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Prison film fest brings Hollywood and healing to US jailhouse
AFP, Published on 27/10/2025
» SAN QUENTIN, United States - Held inside a notorious prison among some of California's most dangerous felons, the San Quentin Film Festival is not your typical Hollywood affair.
Cyclone churns off California bringing yet more storm misery
AFP, Published on 12/01/2023
» SANTA CRUZ (UNITED STATES) - An enormous cyclone gyrating off California's coast was dumping rain Wednesday, threatening further floods and landslides in the already sodden state.
'Total mess' in China's rural east as Covid wave hits hard
AFP, Published on 11/01/2023
» BENGBU (CHINA): Exhausted doctors working overtime, tests and treatments nowhere to be found, and under-resourced clinics inundated with patients -- in Anhui, one of east China's poorest provinces, Covid-19 hit hard.
‘World’s largest’ floating hydro-solar farm powers green push in Isan
AFP, Published on 10/03/2022
» A vast array of solar panels floats on the shimmering waters of a reservoir in the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani, symbolising the kingdom's drive towards clean energy as it seeks carbon neutrality by 2050.
15 dead in Myanmar pagoda drowning
AFP, Published on 21/11/2021
» At least 15 people drowned on Sunday while crossing a flooded causeway in Myanmar to reach a Buddhist temple for a festival, rescue workers told AFP.
'Gone to hell': The battle to save Europe's oldest lake
AFP, Published on 01/07/2021
» OHRID (REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA) - Dimitar Pendoski marches to the end of a rickety walkway, skips around sunbathing youngsters and sweeps back a tarpaulin protecting his empty lakeside restaurant, recently closed by officials under pressure from UNESCO.
China Labour Day travel rush a glimpse of life after Covid
AFP, Published on 01/05/2021
» BEIJING: Millions of travellers criss-crossed China as the Labour Day holiday got underway Saturday, packing out tourist sites, thronging restaurants and visiting family as the vast country edges towards life after Covid.
Dungeons and dragons: 3 temples put quirky spin on Buddhism
AFP, Published on 15/09/2020
» CHON BURI: A dragon encircles a tower, wretched souls face torture, superheroes scale a mosaic wall -- these may seem like scenes from a half-remembered dream, but are in fact famed Thai temples.
MGM pitches plan for NBA to finish season in Vegas: report
AFP, Published on 03/05/2020
» LOS ANGELES - MGM Resorts International has pitched a proposal to the NBA to complete the coronavirus-halted 2019-20 season on courts in Las Vegas convention centers, the New York Times reported.
The 97km that frustrate China's mastery of the Mekong
AFP, Published on 10/01/2020
» CHIANG KHONG: Ninety-seven kilometres of rocks in Thai waters stand between Beijing and dominance over the Mekong, a mighty river that feeds millions as it threads south from the Tibetan plateau through five countries before emptying into the South China Sea.