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Japan city proposes two-hour daily smartphone limit
AFP, Published on 22/08/2025
» TOKYO - A Japanese city will urge all smartphone users to limit screen time to two hours a day outside work or school under a proposed ordinance that includes no penalties.
Danish PM reaches out to Trump over Greenland remarks
AFP, Published on 10/01/2025
» COPENHAGEN - Denmark's prime minister said Thursday she had reached out to US President-elect Donald Trump following his remarks about taking control of Greenland, which Denmark said were being taken seriously.
Indonesians fall prey to fake shaman 'magic money' scams
AFP, Published on 19/05/2023
» KARAWANG (INDONESIA) - Indonesian mother-of-three Aslem was a domestic worker in Dubai when she started wiring cash to a self-professed shaman, believing that he would honour his promise to magically multiply her hard-earned wages.
In Sierra Leone, the people fighting the sea to build a home
AFP, Published on 28/02/2023
» FREETOWN - Off a path in Cockle Bay, a slum in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, lies the squat, tin-roofed house where Lamrana Bah lives and works.
Indonesia child deaths blamed on syrup medicines rise to 195
AFP, Published on 07/11/2022
» Indonesia said Monday the number of child deaths from kidney failure or damage linked to harmful substances found in syrup medicines has risen to 195.
Indonesia revokes firms' fever syrup licences amid probe into 150 deaths
Reuters, Published on 31/10/2022
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's food and drug agency (BPOM) said on Monday it had revoked licenses of syrup-type drug production of two local firms for violating manufacturing rules, as it probes the deaths of more than 150 children due to acute kidney injury (AKI).
Finns call for halt to 'unbearable' Russian tourism
AFP, Published on 29/07/2022
» LAPPEENRANTA, Finland: Buses of Russian tourists stream into Finland at Nuijamaa border crossing in the country's southeast, some hoping to enjoy the peaceful Finnish summer and others planning to travel further into Europe.
'Love for all': Tears and memories of 'hero' Tutu
AFP, Published on 27/12/2021
» CAPE TOWN - South Africans of all races stopped by Cape Town's St George's Cathedral on Sunday to pay their respects to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the anti-apartheid icon who has died aged 90.
Eighty dead in Sierra Leone fuel explosion
AFP, Published on 06/11/2021
» FREETOWN - A massive explosion at a petrol station in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown killed at least 80 people, burning people in cars and streets nearby, a rescue worker and nurse said Saturday.
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.