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Pillaged Ivory Coast nature reserve on the mend after crisis decade
AFP, Published on 31/10/2025
» COMOE NATIONAL PARK (IVORY COAST) - Forest ranger Daouda Bamba is in no doubt about who the apex predator is in Ivory Coast's Comoe National Park, ravaged by war and unrest between 2002 and 2011.
Powerful earthquake hits southeast Taiwan, tsunami warning withdrawn
AFP, Published on 18/09/2022
» TAIPEI: A strong earthquake struck southeastern Taiwan on Sunday, bringing down at least one building in a small town.
Red-zone shopping hours cut further
Online Reporters, Published on 24/04/2021
» Operating hours of shopping malls, supermarkets and convenience stores will be shortened further in 18 high-risk provinces in order to reduce the spread of Covid-19, the Thai Retailers Association (TRA) said on Saturday.
Instagram-ready: Vietnamese influencer teaches art of posing
AFP, Published on 08/03/2021
» HANOI - How to smile, where to place a hand, which direction to face: young Vietnamese social media users are snapping up a popular influencer's course on posing for the perfect photo.
India's proud newspapers buckling under pandemic losses
AFP, Published on 17/06/2020
» NEW DELHI: Indian newspapers, which just a few months ago had defied the global trend by gaining circulation, are now buckling under the weight of coronavirus losses that have killed some off and critically wounded other big names.
Ex-minister gets life in Vietnam graft case
AP and Reuters, Published on 28/12/2019
» HANOI: A Vietnamese court on Saturday sentenced an ex-minister to life imprisonment in a multi-million-dollar corruption case in which another minister and a dozen executives also received lengthy prison terms, state media reported.
Vietnam police take DNA from relatives of suspected lorry victims
Reuters, Published on 27/10/2019
» CAN LOC, Vietnam: Police in Vietnam took hair and blood samples on Sunday to get DNA from relatives of people feared to be among the 39 who died in the back of a lorry near London last week, their family members said.
Priest: Most victims in UK death lorry may be Vietnamese
Reuters and AP, Published on 26/10/2019
» YEN THANH, Vietnam: The majority of the 39 people found dead in the back of a truck near London were likely from Vietnam, says a community leader from the rural, rice-growing community where many of the victims are believed to have come from.
Vietnam's caged bears dying off as bile prices plummet
AFP, Published on 17/08/2018
» THAI NGUYEN (VIETNAM) - Two moon bears are gently removed from the cramped cages where they have been held for 13 years, rescuers carefully checking their rotten teeth and matted paws before sending them to their new home in a grassy sanctuary in northern Vietnam.