Like keeping an eye on the birds in your backyard feeders? In France, there’s an app for that and it’s not just a way to pass the time: the data collected by amateur birdwatchers is logged and used by researchers in a project sponsored by …
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Taiwan sky shines bright as lantern festival kicks off
Visitors flock to Pingxi Village in northern Taiwan for the island’s annual lantern festival.
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Girls sport their ancestors’ hair for lunar new year in China
Girls with large headpieces made from the hair of their ancestors, wearing intricately patterned dresses, dance in isolated villages in southwest China to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Video provided by AFP
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Taiwan couples race piggyback for lunar new year glory
More than two dozen couples take part in a piggyback contest in Taiwan as part of the Lunar New Year celebration in Taiwan. Video provided by AFP
Drug ‘godfathers’ surrender to Bangladesh police
Some 102 Bangladeshi meth dealers have surrendered to authorities at a pre-scheduled ceremony in a coastal town, as a Philippines-style anti-narcotics crackdown sows fear among kingpins. Bangladesh last year launched a “war” on drugs following a prolif…
24 bodies retrieved from flooded Zimbabwe gold mine
Rescue workers retrieve 24 bodies and eight survivors from two flooded gold mines in Zimbabwe where officials fear dozens more illegal miners are still trapped. Video provided by AFP
New ‘yellow vest’ protests in France on the Champs-Elysees avenue
“We don’t want to survive, we want to live,” says a “yellow vest” demonstrator protesting near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Nearly 300 “yellow vest” protesters were gathered in the late morning in calm on the Champs-Elysées for a new day of mobilization, three months to the day after the beginning of this protest movement.
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Aid arrives at Venezuela border, US rejects dialogue with Maduro
Trucks carrying desperately-needed humanitarian aid for crisis-wracked Venezuela arrive at its border with Colombia as ministers from more than a dozen European and Latin American countries call on socialist leader Nicolas Maduro to hold “free” preside…
Pope Francis holds historic public mass in UAE
Pope Francis holds a historic public mass for an estimated 170,000 Catholics at an Abu Dhabi stadium on the first ever papal visit to the Muslim Gulf. Video provided by AFP
Nissan and its former chairman indicted in Japan
Carlos Ghosn reportedly understated his earnings by more than $44 million over a five-year period ending in 2015. Video provided by Newsy