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Amid Ukraine war fallout, fearful Chechen women seek escape route
AFP, Published on 28/01/2026
» EUROPE - Facing what activists say is a hardening of repression inside Chechnya amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Asil and Aishat, both young women, recently fled their violent families in search of safety.
Unspoilt corner of Portugal fears arrival of high-end tourism
AFP, Published on 22/10/2025
» COMPORTA — Above the pine forests and dunes that stretch along the nearly deserted beaches of southwestern Portugal, cranes rise from building sites soon to be luxury hotels -- a sign of the region's contentious transformation into a playground for the wealthy.
'Ridiculous': How Washington residents view the new troops in town
AFP, Published on 15/08/2025
» WASHINGTON — Outside the busiest train station in Washington, newly deployed National Guard troops wearing camouflage lean on a huge military Humvee.
Japan's hardcore train fans accused of going off the rails
AFP, Published on 25/03/2022
» TOKYO - Crowding, confrontations and full-on attacks. Japan's many train fans are mostly mild-mannered enthusiasts passionate about the country's famed rail system, but a small group is gaining surprising notoriety.
Monkey business at Lopburi fruit festival
AFP, Published on 28/11/2021
» Their table manners were shocking, but the guests of honour at a special banquet in the central town of Lopburi on Sunday loved monkeying around.
UK apology over Gulf War 'human shields' flight
AFP, Published on 23/11/2021
» LONDON: The UK government on Tuesday apologised for not warning British Airways that Iraq was about to invade Kuwait before one of its flights was caught up in a hostage drama in 1990.
Oscar-winning actor Christopher Plummer dead at 91
AFP, Published on 06/02/2021
» LOS ANGELES: Veteran Canadian actor Christopher Plummer, whose decades-long career featured a star turn in "The Sound of Music" and an Oscar win late in life, has died, his manager said Friday. He was 91.
Fears of violence, vote rigging and confusion beset eve of US election
AFP, Published on 02/11/2020
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden fought Monday through the eve of an election threatened by legal chaos and fears of violence after Trump, down in the polls and with only hours to go, pushed hard to discredit the US voting process.
Hundreds of 'abused' captives freed from Nigeria Islamic school
AFP, Published on 28/09/2019
» KADUNA (NIGERIA) - Police in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna have rescued more than 300 male students being held at an Islamic school where many had been tortured and sexually abused, a police spokesman said Friday.
K-League blasts Juventus 'deception' over Ronaldo no-show
AFP, Published on 02/08/2019
» SEOUL: South Korea's K-League has accused Juventus of "deception" after superstar Cristiano Ronaldo sat out last week's friendly in Seoul, enraging thousands of fans.