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Trump eyes N.Korea meet as he ambushes S.Korea leader
AFP, Published on 26/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Monday he hoped again to meet North Korea's leaders as he fired off an extraordinary attack against the South's leader hours before opening talks with him.
Trump pardons of Capitol rioters spark jubiliation, outrage
AFP, Published on 22/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump's sweeping pardons of Capitol rioters drew starkly contrasting reactions on Tuesday, largely embraced by his Republican supporters and vehemently condemned by Democrats.
Tough time for Milei, no quick peace for Gaza: Peru shamans' predictions for 2024
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» LIMA - Tough times ahead for Argentina's new President Javier Milei, continued war in Gaza, and an Uruguay-Argentina 2024 Copa America final: Peru's shamans made their annual predictions Wednesday for the year ahead.
Peru shamans 'neutralise' Neymar in World Cup qualifier ritual
AFP, Published on 12/09/2023
» LIMA - Dressed in colourful ponchos, a group of Peruvian shamans tie up an effigy of Neymar as they seek to "neutralise" him ahead of Tuesday's World Cup qualifying match against Brazil.
Gravity-defying: revamping an Inca rope suspension bridge
AFP, Published on 20/06/2023
» CUSCO (PERU) - Dangling over a vertiginous gorge, the Apurimac River flowing around 10 stories below, Indigenous Peruvians show no fear as they repair a centuries-old Inca rope suspension bridge -- the world's last.
Between exile and the Kremlin: Russian artists split by Ukraine
AFP, Published on 06/06/2023
» MOSCOW: After the Kremlin launched its offensive in Ukraine last year, Russian punk rocker Vladimir Kotlyarov left his country along with many other artists and cultural figures.
Indonesians fall prey to fake shaman 'magic money' scams
AFP, Published on 19/05/2023
» KARAWANG (INDONESIA) - Indonesian mother-of-three Aslem was a domestic worker in Dubai when she started wiring cash to a self-professed shaman, believing that he would honour his promise to magically multiply her hard-earned wages.
In Amazon, Indigenous voters wear Lula support painted on faces
AFP, Published on 31/10/2022
» IRANDUBA (BRAZIL) - In the Brazilian Amazon, members of an Indigenous community painted their faces and put on traditional feather headdresses as they set out to vote Sunday in the hard-fought presidential runoff election.
Lee 'Scratch' Perry, reggae and dub wizard, dies at 85
AFP, Published on 30/08/2021
» NEW YORK: Lee "Scratch" Perry, the wildly influential Jamaican singer and producer who pushed the boundaries of reggae and shepherded dub, died Sunday. He was 85 years old.
Illegal mining surges on Amazon indigenous land - report
AFP, Published on 25/03/2021
» RIO DE JANEIRO: Illegal mining, a leading cause of environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest, expanded 30% last year on protected Yanomami indigenous lands, devastating the equivalent of 500 football pitches, according to a report released on Thursday.