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Cuban president addresses anger over 'there are no beggars' claim
AFP, Published on 16/07/2025
» HAVANA - Cuba's president was forced to step in Tuesday after a minister's assertion that "there are no beggars" caused an uproar on the economic crisis-stricken island.
As India's Bollywood shifts, stars and snappers click
AFP, Published on 25/12/2024
» MUMBAI — From riding pillion on zooming motorbikes to round-the-clock airport stakeouts, India's celebrity-hunting paparazzi photographers have gone from "outcasts" to becoming a key part of Bollywood's vast film industry machine.
Woody Allen and Elvis's wife come to Venice
AFP, Published on 04/09/2023
» VENICE - After a critical mauling for Roman Polanski, another blacklisted director, Woody Allen, arrived at the Venice Film Festival on Monday with his 50th film.
Kenya's Ruto urges accountability for world polluters
AFP, Published on 19/02/2023
» ADDIS ABABA - Kenyan President William Ruto called Sunday for rich countries to be held accountable for driving global warming and for a revamp of international financial institutions to better fight climate change.
Afghan forces to resume offensive after infants, mourners attacked
AFP, Published on 13/05/2020
» KABUL - Afghanistan's floundering peace process appeared further in peril Tuesday, with security forces ordered to resume offensive operations after attacks targeted a maternity ward and mourners at a funeral.
Cambodian double amputee artist fights stigma through art
AFP, Published on 21/04/2020
» SIEM REAP (CAMBODIA) - Whispered insults, social isolation, and lost opportunities -- Morn Chear is channelling the stigma he has endured since he lost both his hands a decade ago into artwork that highlights the hardships of Cambodia's disabled.
African community targeted in China virus crackdown
AFP, Published on 11/04/2020
» BEIJING - Africans in southern China's largest city say they have become targets of suspicion and subjected to forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines and mass coronavirus testing as the country steps up its fight against imported infections.
Smelling a rat: How rodents sniff out fake beggars
AFP, Published on 25/03/2020
» WASHINGTON: Like people, rats cooperate with one another and give food to those in need, but how can they be sure that other rats are being truthful about how hungry they are?
'Lost Caravaggio' set for big London unveiling
AFP, Published on 28/02/2019
» LONDON - The naked warrior looks plaintively up into the averted eyes of a graceful woman methodically slicing off his head with a sword.
Venezuela's Guaido says thousands of supporters ready to bring in US aid
AFP, Published on 17/02/2019
» CARACAS - Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Saturday said he was mobilizing thousands of volunteers to help bring American aid into the country next week as President Nicolas Maduro vowed to strengthen border security and block what he called a US invasion.