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Have Iran's authorities given up on the mandatory hijab?
AFP, Published on 18/12/2025
» PARIS — Women swaying to dance music at a disc jockey (DJ) set, strolling without headscarves through cutting-edge art exhibitions and in coffee shops showing off trendy styles that could have come from the streets of Europe.
Hong Kong in mourning as fire death toll climbs to 146
AFP, Published on 30/11/2025
» HONG KONG - Crowds of mourners gathered on Sunday across Hong Kong including thousands near the apartment blocks that were engulfed in flames earlier this week, killing at least 146 people in the city's deadliest fire in decades.
Hong Kong prepares for 'serious threat' from Super Typhoon Ragasa
AFP, Published on 23/09/2025
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong rushed to prepare for the arrival of Super Typhoon Ragasa on Tuesday, with officials warning of a "serious threat" comparable to some of the most destructive storms in the city's recent history.
15 suspected student suicides in Hong Kong this year, set to surpass 2024 rate
South China Morning Post, Published on 05/06/2025
» At least 15 students in Hong Kong are suspected to have died by suicide in the first five months of this year, according to the South China Morning Post's calculations, with the figure equivalent to about half of the total recorded in 2024.
Singapore ends 181 years of horse racing to make way for homes
Bloomberg, Published on 06/10/2024
» More than 180 years of horse racing came to an end in Singapore on Saturday, as the Singapore Turf Club hosted its final race day before its track is handed back to the government to provide land for new homes.
Protests erupt in Philippines as police target Duterte’s pastor
Published on 26/08/2024
» Violent protests broke out in the southern Philippine city of Davao on Sunday as police sought to arrest an evangelical preacher with ties to former leader Rodrigo Duterte’s family, deepening the powerful clan’s rift with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Rajoelina, Madagascar's ambitious president who parties on
AFP, Published on 25/11/2023
» ANTANANARIVO - From the musical nights of his youth that earned his nickname "the disc jockey" to his political adventures over the past decade, life has been one long party of one kind or another for Andry Rajoelina, who on Saturday secured a second elected term as Madagascar's president.
Dettori -- Racing's great entertainer set for final European hurrah
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» PARIS - For Frankie Dettori, come Saturday evening the flying dismounts and unabashed displays of emotions in victory or defeat will be a thing of the past as the great showman retires from European racing, leaving a huge vacuum.
From King Charles III to Dettori's final bow -- three Royal Ascot talking points
AFP, Published on 19/06/2023
» PARIS - Royal Ascot this year will see a changing of the guard with a new patron in King Charles III and the king of the track Frankie Dettori set to make his final bow.
Horse safety in spotlight as Derby-winner Mage goes for Preakness
AFP, Published on 19/05/2023
» WASHINGTON - The horse deaths at Churchill Downs that cast a pall over the Kentucky Derby continue to raise concerns as Mage vies for the second leg of US racing's coveted Triple Crown in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday.