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Philippines' 'Cockroach Lord' goes to bat for misunderstood bugs
AFP, Published on 08/03/2026
» LOS BANOS, Philippines - A thin band of light from Cristian Lucanas's headlamp pierces the blackness of a Philippine rainforest as he digs through the underbrush before gently scooping up a cockroach with his bare hands.
Freed Belarus opposition figure urges Trump to help release all prisoners
AFP, Published on 22/06/2025
» VILNIUS - Belarus opposition figure Sergei Tikhanovsky, who was released following an appeal from the White House, said Sunday that US President Donald Trump could secure the freedom of all Belarusian political prisoners.
Belarus opposition leader freed from jail after US mediation
AFP, Published on 21/06/2025
» WARSAW - Belarus's top jailed opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky was freed alongside over a dozen other political prisoners on Saturday in a surprise release hailed as a "symbol of hope".
Sugar traps put damper on cockroaches' sex life
AFP, Published on 29/03/2023
» PARIS - Humans using sugar in cockroach traps has inadvertently led to female roaches being turned off by the sugary "gifts" males use to entice them into mating.
Belarus jails Nobel winner for 10 years
AFP, Published on 03/03/2023
» MOSCOW: Belarus on Friday handed a 10-year jail term to veteran activist Ales Bialiatski, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of the authoritarian country's most prominent rights group.
Belarus begins trial in absentia of protest leader Tikhanovskaya
AFP, Published on 18/01/2023
» MOSCOW - The trial in absentia of Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya began in Minsk on Tuesday as strongman president Alexander Lukashenko cracks down on critics who challenged his three-decade rule.
Belarus opposition leader Tikhanovsky jailed for 18 years
AFP, Published on 14/12/2021
» MOSCOW: A court in Belarus on Tuesday sentenced opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky to 18 years in prison after he galvanised an unprecedented protest movement against strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko last year, state media said.
Virus threatens 'game over' for Japan's arcades
AFP, Published on 10/02/2021
» TOKYO - Evenings are normally the busiest time at Mikado, a retro gaming arcade in Tokyo, but these days the shutters come down early, leaving "Street Fighter" fans out in the cold.
The nine lives of Rwanda genocide survivor Albertine
AFP, Published on 27/01/2021
» KIBUYE (RWANDA) - "Goodbye, Mama. We'll meet in heaven."
Anonymous site ramps up 'doxxing' campaign against HK activists
AFP, Published on 18/09/2020
» HONG KONG - Since her personal phone number was posted online, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Carol Ng has received menacing calls from strangers and been bombarded with messages calling her a "cockroach".