One of the world’s most famous photo festivals, in the French town of Arles, returned this week with a timely ode to diversity at a time when France is increasingly leaning towards the far right. The Rencontres festival, which runs until September 29, takes place in 27 venues in the old cobbled streets of this […]
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PAARL, South Africa (AP) — Freya, a 6-month-old lion cub rescued from the wildlife trade in Lebanon, curiously poked her nose out of her transport crate and sniffed the air. Contentedly, she took her first tentative steps into her new permanent home at a sanctuary in South Africa. Freya’s move to Drakenstein Lion Park is
TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Wednesday issued its first new banknotes in two decades, yen notes equipped with 3D hologram technology to prevent counterfeiting. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hailed as “historic” the state-of-the-art anti-counterfeiting features of the new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen notes. “I hope people will like the new bills and
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Frozan Ahmadzai is one of 200,000 Afghan women who have been given permission to work by the Taliban. She was supposed to graduate from university this year to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor, but the Taliban have women excluded from higher education And excluded them from many jobs. Now,
By Irene Wang and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan on Wednesday began issuing the first new banknotes in two decades, featuring three-dimensional portraits of the founders of financial institutions and women’s educational institutions in an effort to crack down on counterfeiters. The banknotes use printed patterns to generate holograms of the portraits that face
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About 2,500 years ago, a massive earthquake struck the Indian subcontinent, causing the Ganges to change course. The 2,575 km long river flows through northern India and Bangladesh to the Bay of Bengal. Within days or weeks of the catastrophe, the exact course changed to a new channel about 45 km away. It happened near
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In an indoor pool in Dubai, three rowers battle artificial rain and simulated waves as they train for a trip to the Arctic that aims to highlight the dangers of marine pollution. Their search takes the team from one extreme to the other. The country is home to the United Arab Emirates, notorious for its
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan said Wednesday that China has ordered Taiwan’s coast guard not to interfere in the capture of a Taiwanese fishing boat, in what it sees as a growing Chinese attempt to invade Taiwanese territory. Taiwan’s coast guard also reiterated its call for the release of the boat and its crew, which
Banks across Japan began filling their ATMs on Wednesday with shiny new yen notes that came from an unlikely location: bright yellow flowering paper bushes growing on Nepal’s craggy Himalayan mountains. Before yen notes reached the wallets of Japanese consumers, they had to travel a long and complicated journey, taking months to produce and transporting
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As relations between the Philippines deteriorated Chairman Ferdinand Marcos and vice president Sara Dutertea manipulated news story surfaced in reports claiming that an ally of the powerful Duterte family topped a survey of favored candidates for the archipelago’s next presidential election in 2028. Broadcaster ABS-CBN denied publishing the alleged report, while polling firm Pulse Asia
