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‘Tiny houses’ tackle giant flood challenge
AFP, Published on 29/12/2023
» CHAR SHILDAHA, Bangladesh - An award-winning architect in Bangladesh, one of the nations most at risk from flooding driven by climate change, has developed an ingenious two-floor housing solution to help people survive what scientists warn is a growing threat.
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Bangladesh beauty queen brings 'dawn of hope' for trans women
AFP, Published on 23/11/2023
» DHAKA: Bangladeshi trans woman Yasin Ahmed Sokal always wanted the freedom to dress like her sisters, but never in her wildest dreams did she imagine being showered with applause at a beauty pageant in her conservative homeland.
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'Blue-eyed Korean' tasked with shaking up Seoul politics
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» SEOUL - South Korea-born American doctor John Linton is on a mission no other foreigner has ever undertaken in ethnically homogenous South Korea: trying to shake up the country's highly confrontational politics.
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'Double game?' Migrants pour through Orban's Hungary
AFP, Published on 24/10/2023
» HONT (HUNGARY) - Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban claims to be "defending Europe from a tide of migrants".
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Europe's produce at stake in Spain's water war
AFP, Published on 02/05/2023
» TOTANA (SPAIN) - Spanish farmer Juan Francisco Abellaneda's salads and watermelons fill the shelves of European supermarkets winter and summer. But maybe not for much longer.
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Iraq fashionistas champion climate-friendly vintage wear
AFP, Published on 21/03/2023
» AL-HUSSAINIYA (IRAQ) - In a palm grove north of Baghdad, bemused Iraqi shepherds looked on as models paraded second-hand garments down an improvised catwalk, seeking to raise awareness of the fashion industry's environmental impact.
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After a Davos DJ gig, Idris Elba has new role: advocate for small farmers
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» DAVOS (SWITZERLAND) - The last time British actor Idris Elba was in Davos during the World Economic Forum, it was to perform as a DJ at a party with R&B superstar Mary J. Blige.
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Civilians lie slain as Russian troops flee Ukraine push
AFP, Published on 01/10/2022
» KYRYLIVKA (UKRAINE): Ukraine's forces pushed forward their counteroffensive against Russian troops in the Kharkiv region on Friday, as more evidence emerged of violence against civilians in formerly occupied territory.
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Indonesian designer's wheels behind leaders' bamboo bike bromance
AFP, Published on 24/06/2022
» TEMANGGUNG (INDONESIA) - As Indonesian President Joko Widodo led Anthony Albanese around the lush gardens of a presidential palace south of Jakarta earlier this month, he presented the new Australian prime minister with an unusual gift: a bamboo bike.
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Too many gorillas? The great apes' hunt for space in Rwanda
AFP, Published on 23/12/2021
» VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK (RWANDA) - A huge male silverback gorilla nibbles on a tasty bamboo shoot before farting loudly, oblivious to his neighbours -- farmers working fertile fields a stone's throw away.
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