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Japanese “nude festival” leaves six men hospitalised
Published on 23/02/2026
» OKAYAMA — Six men were injured in a crush during this year’s Hadaka Matsuri at Saidaiji Kannon Temple in Okayama, Japanese authorities said.
'Welcome to CHINA' greets Philippine officials on trip to disputed South China Sea
Reuters, Published on 23/02/2026
» THITU ISLAND, South China Sea - As the Philippine Coast Guard plane descended toward the country's most strategically important outpost in the disputed South China Sea, passengers' phones lit up with a roaming alert: "Welcome to CHINA."
Chinese bus plunges into frozen lake in Russia's Siberia
Reuters, Published on 23/02/2026
» MOSCOW - Seven bodies have been found in Lake Baikal in Russia's Siberia after a tour bus carrying eight Chinese tourists plunged into the water when the ice broke as it crossed the frozen lake on Friday, the Russian emergency ministry said.
Frayed nerves in France ahead of far-right rally
AFP, Published on 21/02/2026
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron appealed on Saturday for cooler heads to prevail ahead of a rally for a far-right activist whose killing, blamed on the hard left, has put the country on edge.
Hungry, wounded, orphaned: South Sudan's children trapped in new conflict
AFP, Published on 18/02/2026
» AKOBO (SOUTH SUDAN) — An 18-month-old boy lies motionless on a dirty hospital bed deep in the conflict zone of South Sudan, a bullet wound in his leg -- another newly orphaned victim in the world's newest country.
US towns resist Trump plans to jail immigrants in warehouses
AFP, Published on 18/02/2026
» ROXBURY (UNITED STATES) - Residents in a leafy, conservative New Jersey suburb have erupted in protest against plans to convert a vast warehouse into an immigration detention center as part of President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign.
Slovakia revamps bunkers with Ukraine war uncomfortably close
AFP, Published on 17/02/2026
» NITRA — The war in neighbouring Ukraine feels distant to many in the Slovak city of Nitra but the local council is preparing for the worst and revamping its Cold War-era nuclear fallout shelters.
China has slashed air pollution, but the 'war' isn't over
AFP, Published on 17/02/2026
» BEIJING — Fifteen years ago, Beijing's Liangma riverbanks would have been smog-choked and deserted in winter, but these days they are dotted with families and exercising pensioners most mornings.
German carnival revellers take swipes at Putin, Trump, Epstein
AFP, Published on 17/02/2026
» DüSSELDORF (GERMANY) - From Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin, no one is safe when Germans celebrate carnival with floats that satirise politicians. But the Russian president is not laughing.
Trump dismantles legal basis for US climate rules
AFP, Published on 13/02/2026
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - President Donald Trump on Thursday revoked a landmark scientific finding that underpins US regulations aimed at curbing planet-warming pollution, marking the administration's most far-reaching rollback of climate policy to date.