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Jaime Cruz, a member of the Peruvian company Teatro La Plaza, who has Down syndrome, performs during a dress rehearsal of their production 'Hamlet' at The Barbican Theatre in London

Entertainment

Actors with Down syndrome tear down barriers in London show

It's one of Shakespeare's most existential questions "to be or not to be?"

AFPApril 25, 2025

'Justice for Julie': Feminists were outraged by the French judiciary's treatment of a teen who accused firemen of rape

World

France failed to protect rights of teen rape victims: Europe court

The European rights court condemned France on Thursday for failing to protect the rights of three teenagers who reported rape, including one who accused...

AFPApril 24, 2025

A fighter loyal to Sudan's army patrols a market area in the capital Khartoum

World

‘No one else will’: Sudan’s journalists risk all to report the war

On a mountain near Sudan’s border, journalists climb rugged slopes, phones held high, hoping to catch a faint signal from neighbouring Chad to send...

AFPApril 22, 2025

While BASF has exited two joint ventures in the Xinjiang region it is stepping up its presence in China due to high production costs in Europe

Business

BASF exits Xinjiang ventures after Uyghur abuse reports

German chemicals giant BASF said Tuesday it had exited two joint ventures in China’s Xinjiang region after its local partner was alleged to have...

AFPApril 22, 2025

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto (3L) at the military academy during their cabinet retreat in Magelang, Central Java

World

‘Pandora’s box’: alarm bells in Indonesia over rising military role

Greater military influence in government, reporters under threat and a stuttering economy — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s first six months in power have triggered...

AFPApril 19, 2025

US Senator Chris Van Hollen said El Salvador officials staged this photo of his meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia to make it appear as if they were enjoying margaritas together

World

US senator says El Salvador staged ‘margarita’ photo op

A US senator described Friday how El Salvador staged a photo of him supposedly sipping margaritas with a wrongly deported constituent.

AFPApril 19, 2025

Prada presented its womenswear ready-to-wear fall-Winter collection at Milan Fashion Week in February

Life

Still work to be done: Europe’s most women-empowered countries

Which are the most female-empowered countries in Europe? Iceland comes top!

Dr. Tim SandleApril 18, 2025

US Senator Chris Van Hollen has met with wrongfully deported migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

World

US senator meets wrongfully deported Salvadoran migrant

American Senator Chris Van Hollen said Thursday he had met with a Salvadoran man wrongfully deported to his home country by the Trump administration,...

AFPApril 17, 2025