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Belarus frees 123 political prisoners
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/12/2025
» Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko ordered the release of 123 political prisoners, pushing his opponents into exile hours after the United States announced it would lift sanctions on his country’s potash industry.
'A Thousand Splendid Suns' opera spotlights Afghan women
AFP, Published on 25/02/2023
» SEATTLE - Minutes before Afghan filmmaker Roya Sadat entered her first Seattle Opera production meeting for an adaptation of the novel "A Thousand Splendid Suns," she learned that her hometown of Herat had fallen to the Taliban.
Jailed Belarus activist Kolesnikova in intensive care: allies
AFP, Published on 30/11/2022
» MOSCOW - Jailed Belarusian opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova, who is serving a long prison term, has been admitted to intensive care in hospital, her allies said on Tuesday.
Belarus opposition leader Tikhanovsky jailed for 18 years
AFP, Published on 14/12/2021
» MOSCOW: A court in Belarus on Tuesday sentenced opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky to 18 years in prison after he galvanised an unprecedented protest movement against strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko last year, state media said.
Under Taliban, Kabul's drug addicts forced into withdrawal
AFP, Published on 18/10/2021
» KABUL - With shaved heads, oversized tunics and the terrified gaze of the hunted, the drug addicts rounded up by the Taliban brace for 45 days of painful withdrawal.
Minister moots musical toots for noisy Indian roads
AFP, Published on 05/10/2021
» NEW DELHI - India's transport minister is mulling a law that would seek to replace the country's constant car-horn cacophony with the sound of music.
Belarus hands long prison term to protest leader Kolesnikova
AFP, Published on 06/09/2021
» MOSCOW - A court in Belarus sentenced one of the country's most prominent opposition figures, Maria Kolesnikova, to 11 years in prison on Monday after she led unprecedented protests against President Alexander Lukashenko last year.
Last protest leader in Belarus dances in court as trial starts
AFP, Published on 04/08/2021
» MOSCOW - Maria Kolesnikova, the last remaining protest leader still in Belarus, danced and smiled as she went on trial on Wednesday accused of violating national security when she challenged President Alexander Lukashenko's rule last year.
Singing opera in a surgical mask
AFP, Published on 25/03/2021
» PARIS - No one loves wearing a mask at work, but spare a thought for the chorus of the Paris Opera, having to project through multiple layers of cotton and polyester.
Christmas gift sparks lifelong passion for puppeteer
AFP, Published on 15/12/2020
» TURIN (ITALY) - Augusto Grilli's eyes still light up when he recalls receiving the little theatre and 12 puppets almost 75 years ago, a childhood gift that sparked a career and a lifelong passion.