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Festive lights, security tight for Christmas in Damascus
AFP, Published on 24/12/2025
» DAMASCUS - Christmas lights illuminate Damascus's Old City while government forces patrol its shadows as security fears haunt Syria's Christian community.
Inside the Philippines’ $2-billion flood-control scandal
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/12/2025
» Senator Francis Pangilinan leaned into his microphone and fired off numbers in pesos: 50 million? 10 million? 100 million? “You withdrew this in cash?”
Shein bans sex dolls after France outrage over 'childlike' ones
AFP, Published on 04/11/2025
» PARIS — Asian e-commerce giant Shein said Monday it was banning sex dolls from sale on its sites globally after French authorities condemned it for featuring ones resembling children.
Hamas forces back on Gaza streets as truce holds
AFP, Published on 14/10/2025
» GAZA CITY - Hamas security forces were tightening their grip on Gaza’s ruined cities Tuesday even as global support mounted for a US-backed deal that would see them disarmed.
Purrno Noir? New Zealand company sells non-alcoholic wine for pets
AFP, Published on 14/10/2025
» WELLINGTON - After a long day patrolling the neighbourhood or protecting the house, pets in New Zealand have a new way to unwind -- non-alcoholic wine.
'My heart sank': Surging scams roil US job hunters
AFP, Published on 06/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - After a series of interviews, Nicole Becker was ecstatic to receive a job offer from a sportswear brand. But like many Americans navigating a tough job market, she was soon confronted with a sobering reality -- the recruiter was a scammer.
UAE hits record May temperature of 51.6C
AFP, Published on 25/05/2025
» DUBAI - The United Arab Emirates breached its May temperature record for the second day in a row, hitting 51.6 degrees Celsius on Saturday, within touching distance of the highest ever temperature recorded in the country.
UAE hits record May temperature of 51.6C
AFP, Published on 24/05/2025
» DUBAI - The United Arab Emirates breached its May temperature record for the second day in a row, hitting 51.6 degrees Celsius on Saturday, within touching distance of the highest ever temperature recorded in the country.
Vietnam pulls dolls over South China Sea map
AFP, Published on 19/03/2025
» HANOI - Seething international tensions over the South China Sea have struck an unlikely victim in Vietnam: popular children’s dolls pulled from shops over a facial mark supposedly resembling Beijing’s claims in the flashpoint waterway.
China's Wuhan keen to shake off pandemic label 5 years on
AFP, Published on 19/01/2025
» WUHAN (CHINA) - Built in just days as Covid-19 cases spiked in Wuhan in early 2020, the Huoshenshan Hospital was once celebrated as a symbol of the Chinese city's fight against the virus that first emerged there.