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Iran tensions mount as students protest ahead of Mahsa Amini ceremony
AFP, Published on 25/10/2022
» PARIS - Iranian students protested Tuesday at multiple universities, defying a bloody crackdown as tensions mount on the eve of planned ceremonies marking 40 days since Mahsa Amini's death.
Thousands throng Myanmar's Shwedagon to mark Buddhist festival of lights
AFP, Published on 09/10/2022
» Thousands of Buddhist devotees thronged Myanmar's Shwedagon Pagoda to mark the full moon of the Thadingyut festival on Sunday, some offering prayers for a country plunged into turmoil by last year's coup.
Theatre, cinema, concerts thrive in Madrid despite virus
AFP, Published on 23/01/2021
» MADRID - With entertainment venues shuttered across much of Europe, Spain stands out as a cultural oasis where people still go to the theatre and cinema or watch concerts despite soaring infection rates.
Winter Olympics prompts skiing construction boom in China
AFP, Published on 17/12/2020
» CHENGDU (CHINA) - Weaving down a steep slope, snowboarder Zhang Xu skid gracefully to a halt in a shower of white powder -- one of a new generation of Chinese people learning winter sports in brand new indoor facilities.
Hong Kong hopes to resume normal train services from Monday
South China Morning Post, Published on 29/11/2019
» Hong Kong's commuters may enjoy normal train services from next Monday after almost two months - if no major destruction or vandalism takes place at MTR stations in the coming weekend.
March 20, 1995: The sarin attack that turned Tokyo into a 'warzone'
AFP, Published on 06/07/2018
» TOKYO - On a sunny Tokyo morning in March 1995, passengers crammed onto the world's busiest subway for their normal uncomfortable rush-hour commute, unaware that a few minutes later their home city would resemble a warzone.