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AFP, Published on 29/05/2023
» BUSAN, South Korea: Pins hidden in her shoes, head forced down a toilet, kicked in the stomach: Korean hairdresser Pyo Ye-rim suffered a litany of abuse from school bullies, but now she's speaking out.
AFP, Published on 25/05/2023
» LONDON: Net migration in the UK hit a record 606,000 in 2022, official figures showed on Thursday, heaping pressure on the government, which has pledged to cut dependency on foreign labour.
AFP, Published on 25/05/2023
» MIAMI - A Florida school has restricted access for students to the poem "The Hill We Climb," read at President Joe Biden's inauguration before a live audience of nearly 34 million people, the poet says.
AFP, Published on 24/05/2023
» GEORGETOWN (GUYANA) - The weekend school dormitory blaze that killed 19 minors in central Guyana is believed to have been started by a disgruntled pupil angry at having her mobile phone confiscated, a government source told AFP on Tuesday.
AFP, Published on 23/05/2023
» GEORGETOWN (GUYANA) - At least 19 youths were killed in a schoolgirls' dormitory blaze in Guyana, officials said Monday, with anger growing in the tiny South American country over the tragedy.
AFP, Published on 20/05/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco has tapped a popular nightclub owner to be its first drag laureate, creating the ambassador-style position at a time when America's LGBTQ community fears an erosion of its rights amid rising conservative attacks.
AFP, Published on 19/05/2023
» ATHENS: Greece's outgoing conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and leftist challenger Alexis Tsipras will make a final push for votes at closing rallies on Friday ahead of the most uncertain general election in a decade.
AFP, Published on 11/05/2023
» ESPOO, Finland: Some 27 young people, mostly children, were injured in Finland on Thursday when a temporary footbridge near a construction site collapsed and they fell several metres onto a road, officials said.
AFP, Published on 08/05/2023
» HONG KONG - Mo Jia Yu wraps his legs around a pole to balance high above the ground and secure a joint, a skill he must master to become a bamboo scaffolder in Hong Kong.
AFP, Published on 05/05/2023
» BELGRADE - Dragan Vlahovic was known for remembering the students' names at Vladislav Ribnikar elementary school in Belgrade and reminding them to wear their coats when it was cold.