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Palestinian mother 'destroyed' after image used to deny Gaza starvation
AFP, Published on 13/08/2025
» MONTREAL — Palestinian-Canadian Faiza Najjar was able to leave Gaza last year, but could not bring her four adult daughters with her. She watched from a distance as food shortages in the territory worsened.
Taiwan's Lai, Rubio vow to 'never forget' Tiananmen victims
AFP, Published on 04/06/2025
» TAIPEI — Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te vowed Wednesday to preserve the memory of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown 36 years ago, echoing rhetoric by United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Nine charged over looting in LA fires: prosecutor
AFP, Published on 14/01/2025
» LOS ANGELES — Nine people have been charged in connection with looting in evacuation zones around huge fires burning in Los Angeles, the area's chief prosecutor said Monday.
Hong Kong activist seeks asylum in UK
AFP, Published on 29/12/2023
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong democracy activist Tony Chung said on Friday he had fled to Britain because he could no longer endure living in fear, with authorities pressuring him to become a paid informant while banning him from working.
‘A place of fear’: Hong Kong activist recalls years of repression
AFP, Published on 07/12/2023
» OTTAWA - Agnes Chow was trapped in Hong Kong, had her passport seized and was branded a "foreign agent" after years as one of the city's most prominent democracy activists.
S. Korean migrant's tale to open Asia's biggest film festival
AFP, Published on 04/10/2023
» SEOUL - A South Korean film about a disillusioned young woman who relocates to New Zealand will open Asia's largest film festival Wednesday as it looks to rally from a year marked by scandal and budget cutbacks.
Pope appoints 21 new cardinals
AFP, Published on 30/09/2023
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Saturday elevated 21 clergymen from distant corners of the world to the rank of cardinal, saying diversity was indipensable to the future of the Catholic Church.
Rush to save trapped animals in Turkish city after tremor
AFP, Published on 19/02/2023
» ANTAKYA (TURKEY) - With helmets and flashlights, the rescuers enter a collapsed house in the earthquake-hit Turkish city of Antakya. Their objective: to rescue Asghar and Nouma, two bulls trapped under rubble.
China, Hong Kong scrub Tiananmen memories on anniversary
AFP, Published on 04/06/2022
» BEIJING: There was heightened security around Beijing's Tiananmen Square Saturday, the anniversary of the bloody 1989 crackdown, while police in Hong Kong warned people not to gather as China strives to remove all reminders of the events of June 4.
Fury over Hong Kong's mass cull of hamsters and small pets
AFP, Published on 19/01/2022
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's government faced outrage Wednesday over its decision to cull thousands of small animals after hamsters in a pet store tested positive for Covid-19.