‘Noon against Putin’ protests as Russian leader set to extend rule in polls

[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin is poised to tighten his grip on power in an election that is certain to deliver him a landslide victory, though thousands of opponents have staged a symbolic noon protest at polling stations. Supporters of...

Week in pictures: From an iftar meal in Gaza to last election day in Russia

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Thailand’s flourishing cannabis culture under threat as gov’t seeks ban

Thodsapol Hongtong is enjoying a smoke with his friends at the Green Party, a venue where recreational cannabis enthusiasts meet in the Thai capital Bangkok to chat and have a good time. But it’s a pastime that may be coming...

Photos: Boom time for Myanmar opium farmers as coup chaos bites

[ad_1] In a remote corner of Myanmar, a line of farmers moves through a field of nodding poppies, making small cuts in the greenish-purple pods to release opium resin. The next morning they will collect the residue that has seeped...

Israel hits landmark residential tower in Rafah as Gaza truce talks stall

[ad_1] Israeli forces have struck one of the largest residential towers in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, residents said, stepping up pressure on the last area of the enclave it has not yet invaded and where more than a...

Photos: Indonesian single mother makes ends meet as autorickshaw driver

[ad_1] Her three-year-old daughter at her side, single mother Ekawati plies Jakarta’s notorious traffic in her three-wheeled autorickshaw, making ends meet as one of a growing number of Indonesian women seeking informal employment outside the home. Not that Ekawati has...

Photos: What happens to the coins tossed into Rome’s Trevi Fountain?

[ad_1] As visitors’ coins splash into Rome’s majestic Trevi Fountain carrying wishes for love, good health or a return to the Eternal City, they provide practical help to people the tourists will never meet. For hundreds of years, when in...

Photos: Bolivian women take up taekwondo amid rampant gender violence

[ad_1] A violent attack by would-be robbers steered Bolivian Lidia Mayta towards the martial art of taekwondo. Three years later, she helps train other Indigenous women to defend themselves against rampant gender-based violence in the South American country. Mayta says...

Photos: Norway gives Arctic foxes a helping hand amid climate woes

[ad_1] One by one, the crate doors swing open and five Arctic foxes bound off into the snowy landscape. But in the wilds of southern Norway, the newly freed foxes may struggle to find enough to eat, as the effects of climate change...

Fire rips through Bangladesh shopping centre killing 45

[ad_1] At least 45 people have been killed and dozens of others wounded in a blaze at a six-story shopping mall in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, officials said on Friday. The fire started late on Thursday at a restaurant on...
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