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Vibrant gay rights movement fights homophobia
It may be a cheerful paradise of palm trees and sun, but the Caribbean is also grappling with a dead-serious problem: rampant homophobia. On paper at least, gay sex remains illegal in many countries of the region and legalization of
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Crocodiles were vegetarians?
Crocodiles are sometimes described as living fossils for their close resemblance to their forebears who roamed the Earth during the age of the dinosaurs. But if you happened to find yourself a time machine that sent you back to the
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G-20 opens with high tensions
World leaders gathered in Japan today for one of the most high-stakes and fractious G20 meetings in years, with a bruising US-China trade war, geopolitical tensions, and climate change on the agenda. The two-day summit in the city of Osaka
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Fresh protests rattle Hong Kong, want voice at G20 summit
HONG KONG: Hong Kong was plunged into chaos again today as protesters rallied outside the justice secretary’s offices, blocking roads and forcing workers to leave in the latest unrest to rock the city over an extradition bill that has now
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Japan trashes Kim Kardashian as she launches shapewear brand Kimono
Kim Kardashian West just launched her own shapewear brand and people are calling her out on the internet for stealing the name of a traditional Japanese garment and culturally appropriating it. Kim Kardashian West has sparked an online debate, which
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Drowned Salvadoran migrant father and daughter spark global anguish
From the Vatican to the U.S. Congress, expressions of anguish, empathy, and outrage poured out Wednesday over the photos of a migrant father and young daughter who drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande from Mexico to enter the
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South Korea, Saudi sign $8 bln economic co-operation pact
South Korea and Saudi Arabia signed an $8.3 billion economic co-operation pact Wednesday during Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s first visit to Seoul, as the oil-rich kingdom looks eastward following Western criticism over journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder. Saudi Arabia is
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Trump is losing his marbles
PUCHONG: US President Donald Trump is now seen on a war-like rampage, picking up fights with powerful nations on the planet. The first and foremost on his list of enemies is the world’s second largest economy, China. In his bid
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Trump threatens to attack Iran, Tehran calls him ‘mentally retarded’
WASHINGTON/DUBAI: US President Donald Trump threatened to obliterate parts of Iran yesterday if it attacked ‘anything American,’ in a new war of words with Iran which condemned fresh US sanctions on Tehran as ‘mentally retarded.’ But Trump later left the
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MH370 outrageous claim: Captain Zaharie was ‘hiding secret mistress
MH370 pilot captain Zaharie Shah was hiding a secret mistress and he used the plane’s disappearance to escape his former life, according to outrageous claims made by a source inside the airline industry. MH370 was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China,
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