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    Togo: A rare female motorcycle taxi

    Suzanne N’Dati Tignindo is tackling gender stereotypes: The young Togolese is a motorcycle cab driver: a job usually reserved for men. She picked up the job to save money to open her own hairdressing shop. Suzanne loves her job, but she doesn’t intend to do it all her life. She was trained as a hairdresser. She has two big dreams:…

  • Japan: Economy and security top concerns ahead of election

    Japan: Economy and security top concerns ahead of election

    Japan goes to the polls for parliamentary elections on Sunday, just weeks after Fumio Kishida became prime minister and with significant challenges at home and abroad in the forefront of the electorate’s minds. Opinion polls in the run-up to the election for Japan’s powerful House of Representatives suggest that the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) could lose some seats in…

  • Meet Meta, the newly rebranded parent company of Facebook

    Don’t forget to like our posts and follow us on Facebook, er, Meta! Facebook, the social network recently under fire for knowingly ignoring the harm their algorithms were doing, has announced a parent company rebrand to their new name: Meta. Founder Mark Zuckerberg says the name change is to represent a move beyond the social network to a virtual reality…

  • Malaysia and Singapore talk travel bubbles

    Talks are underway between the Malaysian and Singaporean governments, which could pave the way for vaccinated travel lanes between both countries. According to a TTR Weekly report, Malaysia’s Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister has confirmed the talks are taking place. Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri says once the deal is done, the Malaysian PM, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, will announce…

  • Somalia: Renewed clashes dim hopes for a credible election

    Somalia: Renewed clashes dim hopes for a credible election

    After weeks of heated disputes between the outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo and his Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble over the disappearance of a female spy agent, the two men finally agreed to move on. According to a deal signed by Farmajo and Roble, “speeding up elections is a top priority.” As things stand, Somalia currently has no legitimate national…

  • COP26: What is India doing to combat climate change?

    COP26: What is India doing to combat climate change?

    When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the UN Climate Change Conference, or COP26, in Glasgow next week, he will represent the third biggest polluter in the world. His attendance, nevertheless, will be seen as critical, since the leader of the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, Chinese President Xi Jinping, is not expected to attend. Modi’s focus will likely be…

  • Record drug bust in Laos follows pandemic’s methamphetamine boom

    The large haul of methamphetamine was seized by Laos police in what the United Nations considers Asia’s largest single drug bust on record follows the methamphetamine boom in Southeast Asia – particularly in Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, and Cambodia. Despite border closures and other restrictions during the pandemic, those in the illicit methamphetamine trade have not only survived, but have managed…

  • Alec Baldwin could face criminal charges for shooting on set

    In the tragic accident on the set of his new movie “Rust” where a prop gun fired killing the cinematographer and injuring the director, the local district attorney said criminal charges against Alec Baldwin are not out of the question. The Santa Fe district attorney said of the possibility of Baldwin facing charges, “all options are on the table; No…

  • World’s first unisex condom invented by Malaysian gynaecologist

    Using materials applied in dressing injuries and wounds, a Malaysian gynaecologist has invented the world’s first unisex condom. The unique Wondaleaf Unisex Condom uses medical-grade materials and is like an extended condom with adhesive flaps to attach to the body around the sexual organ to provide coverage and avoid skin to skin contact. The adhesive can be reversed, so a…

  • Coronavirus vaccine: Why are so many Russians skeptical of the COVID shot?

    Coronavirus vaccine: Why are so many Russians skeptical of the COVID shot?

