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In India's Mumbai, the largest slum in Asia is for sale
AFP, Published on 26/09/2025
» MUMBAI - Stencilled just above the stairs, the red mark in Mumbai's Dharavi slum is tantamount to an eviction notice for residents like Bipinkumar Padaya.
Fat Bear Week celebrates Alaskan appetites
AFP, Published on 25/09/2025
» Americans exhausted by the firehose of news in 2025 were being offered a brief respite on Wednesday, as Fat Bear Week got under way in Alaska.
North Korea wipes all traces of Kim after Putin talks
Reuters, Published on 04/09/2025
» SEOUL - After Kim Jong Un met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, North Korean staffers carefully wiped off items touched by the country’s supreme leader, in what analysts say is part of a number of security measures to counter foreign spies.
Need to pee? Japan has a QR code for that
AFP, Published on 28/08/2025
» TOKYO - The Japanese toilet maker Toto has introduced a service allowing those caught short in public to locate the nearest washrooms and see how busy they are real-time with a phone and QR code.
'Skibidi' and 'tradwife': social media words added to Cambridge dictionary
AFP, Published on 18/08/2025
» LONDON - Words popularised by Gen Z and Gen Alpha including "skibidi", "delulu", and "tradwife" are among 6,000 new entries to the online edition of the Cambridge Dictionary over the last year, its publisher said Monday.
South Korea's ex-first lady Kim arrested
AFP, Published on 13/08/2025
» SEOUL — South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon Hee was arrested late Tuesday over a range of charges including stock manipulation and corruption, prosecutors said.
Hong Kong Airlines alerts Korean authorities after 4 passengers clash mid-air
South China Morning Post, Published on 11/08/2025
» A heated dispute between four passengers on a flight to Seoul has prompted Hong Kong Airlines to alert Korean law enforcement authorities and issue a warning to those involved.
Hong Kong court upholds transgender challenge to public toilet rules
Reuters, Published on 23/07/2025
» HONG KONG - A Hong Kong court has ruled in favour of a transgender person who challenged laws that criminalise them for going into public toilets that match their chosen gender identity.
Utopia and fragile democracy at Art Basel fair
AFP, Published on 22/06/2025
» BASEL (SWITZERLAND) - This year's Art Basel, the world's top contemporary art fair, paints a portrait of a troubled planet, with works embodying the relentless pursuit of happiness and the fragility of democracies.
The miracle babies who survived a concentration camp
AFP, Published on 15/04/2025
» PARIS - They were born in a hell on Earth and were never supposed to survive. But by some miracle a handful of babies born in the Ravensbruck concentration camp in northern Germany made it out alive.