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German neo-Nazi heads for women's jail after gender change
AFP, Published on 29/08/2025
» BERLIN - A fierce debate has erupted in Germany around a neo-Nazi who is set to begin a jail term in a women's prison on Friday after legally changing gender.
All-women marching band livens up Taiwanese funerals
AFP, Published on 13/03/2025
» CHANGHUA — At a funeral in rural Taiwan, musicians wearing pleated mini-skirts and go-go boots march around a coffin to the beat of the 1980s hit "I Hate Myself for Loving You".
Fecal Matter makes a splash at Paris Fashion Week
AFP, Published on 08/03/2025
» PARIS - Paris Fashion Week witnessed a debut show on Friday from one of the most unusually named brands in the luxury clothing industry: Matieres Fecales, which means fecal matter in French.
Malaysia announces adopt-an-orangutan plan for palm oil importers
Reuters, Published on 18/08/2024
» SANDAKAN, Malaysia - Companies that import palm oil from Malaysia will be able to adopt orangutans but they will not be able to leave the country, the commodities minister said on Sunday, in a revised version of a conservation scheme announced earlier this year.
‘I’m a Mandalay girl’: Teen soldier on Myanmar front lines
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» SHAN STATE, Myanmar - An 18-year-old recruit in one of Myanmar's pro-democracy fighting units prepares to launch a drone strike on junta troops, driven by anger and her mother’s call for revolution.
India's 'brown beauty' make-up influencers go global
AFP, Published on 05/04/2023
» MUMBAI - Under the glow of a ring light in the spare bedroom of a Mumbai high-rise apartment, Indian make-up maven Debasree Banerjee has found fans across the world with a simple philosophy: brown is beautiful.
Small store a lifeline in Ukraine war zone
AFP, Published on 31/03/2023
» CHASIV YAR, Ukraine: With pink-painted walls, the small general store stocks a little bit of everything — from cheese to cigarettes to shampoo — providing a lifeline to local residents and soldiers.
Chinese livestreamers flock outdoors for late-night tips
AFP, Published on 23/02/2023
» GUILIN (CHINA) - In the dead of night on a bridge in southern China, around two dozen livestreamers sat crooning and chatting into microphones, their identical ring lights spaced a few metres apart in glowing rows.
Gold mines, trash and memories: Soweto's urban hikes
AFP, Published on 25/01/2023
» SOWETO (SOUTH AFRICA) - Soweto is full of gritty urban landscapes and alleys which evoke its history as one of apartheid's battlegrounds.
Moscow accused of war crimes as Ukraine atrocities mount
AFP, Published on 18/03/2022
» KYIV - Bloody new attacks on civilians fuelled accusations Thursday that Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine, as the United States warned it will make China pay for any support given to Moscow's assault.