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Nipah virus outbreak in India sparks worry in China before Lunar New Year
South China Morning Post, Published on 29/01/2026
» An outbreak of the highly fatal Nipah virus in India's eastern state of West Bengal has sparked widespread attention and public concern in China ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday when millions will travel.
Cement maker Lafarge on trial in France on charges of funding jihadists
AFP, Published on 04/11/2025
» PARIS - Cement group Lafarge goes on trial in France on Tuesday, accused of paying the Islamic State group and other jihadists protection money to build its business in war-torn Syria.
In a Pakistan valley, a small revolution among women
AFP, Published on 13/06/2025
» KARIMABAD, PAKISTAN (PAKISTAN) - In a sawdust-filled workshop nestled in the Karakoram Mountains, a team of women carpenters chisel away at cabinets -- and forge an unlikely career for themselves in Pakistan.
Five years after George Floyd's murder, racial justice push continues
Reuters, Published on 25/05/2025
» Shareeduh McGee is fighting to keep the memory of her cousin George Floyd alive.
Myanmar marks month of misery since historic quake
AFP, Published on 28/04/2025
» YANGON - Myanmar marked one month since suffering its fiercest earthquake in more than a century on Monday, with military bombardments unabated despite a humanitarian truce as thousands of survivors camp in makeshift shelters.
121-metre long cake gives a taste for records
AFP, Published on 24/04/2025
» ARGENTEUIL — Armed with 4,000 eggs and a truckload of sugar and cream, French pastry chefs on Wednesday completed a 121.8-metre (399 feet, eight inches) long strawberry cake which they have claimed is the world's longest ever made.
Australian PM calls general election for May 3
AFP, Published on 28/03/2025
» CANBERRA - Australia will hold a general election on May 3, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday, locking in a showdown over climate action, nuclear power and a runaway housing market.
Fast-moving fires torch national parks in southeast Australia
AFP, Published on 28/01/2025
» SYDNEY - Firefighters were desperately trying to stop a cluster of fast-moving blazes in southeast Australia on Tuesday, as thousands of acres of national park burned and a farming community was forced to evacuate.
Heat wave in Southeast Asia closes schools, triggers health alerts
Reuters, Published on 29/04/2024
» MANILA: The Philippines has closed schools down and warned of overloading on its power grid, as authorities across Southeast Asia issued a series of health alerts for a crushing and deadly heat wave.
Once the bane of big tech, Vestager's star wanes
AFP, Published on 08/12/2023
» BRUSSELS - Margrethe Vestager is preparing to return to her day job as the European Union's competition chief after a hard-fought and ultimately unsuccessful bid to lead the bloc's lender.