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Toxic haze chokes Indian capital
AFP, Published on 20/10/2025
» NEW DELHI - India's capital New Delhi was shrouded in a thick, toxic haze on Monday as air pollution levels soared to more than 16 times the World Health Organization’s recommended daily maximum.
Argentine football fans, protesters clash with police at pensions march
AFP, Published on 13/03/2025
» BUENOS AIRES - Argentine police fought running battles Wednesday with hundreds of protesters, including numerous football fans, during an anti-austerity march by pensioners in Buenos Aires.
Hundreds of millions in Asia celebrate Year of the Snake
AFP, Published on 29/01/2025
» BEIJING - Hundreds of millions of people across Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year with their families on Wednesday, as they bid farewell to the Year of the Dragon and usher in the Year of the Snake.
China's viral wild boar hunters attract fame and concern
AFP, Published on 08/01/2025
» WEINAN (CHINA) - In the frigid night of China's Qinling mountains, hunters with huge social media followings scour the landscape in pursuit of wild boars menacing local farmers' livelihoods.
Taiwanese flock to China festival despite tensions
Reuters, Published on 12/10/2024
» MEIZHOU, China - More than a thousand Taiwanese pilgrims have flocked to Fujian province in southeastern China for a religious festival, a rare instance of cross-strait cultural exchanges that are sometimes overshadowed by political tensions.
Modi hails India’s ‘new era’ with opening of major Hindu temple
Bloomberg, Published on 22/01/2024
» Prime Minister Narendra Modi fulfilled his party’s decades-long promise by consecrating a controversial Hindu temple in northern India on Monday, marking a new milestone in the popular leader’s project of reshaping the country into a more avowedly Hindu nation.
Hamas fighters free first wave of hostages in Gaza truce
AFP, Published on 25/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Masked Hamas gunmen freed a first wave of hostages Friday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, sparking rare scenes of celebration in a seven-week war that has killed thousands of people.
Joy and defiance as Israel frees Palestinian prisoners
AFP, Published on 25/11/2023
» BEITUNIA (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Firecrackers lit up the night sky Friday as raucous celebrations -- mixed with defiance -- marked the release of Palestinian women and children from Israeli prisons in exchange for the first wave of hostages freed by Hamas in Gaza.
Napoli's title party put on hold after Salernitana draw
AFP, Published on 30/04/2023
» NAPLES (ITALY) - Napoli will have to wait a bit longer to seal a first Serie A title in 33 years after being held to a 1-1 draw by Salernitana on Sunday.
Zero-Covid left in dust as Chinese revellers fuel travel boom
AFP, Published on 19/01/2023
» DALI (CHINA) - Armed with selfie sticks and freshly recovered from Covid, Chinese tourists ambled through bar streets in the country's backpacker haven of Dali, partying the stress of the past three years into oblivion.