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Indonesia issues full-page newspaper ad on military's expanded role
Reuters, Published on 22/09/2025
» JAKARTA - Indonesia's defence ministry issued a full-page advertisement in the country's largest newspaper on Monday, detailing and defending non-defence programmes being run by the military, amid criticism of its wider role under President Prabowo Subianto.
Argentina hunts Nazi-looted painting revealed in property ad
AFP, Published on 28/08/2025
» BUENOS AIRES — Argentine police hunted Wednesday for a 17th century painting which was allegedly stolen by the Nazis from a Dutch Jewish art collector and resurfaced this week in a property advertisement, only to disappear again.
US senator warns of fossil fuel coup, economic reckoning
AFP, Published on 10/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - One of the US Senate's leading climate advocates says President Donald Trump's administration no longer governs -- it "occupies" the nation on behalf of Big Oil.
Chinese migrants 'trafficked' to Oklahoma, official says
South China Morning Post, Published on 11/01/2024
» Undocumented Chinese nationals recruited on international websites to cross into the United States are becoming victims of labour and sex trafficking, often on illicit marijuana farms run by Mexican and Chinese syndicates in Oklahoma, the state's top law enforcement official said on Wednesday.
US-Canada military 'tracks' Santa for 68th year
AFP, Published on 24/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - The joint US-Canadian military monitoring agency has continued its decades-long tradition of tracking Santa's whereabouts, helping children around the globe find out when his reindeer-powered, present-filled sleigh is coming to town.
How world's largest Buddhist temple in Indonesia has been reborn
Penny Watson of the South China Morning Post, Published on 19/12/2023
» YOGYAKARTA - I'm tiptoeing reverentially around the Candi Borobudur temple, stopping to take in ancient stone panels and beautiful bell-shaped stupas, and to ponder the Buddha statues sitting in meditative repose.
US conservatives boycott Bud Light after transgender partnership
AFP, Published on 20/04/2023
» WASHINGTON - The popular US beer Bud Light has long carved out an all-American brand for itself -- finding success in its ubiquity by being available in seemingly any bar, yet establishing a niche along the way with patriotic cultural conservatives.
‘Sandwich maker’ job ad for Emiratis sparks fury
AFP, Published on 10/12/2022
» DUBAI: An advertisement inviting Emiratis to apply for a “sandwich maker” job has sparked a storm with citizens decrying purportedly humiliating attempts to provide employment — and authorities launching an investigation.
Russia to toughen 'LGBT propaganda' law
AFP, Published on 27/10/2022
» MOSCOW: The lower house of Russia's parliament paved the way for toughening a notorious 2013 "gay propaganda" law on Thursday, its official website said.
Chinese city dims lights in heatwave power crunch
AFP, Published on 19/08/2022
» BEIJING - A provincial capital in southwest China has dimmed outdoor advertisements, subway lighting and building signs to save energy, official announcements said, as the area battles a power crunch triggered by record-high temperatures.