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Time running out for many Maldives islands
Published on 06/04/2024
» MALÉ, Maldives — To live in the Maldives is to live in one of two worlds. Either you belong to the capital — Malé, a micro-Manhattan in the Indian Ocean — or you are out in “the islands,” among the quietest and most remote villages this side of the Arctic tundra.
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China’s advancing efforts to influence the US election raise alarms
Published on 01/04/2024
» Covert Chinese accounts are masquerading online as American supporters of former President Donald Trump, promoting conspiracy theories, stoking domestic divisions and attacking President Joe Biden ahead of the election in November, according to researchers and government officials.
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Russia arrests 4 suspects in Moscow attack as death toll climbs to 133
New York Times, Published on 24/03/2024
» Russian authorities said Saturday that they had arrested the four individuals suspected of setting a suburban Moscow concert venue on fire and killing at least 133 people, one of the worst terrorist attacks to jolt Russia in President Vladimir Putin’s nearly quarter-century in power.
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Property tycoon ‘embezzled $12bn’ in Vietnam’s biggest fraud case
Published on 03/03/2024
» For several years, Truong My Lan held meetings on the 39th floor of the sleek Times Square tower in the heart of Vietnam’s commercial hub, Ho Chi Minh City. There, in a room that acted as her command centre, she allegedly wove a $12 billion tapestry of fraud and corruption, according to the police reports that form the basis of a court case against her.
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China visa-free travel: relaxing entry restrictions adds up
South China Morning Post, Published on 06/02/2024
» BEIJING - French national Marc Guyon travelled to China on the first day that Beijing began allowing citizens of his homeland to enter visa-free.
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'Dying every two hours': Afghan women risk life to give birth
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» KHOST (AFGHANISTAN) - Zubaida travelled from the rural outskirts of Khost in eastern Afghanistan to give birth at a maternity hospital specialising in complicated cases, fearing a fate all too common among pregnant Afghan women -- her death or her child's.
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Cambodia's women tuk-tuk drivers fighting prejudice
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» SIEM REAP (CAMBODIA) - Every day Roeung Sorphy deftly weaves through the streets of Siem Reap, zigzagging past cars, motorbikes and the occasional stray dog as she shepherds tourists to the famed Angkor Wat temple complex.
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Empty Thanksgiving seat for family of Russia-held journalist
AFP, Published on 22/11/2023
» PRAGUE - For Pavel Butorin, Thanksgiving is the most important American holiday, but there'll be an empty chair and a gaping absence this Thursday, which his wife will spend in a Russian prison.
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The Ukrainian train attendant chaperoning Western VIPs
AFP, Published on 19/11/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - She may be from a remote Ukrainian village, but Tetyana Kogut has rubbed shoulders with some of the world's most powerful Western leaders.
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Gaza communications down as Israel searches main hospital
AFP, Published on 17/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israeli troops carried out building-by-building searches at Gaza's main hospital, as a new communications blackout in the territory on Friday compounded fears for Palestinian civilians trapped inside the facility.
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