Archive for December 2018
Dylema leads us through key events on the continent this year in a specially commissioned poem.
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Spoken word poet Dylema: On a stroll through Africa in 2018
Lederhosen and dirndl dresses are making a comeback in Austria.
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Lederhosen love among Austria's millennials
A look at the year's most influential hashtags used by women on social media.
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Female fightback... 2018 in hashtags
This Canadian man is being called the world's most extreme grandpa.
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The 90-year-old back-flipping daredevil
Eli Melki looks for traces of a relative who was killed at 33 during a wave of attacks against eastern...
In search of Leonard, my martyred ancestor
From the ridiculous to the more ridiculous, here are the weird stories that caught our eye this year.
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2018 in news: The alternative end-of-the-year awards
India's decision to decriminalise gay sex has taken the country back to its roots, some historians say.
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Why legalising gay sex in India is not a Western idea
Remembering some of the figures from music, film, TV, radio and literature who died in 2018.
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Remembering the entertainment and arts figures we lost in 2018
Are garment factories in Bangladesh safe five years after the Rana Plaza disaster?
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Bangladesh clothing factories: Are they safe now?
A selection of the best photos from across and about Africa this year.
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Africa's year in pictures 2018
Bahrain's high court upheld a five-year jail sentence against activist Nabeel Rajab on Monday for criticizing...
Bahrain's top court upholds sentence against activist Nabeel Rajab: lawyer
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday he did not see any danger to the government...
Italy's Salvini sees no danger to government in coming months: Corriere
Rescue services in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk scrambled to find survivors after a suspected gas...
High rise building collapses in Russia, at least two dead: reports
The main opposition camps in Congo's presidential election on Sunday complained of widespread irregularities...
Congo opposition cries foul after presidential poll blighted by mishaps
Residents of an Ebola hotspot in eastern Congo staged a mock presidential election on Sunday to show...
Ebola-hit Congolese town stages mock vote to protest at ban
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's alliance won Bangladesh's election with a thumping majority, the country's...
Bangladesh PM Hasina wins third straight term despite vote-rigging claims
China will kick off a year of sensitive anniversaries with a major speech on Wednesday by President...
China to kick off year of sensitive anniversaries with major speech on Taiwan
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a "conciliatory message" to U.S. President Donald Trump amid...
North Korea's Kim sent message to Trump on nuclear talks: Chosun Ilbo
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro...
Brazil moving its embassy to Jerusalem matter of 'when, not if': Netanyahu
A senior Republican U.S. senator said he emerged from a White House meeting with President Donald Trump...
Graham more upbeat on Syria troop withdrawal after Trump meeting
The number of British citizens applying for Irish passports rose by 22 percent in 2018, Ireland's foreign...
Brexit sends Britons seeking Irish passports up 22 percent in 2018
Acknowledging that her government disappointed many Germans in 2018, Chancellor Angela Merkel sought...
Merkel urges divided Germans to pull together in 2019
Special police forces dispersed protesters demanding the resignation of Bosnian Serb Interior Minister...