Beat route: Congolese rumba bids for UN heritage listing
DR Congo has given the official kick-off to a campaign to enshrine Congolese rumba, one of the most…
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Rwanda announced Wednesday that a verdict due this week in a terrorism trial against Paul Rusesabagina,…
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The producer behind K-pop sensation BTS was the highest-paid employee in South Korea in the first half…
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China’s overtures to the Taliban indicate a bid to extract maximum benefit from the dramatic collapse…
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Video game giant Ubisoft’s Singapore office is under investigation over claims of sexual harassment…
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In the middle of a Hong Kong shopping mall, hundreds of people are excitedly screaming and chanting. But…
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After surviving the bloodshed when Egyptian security forces killed some 800 people in a sprawling Islamist…
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Cuba published on Tuesday its first cybersecurity law, a move critics dismissed as a tool to limit political…
Read More‘Fierce’ French wildfire forces evacuations near Saint-Tropez
French firefighters battled to contain a raging wildfire near the glitzy Mediterranean resort of Saint-Tropez…
Read MoreEarthquake, storm and floods: no relief in sight for Haiti as toll rises
The death toll from a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti has risen to 1,941, the Caribbean nation’s…
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