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Kohli ready to shine on Cricket World Cup stage
AFP, Published on 03/10/2023
» AHMEDABAD, India - If you can judge a tournament by the number of replica tops sold, the Cricket World Cup in India opening this week already has a winner — home superstar batsman Virat Kohli.
Greek islanders refuse to throw in the towel over sunloungers
AFP, Published on 14/08/2023
» ATHENS - Greek islanders are fed up this summer -- not with the holidaymakers that flock to their beaches but with the hawkers who cram the sands with sunloungers and parasols, to the point where it's sometimes impossible to get down to their own sea.
Staged online videos feed Islamophobia in Modi's India
AFP, Published on 22/06/2023
» SITAPUR (INDIA) - The acting is dire and the scenarios fake, but staged videos are peddling disinformation and fanning sectarian tensions in India, which has seen rising Hindu radicalisation under nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Sudan refugees fear uncertain future in Ethiopia
AFP, Published on 10/05/2023
» METEMA, Ethiopia: After a perilous three-day journey from conflict-torn Sudan, Muhamad Yusuf reached the Ethiopian border town of Metema.
Africa's mega-cities look to mass transit to ease growing pains
AFP, Published on 07/11/2022
» LAGOS - Tade Balogun times his commute like a military operation.
'The pandemic won't stop us': the Beijingers skirting Covid rules
AFP, Published on 26/05/2022
» BEIJING - Mothers hosting playdates near cordoned-off parks, mahjong maestros huddled in streets and youngsters slugging night-time beers on barricaded sidewalks -- Beijingers are making the most of the small spaces available as China's coronavirus controls close in.
'Joe Ferrari' case lifts lid on police corruption
AFP, Published on 22/09/2021
» BANGKOK: A flashy cop with a taste for fast cars falls from grace following the leak of spine-chilling footage of a brutal interrogation gone wrong.
Zimbabwe street vendors reel under virus curbs
AFP, Published on 26/04/2021
» HARARE - For years, Zimbabwean single mother Spiwe Tembo would sell buns on the streets of central Harare, earning enough to feed her three children. But her fortunes have dived.
Singapore 'hawker' culture gains UN recognition
AFP, Published on 18/12/2020
» SINGAPORE: Once seen as lowly members of Singaporean society, cooks in the city-state's bustling "hawker" centres are rejoicing this week after the United Nations recognised their food as a cultural treasure.
Looters target Myanmar temple treasures in tourist slump
AFP, Published on 06/07/2020
» BAGAN, Myanmar: A squad of armed police patrol Myanmar's sacred site of Bagan under the cover of night, taking on plunderers snatching relics from temples forsaken by tourists due to coronavirus restrictions.