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The city is bracing for two separate protests to take place on 16th May, one anti-immigration and one pro-Palestinian, as fears mount of unrest. The two protests will be
A 4,400-ton South Korean destroyer has officially left a naval base near the southeastern city of Busan. The ship is starting a rotating mission cycle for a mission abroad along
Taiwan has again, a bit strongly, reiterated that it is a “sovereign and independent” country, while also stressing that the continuing US arms sales are a kind of necessary ingredient
So, after these two days of intensive diplomatic talks, basically helped along by the United States, Israel and Lebanon have said, in an official way, that they’ll extend the ceasefire
Alphabet’s YouTube, Snap and TikTok have settled in the first case set to be tried in a litigation that would see social media companies pay for the expenses school districts
One of Russia’s biggest Asian culture festivals will be packed with K-pop dance battles and instant ramen tastings as well as traditional Korean games this weekend, as the nation continues
At least nine Pakistani security personnel were killed, and a civilian was hurt in a suicide attack against a security institution in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 15th
Russia has carried out what looks like its largest aerial assault in two days since the war kicked off more than four years ago. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Moscow sent
U.S. and international stock markets sort of backed off from those shiny recent record highs on Friday. It was a sudden jump in oil prices that brought this uneasy feeling
The Solomon Islands has elected Matthew Wale as its new prime minister, after lawmakers did a secret ballot, sorta. Wale, who leads the Solomon Islands Democratic Party, picked up 26
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup opens up in North America in June, TikTok will be at the centre of the action, providing coverage from all angles. It was previously
London is just Time Out’s best city for culture. The British capital received a good score after taking into account the opinions of over 24,000 urbanites who were surveyed
A U.S. blockade has deprived the Cuban island of fuel, leading to the worst rolling blackouts in decades in Havana on 13th May. Hordes of angry Cubans poured out
The Ministry of National Defense of South Korea recently, sort of offered a rare up-close glimpse at two of the country’s leading defense programs. During a broad demonstration on Wednesday,
Oil prices saw a fairly big jump this Friday, after President Donald Trump seemed to put more attention back on the long-running, almost-stuck conflict with Iran. It all happened not
The 39th annual ARIA Awards nominations have been announced, with a large group of Australian artists and musicians eligible to accept a spiky trophy. As wide-ranging as ever, with 29
More than half of Ukrainians make Telegram channels their first point of information, followed by YouTube videos and broadcasts of bloggers. As reported by a nationwide poll carried out every
An Indonesian archipelago containing three-fourths of all the coral species on Earth, an Icelandic coastline containing 70 percent of the nation’s vegetation, and a stretch along Angola’s Atlantic coast with
There is a close-up face painting of lesbian partners, a scene of naked young men having fun by the sea and one of a flamboyantly dressed, androgynously appearing individual at
During the opening of the 2025 Seoul architecture biennale, a twisted giant wall constructed from 1,428 steel tiles stands out as passersby enter Songhyeon Green Plaza. The 90 metre-long, 16 […]
Alejandra Argumedo Alegre, a 30-year-old online content creator, has been at the center of a heated storm after a video surfaced where she is heard spewing racist and discriminatory insults
A video from the Asia Cup 2025 Super Four went viral after Pakistani commentators made a contentious statement while Pakistan lost against India. One of them, speaking casually, said, “kuch
Dozens of teachers and professors at K-12 schools, colleges and universities nationwide were dismissed after making remarks on the fatal Sept. 10 shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Some
On the evening of 12 November 2019, photographer Patrizia Zelano witnessed the devastating news that one of the worst floods had struck Venice. Early the following morning, she set
The Xiangcheng County of the Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, on 20th September 2025, began its Whitewashing Cultural Week.The festival pays honor to the Tibetan ancestry of the
The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía is marking its 20th anniversary with three new opera productions (Faust, Luisa Miller, and Enemy of the People), a repertoire of 340 years
Meta unveiled its new Ray-Ban Display smart glasses at the firm’s annual Connect conference. Selling for $799 and going on sale to consumers starting September 30 in the United States,
For most Filipinos, floods are normal, but the recent floods have driven public frustration to a boiling point. Suburbs around Manila have experienced roads under water for weeks. People are
Physicians for ailing former President Jair Bolsonaro reported on September 17, 2025, that they found early-stage cancer in skin lesions taken from the 70-year-old politician after his conviction last week
Three years after being committed to MONDIACULT 2022, UNESCO is initiating a new project: the Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects. The global online platform employs a highly developed digital
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