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Thumbs-up for Wilders in one of poorest Dutch districts
AFP, Published on 29/11/2023
» ROTTERDAM (NETHERLANDS) - Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders's stunning election win may have sent shockwaves through Europe's political elite, but in one of the country's poorest districts, his populist message is hitting home.
Wilders: firebrand 'Dutch Trump' finally wins big
AFP, Published on 23/11/2023
» THE HAGUE - Known as the "Dutch Trump" both for his bouffant dyed hair and firebrand rhetoric, Geert Wilders' anti-Islam, anti-immigrant and anti-EU message seems to have finally swept him to first place at the polls.
Old and poor: Thailand sleepwalking towards ageing crisis
AFP, Published on 16/10/2023
» Unless she lines up in the hot sun for a free meal, ketchup on bread is the only food Thai widow Noi can afford on her small government pension.
Choice of Saudi for Winter Games reflects worsening environment for major events
AFP, Published on 06/10/2022
» LAUSANNE - The decision to award the 2029 Asian Winter Games to Saudi Arabia may have been greeted with amazement but it follows a double logic.
Anti-dopers wrestle with paying informants to break sports' code of silence
AFP, Published on 18/04/2022
» PARIS - Anti-doping organisations are torn over a suggestion from the director general of the International Cycling Union (ICU) to pay sports insiders to inform on their rivals or colleagues.
Scared but desperate, Thai sex workers forced to the street
AFP, Published on 05/04/2020
» A shutdown to contain the coronavirus has killed Thailand's party scene and forced sex workers like Pim out of bars and onto desolate streets. She's scared but desperately needs customers to pay her rent.
Dutch anti-immigration populist surge stuns PM Rutte
AFP, Published on 21/03/2019
» THE HAGUE - Dutch anti-immigration populists stunned Prime Minister Mark Rutte to become the joint biggest party in the senate Thursday following elections that took place just days after a suspected terror attack.