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Abortion in Afghanistan: 'My mother crushed my stomach with a stone'
AFP, Published on 05/12/2025
» KABUL - When Bahara was four months pregnant, she went to a Kabul hospital to beg for an abortion. "We're not allowed," a doctor told her. "If someone finds out, we will all end up in prison."
WHO holds first traditional medicine summit
AFP, Published on 17/08/2023
» NEW DELHI - The World Health Organization (WHO) holds its first summit on traditional medicine on Thursday, with warnings that treatments rooted in natural products can be effective alternative healthcare only if scientifically proven.
Young Thai chefs shake up Bangkok's food scene
AFP, Published on 29/06/2023
» Thitid Tassanakajohn has a degree in economics from Thailand's top university but turned his back on a stable career in finance to launch a high-end restaurant in Bangkok -- a city famed for its street food.
The loneliness of one of Albania's last sworn virgins
AFP, Published on 08/06/2023
» LEPUSHE (ALBANIA) - For decades, Gjystina Grishaj chopped wood, drove tractors and tended livestock as the man of the house in a remote valley in northern Albania, only to find herself alone after years of sacrifice supporting her family.
Weeds grow at London's Chelsea Flower Show
AFP, Published on 22/05/2023
» LONDON - Nettles, dandelions, brambles: weeds -- once considered a scourge -- are taking pride of place at London's Chelsea Flower Show as gardeners concern themselves more than ever with biodiversity and sustainable development.
Philippine social media users face barrage of bogus medical posts
AFP, Published on 16/03/2023
» MANILA - Philippine vlogger Rosanel Demasudlay holds a heart-shaped "virginity soap" bar in front of the camera and assures her hundreds of YouTube followers it can be safely used to "tighten" their vaginas.
Chinese medical portal censored after doubting herbal 'Covid remedy'
AFP, Published on 11/08/2022
» BEIJING - A popular Chinese medical information site has been censored by authorities for "violation of relevant laws and regulations", months after its criticism of a government-backed herbal Covid-19 treatment sent shares in a pharmaceutical giant tumbling.
One killed as gunmen storm Sikh temple in Afghan capital
AFP, Published on 19/06/2022
» KABUL - Armed men raided a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing at least one member of the community and wounding seven more, the interior ministry and witnesses said.
Madagascar prosecutors say foiled assassination bid on president
AFP, Published on 22/07/2021
» ANTANANARIVO: Prosecutors in Madagascar said on Thursday they had foiled an attempt to assassinate President Andry Rajoelina and made several arrests.
Chicken and Mate: Pope health from colon to sciatica
AFP, Published on 05/07/2021
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, who has just undergone surgery for an inflamed large colon, is believed to be otherwise in relatively good health, despite having had part of his lung removed when young.