NAIROBI, (APP/AFP) – Three people died during clashes which erupted during opposition protests in two towns in western Kenya, police said late Monday. Two people died of gunshot wounds in the western town of Siaya, and one from a head injury after falling over while running from tear gas in Kisumu, also in the west. […]
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Three dead in Kenya protests: police
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India uses outdated laws to silence dissent, HRW says
NEW DELHI, (APP/AFP) – India routinely uses outdated and loosely worded laws to crack down on dissent, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday, urging the government to repeal or amend legislation used to stifle free speech. A new report from the group details the use of colonial-era laws such as sedition and criminal defamation to clamp […]
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At least 11 dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide
YANGON, (APP/AFP): At least 11 people died in a landslide in a remote jade mining region of northern Myanmar with many more feared missing, authorities said Tuesday, in the latest deadly incident to hit the shadowy industry. “We have found 11 dead bodies so far. When the landslide happened, about 50 people were searching for […]
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‘Bourgeois’ cult of beautiful bod grows in Cuba
HAVANA, (APP/AFP) – Inside Armando Yera’s gym, toned Cubans in tight spandex are pumping iron in front of mirrored walls and pedaling furiously on stationary bikes, a scene that looks more Miami than Havana. Yera is one of Cuba’s first competitive bodybuilders and part of its budding class of entrepreneurs. Both activities were long frowned […]
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Obama Hiroshima trip to overshadow G7 economic talks
TOKYO, (APP/AFP) – The lacklustre global economy should take centre stage as world leaders gather in Japan this week, but with no agreement likely on igniting growth, Barack Obama’s visit to the atomic-bombed city of Hiroshima looks set to capture the limelight. A gathering Chinese slowdown, weak oil prices and the looming threat of Britain’s […]
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Iran, Afghanistan, India sign three-way transit accord
TEHRAN, (APP/AFP) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday signed a three-way transit agreement on Iran’s southern port of Chabahar. The accord will significantly boost the role of the undertapped port of Chabahar, connecting Iran through India and Afghanistan to central Asia, the Iranian presidency […]