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AFP, Published on 28/01/2026
» EUROPE - Facing what activists say is a hardening of repression inside Chechnya amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Asil and Aishat, both young women, recently fled their violent families in search of safety.
AFP, Published on 27/11/2023
» LYON - Six people have been remanded in custody over the killing of a French teenager whose death at a village dance party sparked political controversy in France, prosecutors said Sunday.
AFP, Published on 23/11/2023
» THE HAGUE - The far-right, anti-Islam party of firebrand politician Geert Wilders has won the Dutch election, exit polls suggested Wednesday, a political earthquake that will be felt far beyond the country's borders.
AFP, Published on 15/09/2021
» CARACAS - Two years ago, Victoria Mejias abandoned her slavish pursuit of sleek tresses -- a common obsession in Venezuela where hair and race identity are closely intertwined.
AFP, Published on 19/06/2021
» YANGON - Anti-coup protesters in Myanmar donned flowers in their hair Saturday to mark the birthday of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains under house arrest and is due to face court again next week.
AFP, Published on 14/09/2020
» MINDEN (UNITED STATES) - The red-hatted crowd roils, claps and chants: "We love Trump! We love Trump! We love Trump!"
AFP, Published on 10/09/2020
» WASHINGTON - A white US university professor who lied for years about being black has quit her job at George Washington University in the capital Washington, the school said Wednesday.
AFP, Published on 05/09/2020
» WASHINGTON - A US university has launched an investigation after a professor admitted she had lied for years about being black and is in fact white -- a stunning admission amid a tense national reckoning on race issues including cultural appropriation.
AFP, Published on 02/02/2020
» DUBAI - A band of Muppets, both old favourites and new friends, will star in an Arabic retooling of "Sesame Street" with a regional twist.
AFP, Published on 18/12/2019
» LOS ANGELES - Dressed in white robes and sporting Princess Leia's distinctive spiral bun hairstyle, Kristin Grady walks up and down Hollywood collecting signatures on behalf of her idol.