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Pregnancy trap for workers in controversial Japan scheme
AFP, Published on 12/04/2022
» TOKYO: When Vanessa, a worker with Japan's "technical intern" programme, told her supervisors she was pregnant, she says they first suggested an abortion and then pressured her to quit.
'Woven air': Bangladesh revives elite forgotten fabric
AFP, Published on 04/03/2022
» TARABO, Bangladesh: With wooden spinning wheels and hand-drawn looms, Bangladesh is painstakingly resurrecting a fabric once worn by Marie Antoinette and Jane Austen but long thought forever lost to history.
Golden Globes to launch pandemic-era Hollywood awards season
AFP, Published on 28/02/2021
» LOS ANGELES: Hollywood's award season kicks off Sunday at a very different Golden Globes, with a mainly virtual ceremony set to boost or dash the Oscars hopes of early frontrunners like "Nomadland" and "The Trial of the Chicago 7."
Gay Pride events go online to mark 50th anniversary
AFP, Published on 28/06/2020
» PARIS: Fifty years on from the first Gay Pride march, the LGBT community and their supporters took many of their events online Saturday, responding to the threat of the coronavirus pandemic.