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Dead rivers, flaming lakes: India's sewage failure
AFP, Published on 03/05/2023
» NEW DELHI - Mohammed Azhar holds his baby niece next to a storm drain full of plastic and stinking black sludge, testament to India's failure to treat nearly two-thirds of its urban sewage.
US family flees Texas to transgender 'refuge' -- Minnesota
AFP, Published on 28/04/2023
» MINNEAPOLIS - With bills targeting transgender youth multiplying at an alarming rate, Mary knew it was time to leave Texas -- and fast.
Families devastated by Kenya cult horror
AFP, Published on 26/04/2023
» MALINDI Kenya: Outside a morgue, Bethy Kahindi wailed for her missing sister, certain she was the victim of a Kenyan cult believed to have brainwashed dozens of followers into starving to death.
Guardiola 'nervous' as Man City aim to derail Arsenal's title challenge
AFP, Published on 26/04/2023
» MANCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) - Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola admitted the tension of the Premier League title race is getting to him as his side close in on Arsenal ahead of Wednesday's top-of-the-table clash.
Learning a language for loss: Uyghur school in US offers link to homeland
AFP, Published on 24/04/2023
» FAIRFAX (UNITED STATES) - At a weekend school in the US state of Virginia, language classes serve a dual purpose for young Uyghurs -- cultural preservation, and access to vocabulary to discuss the plight of relatives in China.
'Get ready': Taiwan civilians train for Chinese invasion
AFP, Published on 19/04/2023
» TAIPEI - Physician Lin Yuh-ting has taken time out of her weekend to learn civilian defence tips she can relay to her two young children in case China invades self-ruled Taiwan.
Australia embraces Greg Norman's rebel LIV Golf with sell-out crowds
AFP, Published on 18/04/2023
» ADELAIDE (AUSTRALIA) - The rebel LIV Golf tour has faced resistance from traditionalists and sparked a civil war in the sport, but many in Australia are embracing it with the nation's inaugural event this week a sell-out.
Beijing kids with autism get help from horses
AFP, Published on 31/03/2023
» BEIJING - On a crisp spring day at a Beijing equestrian club, 14-year-old Victor Liu climbs into the saddle of a dark-haired horse, starting the latest session of a sport that has changed his life.
Gwyneth Paltrow ski crash accuser asks for $3.2mn
AFP, Published on 31/03/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for the man suing Gwyneth Paltrow over an accident on a swanky US ski slope said Thursday the actress should give him almost $3.3 million for his suffering.
North Sea shell survey brings out volunteers
AFP, Published on 26/03/2023
» MIDDELKERKE (BELGIUM) - Hundreds of volunteers descended on the beaches of the North Sea coast this weekend to collect sea shells as a measure of the sea's biological diversity.