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Malaysian court rules police liable for pastor’s abduction
Published on 06/11/2025
» A Malaysian court has found the police liable for the forced disappearance of a Christian pastor and awarded more than $7 million in damages to his family in a landmark ruling.
What is LED therapy? How red, blue and infrared light benefit health, skin and body
South China Morning Post, Published on 06/09/2025
» Not too long ago, Victoria Beckham posted a photo of herself on Instagram lying on a bed with a shield over her face that emitted a blue glow.
Rooted in the earth, India's traditional mud wrestling thrives
AFP, Published on 30/05/2025
» KOLHāPUR (INDIA) - Crowds cheer as muscular men in tight loincloths slap sacred scented soil on their bulging thighs and arms for a mud wrestling bout in India.
French actor Alain Delon dies aged 88, French media report
Reuters, Published on 18/08/2024
» PARIS: French actor Alain Delon, who melted the hearts of millions of film fans whether playing a murderer, hoodlum or hitman in his postwar heyday, has died, French media reported on Sunday. He was 88.
Malaysia’s top court axes several state Islamic laws
Reuters, Published on 09/02/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s top court on Friday declared unconstitutional more than a dozen Islamic laws enacted by the state of Kelantan, in a landmark decision that could affect similar sharia laws in other parts of the Muslim-majority country.
COP28 puts out welcome mat to lobbyists
AFP, Published on 29/11/2023
» DUBAI - "All views are welcome. All views are needed," declared Sultan Al Jaber, president of the UN's COP28 and head of the Emirates state oil and gas company in the run-up to the climate talks in Dubai.
Clinic helping Ukraine's wounded soldiers walk again
AFP, Published on 22/09/2023
» LVIV (UKRAINE) - Ukrainian soldier Vasyl Grytsenko was energetically doing sit-ups on a mat, building his body back up after losing a leg in the war.
Climate: 'dangerous heat' could afflict billions by 2100
AFP, Published on 22/05/2023
» PARIS - Current policies to limit global warming will expose more than a fifth of humanity to extreme and potentially life-threatening heat by century's end, researchers warned Monday.
'Chaotic for a while' at US border as rules change: Biden
AFP, Published on 10/05/2023
» EL PASO (UNITED STATES) - The US border with Mexico will be "chaotic for a while," President Joe Biden acknowledged Tuesday, days before pandemic-era rules that have made claiming asylum at the frontier all but impossible are due to end.
US readies for migrant influx
AFP, Published on 09/05/2023
» BROWNSVILLE, Texas: The United States is girding for the arrival of thousands of migrants this week, with the expiry of pandemic-era rules that have made claiming asylum at the border all but impossible.