Showing 31-40 of 116 results
-
Thousands displaced for China's huge new telescope
AFP, Published on 30/11/2016
» PINGTANG, China - Humanity’s best bet at detecting aliens is a giant silver Chinese dish the size of 30 football fields -- one that simultaneously showcases Beijing's abilities to deploy cutting-edge technologies and ignore objectors' rights as it seeks global prominence.
-
India's rural millions pay price of cash ban
AFP, Published on 18/11/2016
» BULANDSHAHR, INDIA - Indian farmer Zakir Khan should be sowing his winter crops now. Instead, he is stuck at home after the government's shock move to pull high-value notes out of circulation left him with no money to pay for seeds -- or feed his family.
-
Apec summit talks trade in a Trump world
AFP, Published on 17/11/2016
» LIMA - Top world leaders meet from Thursday to try to save their cherished free trade accords from feared extinction under US president-elect Donald Trump.
-
Vietnam: 'Supermarket' for illegal wildlife trade
AFP, Published on 15/11/2016
» THE HAGUE - A Vietnamese village has become "a supermarket for illegal wildlife trafficking" raking in millions of dollars, a special hearing was told Monday.
-
President-elect Trump: the man who tapped into American anger
AFP, Published on 09/11/2016
» WASHINGTON - When Donald Trump glided down an escalator in Trump Tower in June 2015 with his wife Melania and announced his bid for the White House, he was probably the only one in the room who thought he could win.
-
Cassette tapes fast-forward to new following
AFP, Published on 28/10/2016
» SUBANG JAYA, MALAYSIA - Collectors and music fans wearing the t-shirts of obscure rock bands brave the tropical heat outside a record store near Malaysia's capital, waiting to get their hands on new cassette tapes.
-
'Greek influence' row over China's terracotta warriors
AFP, Published on 28/10/2016
» XIAN, China - Silent and enigmatic, China's emblematic terracotta warriors are at the centre of a bitter row, with local patriots and scholars dismissing as impossible a new theory they could have been inspired by Greek sculpture.
-
Ex-leper takes to Tokyo runway to fight stigma
AFP, Published on 20/10/2016
» TOKYO - At 83 Miyo Maki had never manicured her nails, thickened and deformed due to leprosy, a disease she was diagnosed with when she was just 10 years old.
-
Lights out, volume down in Bangkok's party heart
AFP, Published on 15/10/2016
» With soldiers closing down Bangkok's notorious go-go bars and tourists forced to sneak sips of beer from paper cups, the country is dialling down its raucous party scene out of respect for His Majesty King Bhumibol.
-
Unwanted gods find new home in Hong Kong
AFP, Published on 14/10/2016
» HONG KONG - Tucked away on a coastal hillside an elderly man practices a different kind of recycling - caring for the thousands of unwanted statues of deities that look out to sea, gathered and repaired after their owners discard them.
Your recent history
-
Recently searched
-
Recently viewed links