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Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown -- using Musk's Starlink
AFP, Published on 14/10/2025
» BEIJING - They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an AFP investigation can reveal.
Record South Korean early voting in poll triggered by martial law
AFP, Published on 30/05/2025
» SEOUL - South Koreans lined up in record numbers to pick their president on Friday, joining lengthy queues to vote early in a poll triggered by the ex-leader's disastrous martial law declaration.
Threatened Ethiopian cabaret lives to dance another day
AFP, Published on 17/07/2023
» ADDIS ABABA - A beloved monument to Ethiopia's traditional cabaret culture, the historic nightclub Fendika is running on borrowed time, having just escaped demolition.
Harry tells UK court of lifelong ‘press invasion’
AFP, Published on 06/06/2023
» LONDON: Prince Harry on Tuesday said he had suffered lifelong “press invasion” and accused some media of having blood on their hands, as he became the first royal in more than 100 years to give evidence in court.
India's Adani denies rise due to Modi as shares slump again
AFP, Published on 03/02/2023
» MUMBAI - Beleaguered Indian tycoon Gautam Adani denied Friday that his rise to become Asia's richest man -- a title he has lost in a phenomenal stock rout -- was due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as shares in his conglomerate slumped again.
Share sale fails to halt Adani market slide
AFP, Published on 01/02/2023
» MUMBAI: A successful public offer failed to stop investors dumping shares in Indian tycoon Gautam Adani's business empire for a fifth day on Wednesday after allegations of massive accounting fraud from a short-seller investment group.
Xi's 'Chinese Dream' flickers in one Beijing neighbourhood
AFP, Published on 04/10/2022
» BEIJING: Wu has staked out his patch of the Chinese Dream. Married with a second child on the way, he has a Beijing apartment and a car paid for by a tech job with a comfortable salary.
School gardens a lifeline for hungry Cambodian children
AFP, Published on 06/09/2022
» Among the spinach crops at a rural Cambodian school garden, children test their maths skills while weighing produce -- but as food prices rise, the vegetable patch has become a safety net for struggling families.
Pacquiao concedes defeat in Philippine election
AFP, Published on 11/05/2022
» Boxing great Manny Pacquiao has conceded defeat in the Philippine presidential election after his rumble for the top job failed to hit the mark with voters.
Spanish orchestra makes music from recycled junk
AFP, Published on 24/12/2021
» MADRID - Cristina Vazquez, a Roma teen who grew up in a Madrid shantytown, never imagined herself playing the violin.