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How COP's fossil fuel taboo was finally broken by the Emiratis
AFP, Published on 15/12/2023
» DUBAI - Hours after the applause and relief that the world had finally reached a landmark climate agreement in Dubai, US special envoy John Kerry admitted that he thought it might never happen.
Slovakia campaign rhetoric raises LGBTQ concern
AFP, Published on 26/09/2023
» BRATISLAVA - A year after a homophobic double murder, Slovakia's LGBTQ community is concerned about the increase in hate speech ahead of elections on Saturday in a country where gay people have few legal rights.
Indonesians fall prey to fake shaman 'magic money' scams
AFP, Published on 19/05/2023
» KARAWANG (INDONESIA) - Indonesian mother-of-three Aslem was a domestic worker in Dubai when she started wiring cash to a self-professed shaman, believing that he would honour his promise to magically multiply her hard-earned wages.
Passport production may not keep up as S. Koreans ready to rush out for overseas travel
Pulse, Published on 08/11/2021
» SEOUL: South Koreans are rushing to register or renew passports as they are ready for overseas travel they had contained for two years in line with the reopening of borders across the globe.
#MeToo in Iran: women break their long silence
AFP, Published on 01/09/2020
» TEHRAN: Three years after the #MeToo movement spread globally, Iranian women have broken their silence on sexual violence, raising awareness about a subject that's taboo in the Islamic republic.
After Beirut blast, foreign workers beg to go home
AFP, Published on 24/08/2020
» BEIRUT - After struggling first through Lebanon's economic crisis and then the coronavirus pandemic, Ethiopian worker Tarik Kebeda said the deadly blast that ripped through her Beirut home was the final straw.
Born in a concentration camp: the Holocaust's youngest survivors
AFP, Published on 05/05/2020
» PARIS: Holocaust survivor Florence Schulmann has always worried that if she went into schools to recount her experience, it would sound almost fantastical: "I'd be too scared that they wouldn't believe me."
Japan-South Korea trade spat threatens global tech market
AFP, Published on 11/07/2019
» SEOUL - A simmering diplomatic row with Japan is threatening South Korea's output of components that drive smartphones and computer displays, which analysts say could batter the global tech market and hike prices for consumers.
Saudi Arabia gears up to end women driving ban
AFP, Published on 22/06/2018
» RIYADH - Saudi Arabia will allow women to drive from Sunday, ending the world's only ban on female motorists, a historic reform marred by what rights groups call an expanding crackdown on activists.