    Once again, schools, stores, restaurants, sport centers and hair salons in Moscow and the region around the Russian capital have been forced to close. Drugstores and shops that sell food are allowed to remain open, along with theaters and museums, but visitors must show a QR code to prove they’ve been vaccinated or are fully recovered from a COVID infection.…

  • Chinese travel to Thailand may resume late next year

    Chinese authorities may let their citizens travel to Thailand again in about one year, according to predictions from the Association of Thai Travel Agents. While China has made the elite list of 46 countries allowed to enter Thailand without quarantine in the Test & Go scheme starting November 1, harsh travel restrictions in China will prohibit Chinese tourists, an important…

  • Thai PM expected to embark on first overseas trip since start of pandemic

    The Thai PM is expected to attend the COP26 climate summit in Scotland, his first overseas trip since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to a Pattaya News report, there are reports Prayut Chan-o-cha will travel to Glasgow for the conference, which kicks off at the end of this month. Over 120 world leaders are expected to attend the…

  • Kashmir: Artisans fight for survival amid dying art of pottery

    Kashmir: Artisans fight for survival amid dying art of pottery

    As the paddy harvest season is nearing its end with the onset of winter, Dilshada Bilal, 35, is busy producing earthenware including fire pots and electric cooking heaters. Her modest workshop in the village of Larm-Ganjipora in southern Kashmir’s Anantnag district has a potter’s wheel, an oven, and storage space for her work. She lives a few meters away in…

  • The route from Iraq to Belarus: How are migrants getting to Europe?

    The route from Iraq to Belarus: How are migrants getting to Europe?

    To put it into perspective: Since the beginning of October, there have been 11,300 attempts to illegally enter Polish territory from Belarus. So far this year, around 23,000 such attempts have been registered. From there, many make their way to the German border. Three German states border Poland: Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Saxony. Border police say there have been around…

  • Madagascar hunger crisis exacerbated by global warming

    Madagascar hunger crisis exacerbated by global warming

    The impacts of global warming are getting worse around the world. An example is Madagascar, an island nation which is currently experiencing its worst drought in 40 year. For months, aid organizations have been sounding the alarm over this forgotten crisis, since hundreds of thousands of people in Madagascar are malnourished and suffer from hunger; and many have been so…

  • Crude oil price fluctuations expose Africa's fossil fuel dependence

    Crude oil price fluctuations expose Africa’s fossil fuel dependence

    As fuel prices skyrocket around the world, it has become clearer that African countries will remain exposed to the detrimental impacts of sporadic fluctuations — at least until the global shift to renewable energy is realized. The economies of many African nations are fueled by petroleum, leaving the continent particularly vulnerable to volatile international fuel price fluctuations. In most countries,…

  • Myanmar no-show a focus as ASEAN summit gets underway

    The exclusion of Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing from the ASEAN summit is looming over the annual regional meeting, with PM Prayut Chan-o-cha pointing to international focus on ASEAN’s response to the situation. As reported by Reuters, Prayut noted that the role of the regional association in addressing the matter is of “paramount importance”, with action taken to “have…

  • China removes top financial news outlet from official media list

    China removes top financial news outlet from official media list

    In recent weeks, the Chinese government has revealed new plans to consolidate its control over the media landscape in China. On October 8, China’s National Development and Reform Commission, which oversees the country’s social and economic policies, released the “2021 Negative List of Market Access” and stated that “non-public capital” can’t invest in the establishment and operation of news organizations.…

  • EU climate chief: 'We need to be more ambitious'

    EU climate chief: ‘We need to be more ambitious’

    European Union climate chief Frans Timmermans told DW that he would have preferred to have all leaders present at the COP26, the landmark climate summit due to take place in Glasgow from October 31. The presidents of Russia and China are among those intending or likely to send envoys to the conference instead of attending in person. Critics fear that…

  • Australian government to lift ban on overseas travel for vaccinated citizens

    Over 18 months after it was implemented, a ban on Australian citizens travelling overseas will soon be lifted. According to an AFP report, the government has confirmed that fully vaccinated Australians will no longer need permission to leave the country. Officials have also confirmed that Australian borders will re-open to skilled workers and foreign students by the end of the…

