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China certified malaria-free after 70-year fight
AFP, Published on 30/06/2021
» GENEVA: China was certified as malaria-free on Wednesday by the World Health Organization, following a 70-year effort to eradicate the mosquito-borne disease.
Rare giant barking deer seen in Cambodia
AFP, Published on 25/06/2021
» PHNOM PENH: A critically endangered giant barking deer has been spotted in Cambodia for the first time, in a boost for the country's wildlife preservation efforts, officials said on Friday.
Cuba gets new leader as last Castro retires
AFP, Published on 19/04/2021
» HAVANA - Cuba marked the end of an era Monday with the transfer of power from the Castro clan, in charge for six decades, to the communist country's first-ever civilian leader, Miguel Diaz-Canel.
Study suggests climate change-Covid link
AFP, Published on 05/02/2021
» PARIS: Climate change may have played a "key role" in the transmission of the novel coronavirus to humans by driving several species of pathogen-carrying bats into closer contact, research showed on Friday.
French court hears Agent Orange case against chemical firms
AFP, Published on 25/01/2021
» ÉVRY, France: A French court will on Monday hear a case against more than a dozen multinationals, accused by a French-Vietnamese woman of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling the Agent Orange defoliant to the US government which used it to devastating effect in the Vietnam War.
Mekong ‘meth mogul’ nabbed after Australia probe
AFP, Published on 24/01/2021
» The alleged ringleader of Asia's biggest crime syndicate and one of the world's most wanted men has been arrested in the Netherlands, with Australian authorities pushing for his extradition to face trial.
'Pioneer' octogenarian Vietnamese artist gets first solo exhibit
AFP, Published on 28/10/2020
» HANOI: Aged almost 90, Vietnamese artist Mong Bich picks a spot on the tiled floor of her favourite room, checks the light and sits down to paint.
China's rich seek bodyguards schooled in digital dark arts
AFP, Published on 20/09/2020
» TIANJIN, China: At the "Genghis Security Academy", which bills itself as China's only dedicated bodyguard school, students learn that the threats to the country's newly-rich in the tech age are more likely to emerge from a hacker than a gunman.
Thailand targets narco millions hidden in gold, steel and crypto
AFP, Published on 26/06/2020
» The downfall of a meth syndicate laundering tens of millions of dollars of drug money through Thai gold shops, oil and construction firms has cast rare light on the staggering scale of Asia's narco profits - and the ruses used to hide them.
Football pitch of rainforest 'destroyed every 6 seconds'
AFP, Published on 02/06/2020
» PARIS: Vast tracts of pristine rainforest on three continents went up in smoke last year, with an area roughly the size of Switzerland cut down or burned to make way for cattle and commercial crops, researchers said Tuesday.