars" threw up all manner of fates for millions across a brutalised continent -- from couples torn apart to heroic acts in forgotten battles and even epic quests for long lost family members.
Spain's first Franco-era 'stolen babies' trial begins
AFP, Published on 26/06/2018
» MADRID - An 85-year-old Spanish doctor will appear in a Madrid court on Tuesday, the first person to go on trial over thousands of suspected cases of babies stolen from their mothers during the Franco era.
Mughal exhibition in Kabul a reminder of the city's artistic glory
AFP, Published on 04/06/2018
» KABUL - Disfigured by four decades of war, the Afghan capital Kabul offers few reminders of its former glory in Islamic art or religious tolerance but a rare exhibition of Mughal paintings is seeking to change that.