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Plane held for days in France on trafficking concerns lands in India
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» MUMBAI - A plane that had been grounded in France for days over concerns its nearly 300 mostly Indian passengers were part of a human trafficking scheme has landed in Mumbai, flight tracking data showed early Tuesday.
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Migrants call UK barge accommodation a ‘prison’
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» WEYMOUTH, England - In the damp December cold, a blue bus stops near Weymouth town centre in southwest England. A few men get off, relieved to be spending a few hours away from what they call their "prison" — a barge housing asylum seekers.
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Artist highlights ‘silencing’ of Hong Kong youth
AFP, Published on 16/12/2023
» LONDON - For two decades, British artist Martin Lever took his inspiration from Asia and his adopted home of Hong Kong.
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UK PM Sunak faces leadership test over Rwanda plan
AFP, Published on 12/12/2023
» LONDON - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday sought to avoid a humiliating defeat for his latest plans to send migrants to Rwanda that have split his ruling Conservative party.
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'Sea of misery': Indian rights lawyer spotlights plight of jailed women
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» MUMBAI - After three years in detention experiencing the "sea of misery" endured by women in Indian jails, one of the nation's best-known rights lawyers warns that society's prejudices are amplified behind bars.
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Internet out: India deploys shutdowns in name of security
AFP, Published on 24/11/2023
» NEW DELHI - With the world's largest biometric ID database, a pioneering digital payment system for daily transactions and a flagship space and satellite programme, India knows the power of connected technology.
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A rush for firearms in wartime Israel
AFP, Published on 23/11/2023
» JERUSALEM - Declaring her preference for "something light and comfortable", an Israeli mother-of-four browsed through a collection of pistols in a Jerusalem gun store, which appeared to be experiencing a business boom in wartime.
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Finland to close border crossings with Russia
AFP, Published on 16/11/2023
» HELSINKI - Finland will close four of its eight eastern border crossings with Russia early Saturday, the government said, accusing Moscow of deliberately turning a blind eye to illegal migrants.
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K-pop seduces youth in communist Cuba, birthplace of salsa
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» HAVANA - In Cuba, the home of salsa, young people are being seduced by a music phenomenon from a place that could hardly be more geographically -- or ideologically -- remote.
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Tech giants jockey for position at dawn of AI age
AFP, Published on 06/11/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Whether they sell smartphones, ads or computer chips, the heavyweights of Silicon Valley have everything to prove to investors looking to see who is best placed in the race to dominate the generative artificial intelligence market.
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