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Chinese man defies demolition orders to build madcap rural home
AFP, Published on 09/06/2025
» XINGYI (CHINA) - Surrounded by the rubble of demolished homes, Chen Tianming's ramshackle tower of faded plyboards and contorted beams juts into the sky in southwestern China, a teetering monument to one man's stubbornness.
On patrol for jihadists with Mauritania's camel cavalry
AFP, Published on 10/05/2025
» ACHEMIME (MAURITANIA) - A posse of turban-clad soldiers perched on "ships of the desert" may conjure images of the past but Mauritania's camelback cavalry play a vital role in the fight against jihadism today.
Digital nomad hotspots grapple with housing squeeze
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Published on 26/09/2022
» LISBON/MEXICO CITY: Among the glitzy new apartment buildings springing up in Mexico City's Juarez neighbourhood, fashionable coffee shops are taking the place of taco stands and English is replacing Spanish on signs and posters aimed at an influx of newcomers.
Afghan woman photographer lives under daily threat
AFP, Published on 07/07/2021
» KABUL: Photographer Rada Akbar's striking self-portraits are a declaration of her independence and heritage -- but in Afghanistan that comes at a deadly risk.
India sends 'man-eater' tiger to lifetime in captivity
AFP, Published on 08/06/2020
» NEW DELHI: A tiger blamed for killing three people will spend the rest of its life in captivity, Indian officials said Sunday, saying the big cat was "too dangerous" to be allowed to roam free.
Climate change hangs over Changpa nomads, fine pashmina wool
AFP, Published on 24/01/2020
» KORZOK, India: For centuries the Changpa have tended the shaggy goats that provide silky-soft, super-expensive pashmina wool. But now many are rethinking their way of life, in part because of climate change.
Wolves at the door, Alpine shepherd can't imagine any other life
AFP, Published on 14/11/2018
» SAINT-COLOMBAN-DES-VILLARDS, France: He sleeps fully dressed, dreading a midnight wolf attack on the flock of sheep penned in close by his hut, high up in the French Alps.