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Nuts and beer: booze-free bar offers Saudis a pub vibe
AFP, Published on 19/11/2025
» RIYADH — Draft beer, peanuts and big-screen sports... the scene is reminiscent of pubs worldwide, but in Saudi Arabia's capital, customers in white robes or black veils sip alcohol-free pints with no expectation of a hangover.
Japan economy shrinks historic 7.8% in April-June
AFP, Published on 17/08/2020
» TOKYO - Japan's economy shrank 7.8 percent in the April-June quarter, the worst contraction in the nation's modern history, as the coronavirus deepens the country's economic woes.
18 dead as twin bombing hits southern Philippines church
AFP, Published on 27/01/2019
» MANILA: At least 18 people were killed as two bombs hit a church on a southern Philippine island that is a stronghold of Islamist militants, the military said Sunday, just days after a regional vote for a new Muslim autonomous region.
Wet-and-wild ride: Indonesia's mud bull races
AFP, Published on 02/12/2018
» Waves of muddy water slosh over the jockey as he hangs on to the tails of a pair of bulls galloping across the rice paddy.
26 Syria regime, 9 Russia fighters 'killed by IS'
AFP, Published on 27/05/2018
» At least 26 Syrian regime forces and nine Russian fighters were killed in an Islamic State group attack earlier this week in Syria's eastern desert, a monitor said Sunday.