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'Artists of steel': Japanese swords forge new fanbase
AFP, Published on 11/02/2026
» MISATO, SAITAMA (JAPAN) - Sparks illuminate the soot-covered studio of Japanese swordsmith Akihira Kawasaki as his apprentice hammers red-hot steel, showcasing a millennium-old craft now enjoying a resurgence in popularity.
Seal milk is the cream of the molecular crop
New York Times, Published on 26/11/2025
» NEW YORK — Collecting milk from a nursing seal is no easy task.
In Guyana, remote dirt road seen as future economic lifeline
AFP, Published on 31/08/2025
» LETHEM (GUYANA) - Through the vast interior of Guyana, a historic red dirt road known as "The Trail" winds through rainforest, plains and hills, linking the capital Georgetown to Lethem in the south on the border with Brazil.
Nightlife falls silent in Ecuador as narco gangs take charge
AFP, Published on 27/08/2025
» GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador - The sweat-and-salsa-infused nightlife that was once the beating heart of Ecuador's largest city, Guayaquil, has fallen silent, with bars, restaurants, and nightclubs pulling down the shutters to avoid cartel-linked violence.
Millions in US sweat out first extreme heat wave of year
AFP, Published on 24/06/2025
» NEW YORK - A potentially life-threatening heat wave enveloped the eastern third of the United States on Monday impacting nearly 160 million people, with temperatures this week expected to reach 102 degrees Fahrenheit (39 degrees Celsius) in the New York metropolitan area.
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.
One dead, 50,000 stranded in eastern Australia floods
AFP, Published on 22/05/2025
» SYDNEY - Torrential rain continued to lash eastern Australia on Thursday, swelling already engorged rivers, engulfing roads and leaving almost 50,000 people stranded.
'Divine dreams' and 38 virgins at Trump prayer event
AFP, Published on 02/05/2025
» WASHINGTON — United States President Donald Trump was surrounded by faith leaders calling for him to be given "divine dreams" in an extraordinary event at the White House on Thursday.
'Defend ourselves': Refugee girls in Kenya find strength in taekwondo
AFP, Published on 18/04/2025
» KAKUMA — Along one of the many dirt tracks leading into Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp there is a large hidden compound, where inside, twice a week, adolescent girls gather to learn taekwondo, the martial arts lessons offering a safe space in the often chaotic settlement.
New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa
AFP, Published on 19/03/2025
» MAZAR-I-SHARIF (AFGHANISTAN) - Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women.