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Thailand votes after three leaders in two years
AFP, Published on 08/02/2026
» BANGKOK - Thais vote Sunday in an election pitting the popular reformists who won last time against the conservative who ended up as prime minister, with ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra looming large from his prison cell.
Japan's beloved last pandas leave for China as ties fray
AFP, Published on 27/01/2026
» TOKYO — Two popular pandas are set to leave Tokyo for China Tuesday, leaving Japan without any of the beloved bears for the first time in 50 years as ties between the Asian neighbours fray.
Tokyo pandas head for China, leaving Japan bereft of beloved bears
AFP, Published on 27/01/2026
» TOKYO - Two hugely popular pandas are set to depart from a Tokyo zoo for China on Tuesday, leaving Japan without any of the beloved bears for the first time in more than 50 years.
LA28 organisers promise 'affordable' Olympics tickets
AFP, Published on 14/01/2026
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Los Angeles 2028 Olympics chiefs promised an "affordable and inclusive" Games on Tuesday as they prepared to open registration for a lottery to buy tickets.
Dead famous: Paris puts heritage graves up for grabs
AFP, Published on 07/11/2025
» PARIS - For decades, being laid to rest near the likes of The Doors singer Jim Morrison at the Pere-Lachaise cemetery or the writer Simone de Beauvoir across the River Seine in Montparnasse has been a pipe dream for Parisians.
'Better to go to prison': Israeli ultra-Orthodox rally against army service
AFP, Published on 31/10/2025
» JERUSALEM - Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men rallied in Jerusalem on Thursday to protest against military conscription for their community, an issue that has caused a major strain in Israel's right-wing ruling coalition.
White House says $100,000 H-1B visa fee to be one-time payment
AFP, Published on 21/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - The White House issued a major clarification Saturday to its new H-1B visa policy that had rattled the tech industry a day earlier, saying a $100,000 fee will be a "one-time" payment imposed only on new applicants.
'This is no vacation': young Poles do summer army bootcamp
AFP, Published on 29/07/2025
» WARSAW — Sweating and out of breath, young Poles throw grenades and practise evacuating the wounded at a training ground outside Warsaw.
Finns flock to ‘shepherd weeks’ to disconnect on holiday
AFP, Published on 10/07/2025
» KUHMOINEN, Finland - Finnish holidaygoers are clamouring to shell out hundreds of euros to work as shepherds for a week as a vacation, seeking tranquility in nature and a chance to disconnect from their busy lives.
Muslim pilgrims 'stone the devil' as hajj concludes in Saudi
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» MINA (SAUDI ARABIA) - Pilgrims were set to perform the last major ritual of the hajj -- the "stoning of the devil" -- on Friday, as Muslims around the globe celebrated the beginning of the Eid al-Adha holiday.