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UK’s crumbling canals threatened with collapse
AFP, Published on 11/02/2026
» WHITCHURCH, England - On a misty winter’s day in the English midlands, engineers struggled to drag stranded narrowboats from a waterless, mud-filled canal that collapsed weeks earlier, in a delicate, multi-million-pound rescue operation.
Why China was so keen to get to alleged cybercrime boss Chen Zhi first
South China Morning Post, Published on 27/01/2026
» When a film about an investigation into a phone scam in Cambodia debuted at the Busan International Film Festival in 2018, it was not the cast or the plot that drew attention in China.
South Korean ex-first lady faces bribery trial
Reuters, Published on 24/09/2025
» SEOUL - Kim Keon Hee, the wife of ousted former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol, appeared in court on Wednesday at the start of her corruption trial, part of a criminal investigation that has ensnared high-profile political and religious figures.
Villagers win race to save UK pub, as thousands close
AFP, Published on 29/07/2025
» NEW RADNOR, Wales — A nearly 200-year-old pub, the Radnor Arms in rural Wales stood abandoned a few years ago. Water ran down the walls, ivy crept around broken windows and rats' skeletons littered the floor.
Trump scares off corporate donors to NY Pride parade
AFP, Published on 19/06/2025
» NEW YORK - New York’s pride Parade, the highest-profile annual US LGBTQ gathering, is ramping up efforts to raise funds from individual community members with corporate donations on the wane as Washington demonises diversity.
HIV workers race to plug funding gaps after Trump USAID cuts
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Published on 03/04/2025
» JOHANNESBURG - Tarryn Lokotsch can see the US aid money she desperately needs to help South African rape survivors sitting in her organisation's bank account, but she cannot touch a cent of it.
Witnesses against accused killer of US healthcare exec threatened
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/03/2025
» Witnesses against Luigi Mangione, who is accused of murdering a senior health insurence executive in New York City, have been subjected to intimidation and even death threats, according to prosecutors who have asked a judge to protect their identities.
Japan orders dissolution of Unification Church
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/03/2025
» TOKYO - A court in Tokyo has ordered the dissolution of a religious group whose fundraising methods and ties with ruling party politicians came under scrutiny following the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe more than two years ago.
Fecal Matter makes a splash at Paris Fashion Week
AFP, Published on 08/03/2025
» PARIS - Paris Fashion Week witnessed a debut show on Friday from one of the most unusually named brands in the luxury clothing industry: Matieres Fecales, which means fecal matter in French.
Embassy plans add to UK headaches in resetting China ties
AFP, Published on 17/12/2024
» LONDON - As Britain's new Labour government bids to reset long-fraught ties with China amid a suspected spy scandal, another issue could mar relations: Beijing's controversial plans to open the largest embassy in the UK.