  • Burkina Faso's silent refugee crisis

    Burkina Faso’s silent refugee crisis

    Jacob Ouermi does not like to talk about what his family has gone through. He, his wife Elisabet Simpore and their seven children lived in a village in northern Burkina Faso — until the violence started. “People were kidnapped, so we fled and didn’t take anything with us,” said Ouermi, sitting on a narrow wooden bench in the shade of…

  • Explained: Why Turkish President Erdogan is backpedaling in diplomatic row

    Explained: Why Turkish President Erdogan is backpedaling in diplomatic row

    What happened exactly? Over the weekend, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan instructed his Foreign Ministry to declare the ambassadors of 10 states, including those of Germany and the US, “persona non grata.” Following a Cabinet meeting on Monday, Erdogan stuck a more conciliatory tone, explaining that the embassies had “taken a step back from this slander against our country and…

  • Bangladesh: Gang violence in Rohingya refugee camps prompt fear

    Bangladesh: Gang violence in Rohingya refugee camps prompt fear

    Growing conflicts among armed criminal gangs inside the overcrowded Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh have alarmed authorities. At least six people were killed and 20 wounded in an attack at a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar on Friday, police said — the latest incident of violence in the refugee settlement. The gang shot and stabbed people attending an Islamic…

  • In pictures: A rare look into Amazon tribe's funeral rites

    In pictures: A rare look into Amazon tribe’s funeral rites

    When the chief dies, the endangered Indigenous people in Brazil’s Xingu region gather for a unique ritual. A Reuters photographer was the only journalist invited to the funeral ceremony in September. SOURCE: DW News

  • A Rasta president for The Gambia? | Thaiger

    A Rasta president for The Gambia?

    The Gambia is going to the polls in December, to vote their new president. And among those who wants to be president is independent candidate, Rasta man Bankole Yao Jojo Ahadzie, aka Banky. It is the first presidential and parliamentary election since the departure of Yahya Jammeh, who ruled for 22 years. SOURCE: DW News

  • Critics seek proof after Israel designates Palestinian rights groups as terrorists

    Critics seek proof after Israel designates Palestinian rights groups as terrorists

    The Israeli Defense Ministry’s unexpected decision to designate six Palestinian human rights and civil society establishments as terror organizations has resulted in swift criticism from Palestinians and several international organizations. Palestinian civil rights activists, international human rights organizations and some United States lawmakers have denounced the move, which was first announced Friday. They have accused Israel of trying to silence…

  • India: Escaping child marriage to land a dream tech job

    India: Escaping child marriage to land a dream tech job

    Ashwini Doddalingappanavar grew up in a small south Indian village. Her parents wanted her to get married as a young teenager, but she knew she wanted a different life. She now inspires other girls to achieve their goals. SOURCE: DW News

  • Japan: Princess Mako marries commoner amid controversy

    Japan: Princess Mako marries commoner amid controversy

    Japanese Princess Mako has quietly married a commoner without traditional wedding celebrations and said their marriage “was a necessary choice to live while cherishing our hearts.” The couple’s marriage document was submitted by a palace official Tuesday morning and made official, the Imperial Household Agency said. There was no wedding ceremony, reception banquet or other marriage rituals for the couple.…

  • Why Dubai plans to build infrastructure in Kashmir

    Why Dubai plans to build infrastructure in Kashmir

    The government of Dubai, one of the UAE’s seven emirates, recently inked an agreement with India to ramp up infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government said the deal will see Dubai building infrastructure in the troubled region including industrial parks, IT towers, multi-purpose towers, logistics centres, a medical college and a speciality hospital. “The world…

  • Japan: Princess Mako marries commoner amid controversy

    Japan: Princess Mako set to marry commoner amid controversy

    Hours before Japan’s Princess Mako is due to marry her commoner fiance, Kei Komuro, there is little indication of the public or the domestic press relenting their criticism of the first imperial family wedding in nearly 30 years. An unforgettable day of traditional pomp and finery will instead be reduced to the signing of paperwork and a press conference. The…

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