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'Talibanned': From kite-running to breakdancing, Afghan pastimes again under threat
AFP, Published on 05/07/2021
» KABUL - The Taliban outlawed dozens of seemingly innocuous activities and pastimes in Afghanistan during their 1996-2001 rule -- including kite flying, TV soap operas, pigeon racing, fancy haircuts, and even playing music.
Day of the Dead 'skeleton' Barbie splits opinion in Mexico
AFP, Published on 27/10/2020
» MEXICO CITY - She's been a princess, a president, a Marine Corps sergeant, an astronaut and a Star Wars stormtrooper. In Mexico for the Day of the Dead festival, Barbie is even a skeleton.
Female frontliners upend Hong Kong gender stereotypes
AFP, Published on 10/12/2019
» HONG KONG - Chris Wong has transformed from a quiet student who used to blush when friends swore into one of the thousands of female frontliners battling police in Hong Kong's democracy protests.
Bloomberg flirts with White House bid in challenge to Biden
AFP, Published on 09/11/2019
» CONCORD (UNITED STATES) - Billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg was positioning himself Friday to enter the crowded race for the Democratic presidential nomination, setting up a potential showdown with fellow septuagenarian Joe Biden as the leading centrist candidate.
Memes, cartoons and caustic Cantonese: the language of Hong Kong's protests
AFP, Published on 24/06/2019
» HONG KONG - Viral artwork pummelling city leaders, clever word plays and Cantonese cursing that would make a sailor blush -- Hong Kongers have displayed a characteristically riotous embrace of satire during their huge anti-government protests.
For some whales, sonar may provoke suicidal behaviour: study
AFP, Published on 30/01/2019
» PARIS - Scientists have long known that some beaked whales beach themselves and die in agony after exposure to naval sonar, and now they know why: the giant sea mammals suffer decompression sickness, just like scuba divers.
In Brazil's hard-right leader, Trump finds kindred spirit
AFP, Published on 30/10/2018
» WASHINGTON - Brazil's election of the hard-right Jair Bolsonaro gives Donald Trump a kindred spirit, with the Americas' two most populous nations to be ruled by brash presidents in tune on issues from climate change to Israel.
China's new online cosmetics stars: men
AFP, Published on 10/08/2018
» BEIJING: When Jiang Cheng first tried a bit of concealer during his first year of university in China it gave him self-confidence and he was instantly hooked.