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Hindu ultranationalist legions mark RSS centenary
AFP, Published on 23/10/2025
» NAGPUR, India - Brandishing bamboo sticks and chanting patriotic hymns, thousands of uniformed men parade in central India, a striking show of strength by the country’s millions-strong Hindu ultranationalist group.
14 killed by lake burst in Taiwan as Typhoon Ragasa wreaks havoc
AFP, Published on 24/09/2025
» HONG KONG — Fierce winds, pounding rain and high seas battered Hong Kong on Wednesday as Super Typhoon Ragasa headed into southern China after causing a lake burst that killed at least 14 people in Taiwan.
How did an Indian zoo get the world's most endangered great ape?
AFP, Published on 19/09/2025
» Tapanuli orangutans are the world's most endangered great ape. Fewer than 800 remain, all previously thought to be in their native Indonesia. But now an Indian zoo says it has one.
Pakistan's K2 porters tread between tradition and modernity
AFP, Published on 11/08/2023
» URDUKAS CAMP (PAKISTAN) - Under mountains that dagger the sky, a misfit caravan of Pakistani porters trudge towards K2 toting live chickens and lawn furniture for adventurers seeking an audience with the world's second-highest peak.
Vietnam's spectacular terraced ricefields wait for tourists
AFP, Published on 02/12/2021
» YêN BáI, Vietnam: As the morning sun finds its way through the mist over Vietnam's terraced rice fields, local farmers lead buffalo into the paddies and pass another day without tourists in their hilly homeland.
Branagh's 'Belfast' boosts Oscars hopes with Toronto prize
AFP, Published on 19/09/2021
» OTTAWA: "Belfast," Kenneth Branagh's black-and-white homage to the hometown he fled as a child, raised its profile as an early Oscar frontrunner by winning the Toronto film festival's coveted top prize Saturday.
Malaysia's highland farmers fight for survival in pandemic
AFP, Published on 16/07/2021
» CAMERON HIGHLANDS (MALAYSIA) - Vast tea plantations spread out over Malaysia's rugged highlands, where a network of greenhouses harvests fruit, vegetables and flowers and crops nestle in the hills.
India coronavirus death toll passes 250,000, variant spreads
AFP, Published on 12/05/2021
» NEW DELHI: India's coronavirus death toll passed 250,000 on Wednesday as the World Health Organization said the variant fuelling the surge had been found in dozens of countries across the globe.
Concerns as India to roll out home-grown vaccine
AFP, Published on 15/01/2021
» BHOPAL, India: A homegrown coronavirus vaccine will be rolled out in India from Saturday even though clinical trials have not been completed. But the government insists it will be safe and effective.
Hong Kong hit by fresh protest after China security proposal
AFP, Published on 24/05/2020
» HONG KONG: Police fired tear gas and pepper spray at hundreds of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters who gathered Sunday in opposition to a controversial security law proposed by China last week.