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China censors top financial pundit over economy comments
AFP, Published on 27/06/2023
» BEIJING: A prominent Chinese financial journalist who has compared the country's economic problems to the Great Depression has been banned from social media.
Speed demons: the 'uriko' beer vendors of Japanese baseball
AFP, Published on 13/06/2023
» TOKYO - In between chanting fans at Japan's Tokyo Dome baseball stadium race an army of women in fluorescent uniforms carrying unwieldy backpacks with attached spray-guns.
Turkey's undefeated Erdogan nears knife-edge vote
AFP, Published on 07/05/2023
» ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan next Sunday puts his two-decade legacy on the line in a knife-edge vote against a powerful alliance built on anger over economic hardship and his authoritarian turn.
Jihadists spread from the Sahel to coastal West Africa
AFP, Published on 17/08/2022
» COTONOU - Their campaign began in northern Mali a decade ago, advanced into the country's powder-keg centre and from there into neighbouring Niger and Burkina Faso.
Macron expected to announce Mali withdrawal
AFP, Published on 15/02/2022
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron this week will announce that French troops will be withdrawn from Mali and redeployed elsewhere in the Sahel following a breakdown in ties with the country's military regime, concurring sources say.
New law stokes tension in Nigeria's blighted oil delta
AFP, Published on 01/09/2021
» EJAMAH-EBUBU (NIGERIA) - Nigerian farmer Nwale Nchimaonwi celebrated when he learnt that an oil law to overhaul the industry and improve the plight of communities living on crude-producing land had passed after two decades wait.
Greece, Turkey battle fierce fires as heatwave continues
AFP, Published on 06/08/2021
» ATHENS - Hundreds of firefighters battled a blaze on the outskirts of Athens on Friday as dozens of fires raged in Greece in what the prime minister dubbed a "critical situation," while neighbouring Turkey came under increasing pressure over its handling of wildfires.
Life in the crossfire of Venezuela's slums
AFP, Published on 26/07/2021
» CARACAS - A Venezuelan soldier takes cover behind an armored vehicle. For 48 hours he has ducked flying bullets.
China weighs risk and reward in a Taliban-led Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 15/07/2021
» BEIJING: The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and seemingly unstoppable march of the Taliban opens a strategic door to China that is laden with both risk and opportunity.
Police remove east Jerusalem barricades after violent protests
AFP, Published on 26/04/2021
» JERUSALEM - Israeli police on Sunday allowed Palestinians to gather in a flashpoint plaza outside Jerusalem's walled Old City, in a move apparently aimed at easing tensions after days of clashes.