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'Boys' Love' dramas dance around China's LGBTQ censors
AFP, Published on 28/05/2021
» BEIJING: Two men exchange longing glances, a frisson of sexual tension in an on-screen relationship which must otherwise go unspoken -- China's "boys' love" phenomenon is gripping video streamers, slipping by censors of LGBTQ themes with their subtlety.
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Meet China's elderly influencers cashing in on the internet
AFP, Published on 12/05/2021
» BEIJING: Exquisitely garbed in a traditional cheongsam dress, 76-year-old Sang Xiuzhu is one of an unlikely vanguard of elderly influencers storming Chinese social media with videos of glamour in the golden years.
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Paris cafes reopen as virus restrictions ease
AFP, Published on 19/05/2021
» PARIS: Parisians will return to their beloved cafe terraces and museums Wednesday after a six-month Covid-forced hiatus, a glimmer of normal life returning even as hard-hit India grapples with thousands more virus deaths.
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Climate change: Amazon may be turning from friend to foe
AFP, Published on 01/05/2021
» PARIS: The Brazilian Amazon released nearly 20% more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere over the last decade than it absorbed, according to a stunning report that shows humanity can no longer depend on the world's largest tropical forest to help absorb manmade carbon pollution.
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Meghan writes children's book inspired by Prince Harry
AFP, Published on 04/05/2021
» LOS ANGELES: Meghan Markle is to release a children's book titled "The Bench" inspired by her husband Prince Harry's bond with their son Archie, the couple's foundation announced Tuesday.
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How will Bill and Melinda Gates' divorce impact their charity?
AFP, Published on 04/05/2021
» NEW YORK: The shock announcement that billionaire philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates are to divorce after 27 years of marriage has raised questions about the future of their hugely influential charity.
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Scar tissue: Vietnamese women find healing with tattoos
AFP, Published on 09/04/2021
» HANOI: In her tiny Hanoi apartment, tattoo artist Ngoc inks middle-aged women whose lives have been upended by divorce or illness, each of them searching for healing through an art form that is still largely taboo in Vietnam.
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Fighting discrimination in India, one purse at a time
AFP, Published on 12/03/2021
» MUMBAI: The sound of men punching holes into colourful rubber sheets reverberates across a tiny studio in India's largest slum -- an unlikely birthplace for luxury handbags made by a marginalised community seeking to reclaim its identity.
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Beer and loathing: Irish mourn another St Patrick's Day lockdown
AFP, Published on 17/03/2021
» DUBLIN: The cellar of The Temple Bar in central Dublin would normally be stacked head-high with enough kegs of Guinness to serve thousands of pints to revellers toasting Ireland's patron saint.
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French bulldogs battle labradors for top dog status in US
AFP, Published on 17/03/2021
» NEW YORK: French bulldogs are on track to end labrador retrievers' three-decade reign as top dog in the United States, the American Kennel Club said Tuesday.
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