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'Not about condoms': Chinese shrug off contraceptive tax
AFP, Published on 05/01/2026
» BEIJING - China has made condoms and other contraceptives more expensive as it tries to boost birth rates, but residents in Beijing and analysts say the measure will have little impact.
Abortion in Afghanistan: 'My mother crushed my stomach with a stone'
AFP, Published on 05/12/2025
» KABUL - When Bahara was four months pregnant, she went to a Kabul hospital to beg for an abortion. "We're not allowed," a doctor told her. "If someone finds out, we will all end up in prison."
Abortion access under threat in Milei's Argentina
AFP, Published on 07/03/2025
» BUENOS AIRES - Four years after Argentina became the first big Latin American country to legalize abortion, women are finding it hard to access terminations due to President Javier Milei's "chainsaw" economics and anti-feminist diatribes, critics say.
British artist Jesse Darling wins 2023 Turner Prize
AFP, Published on 06/12/2023
» LONDON - British artist Jesse Darling won the prestigious Turner Prize on Tuesday for his sculptures and installations that invoke societal breakdown.
Easy targets: Drug mules fill women's jails in Hong Kong
AFP, Published on 28/07/2022
» HONG KONG: Zoila Lecarnaque Saavedra sealed her fate when she agreed to transport a package from Peru to Hong Kong -- a decision that landed her more than eight years in prison.
Morning-after pill debate rages in Japan
AFP, Published on 10/06/2022
» TOKYO: When Megumi Ota needed the morning-after pill in Japan, she couldn't get a prescription in time under a policy activists call an attempt to "control" women's reproductive rights.
Male contraceptive pill 99% effective in mice, for human trials
AFP, Published on 24/03/2022
» WASHINGTON: A team of scientists said on Wednesday they had developed a male oral contraceptive that was 99% effective in mice and did not cause observable side effects, with the drug expected to enter human trials by the end of this year.
Pandemic Olympics: how the Tokyo Games will be different
AFP, Published on 20/07/2021
» TOKYO: Tokyo 2020 will be an Olympics like no other: held during a pandemic with crowds of tourists banned, extravagant celebrations replaced by tough infection controls, and even victory hugs off the cards.
Tokyo Olympic beds are sturdy, IOC says after 'anti-sex' report
AFP, Published on 19/07/2021
» TOKYO: The cardboard beds at the Tokyo Olympic Village are "sturdy", organisers reassured on Monday, after a report warned they weren't strong enough for sex.
Japan condom-makers fear anticlimax at Olympics
AFP, Published on 17/06/2021
» TOKYO - For Japanese condom makers, the Olympics was supposed to be a golden opportunity, with hordes of eager tourists and tens of thousands of their innovative, ultra-thin prophylactics given to athletes.