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[The Conversation Africa] Built in the 1950s to generate electricity, Lake Kariba in Zambia and Zimbabwe has since supported activities such as tourism, fishing and conservation. All of these are…
May 21, 2026
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Ho Chi Minh City will hold a design competition for the high-rise above Thu Thiem station, a planned transit hub linking Vietnam's future bullet train with a new rail line…
May 21, 2026
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Hanoi's 100-year master plan is set to mold the capital into a "Smart – Green – Multi-polar – Multi-center" city, with artificial intelligence (AI), transit-oriented development (TOD), and a 1,153…
May 21, 2026
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A Polish driver was jailed for smuggling cocaine worth more than £7 million (US$9.3 million) hidden in a truck transporting Kim Kardashian's Skims underwear, U.K. police said Monday.
May 21, 2026
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Mung Chiang, an engineer who topped Hong Kong's 1995 public examinations with 10 perfect A grades, has been named president of Northwestern University, becoming the first Asian American to lead…
May 21, 2026
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A Coachella Valley woman slain along with her husband last week may have been scammed by a person claiming to be actor Tom Selleck, according to media reports.
May 21, 2026
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Mayoral hopeful Spencer Pratt campaigned Wednesday in a South Los Angeles neighborhood that Mayor Karen Bass represented when she was in Congress.
May 21, 2026
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At least one man was injured in a 10-vehicle pile-up on Hong Kong’s Tuen Mun Road during the Thursday morning rush hour. Police received the first report of the collision…
May 21, 2026
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Few moments at the Bar are more joyful and surreal than watching one’s former pupil take silk: pride, disbelief and the sudden realisation that someone you still instinctively think of…
May 21, 2026
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Hundreds of parents have criticised Hong Kong’s weather forecaster after children were required to attend school during heavy downpours, with many complaining of flooded streets and difficult commutes even after…
May 21, 2026
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Police in Ho Chi Minh City have detained the owner of a three-store sneaker chain for industrial property infringement after raids turned up nearly 1,500 pairs of counterfeit Nike, Adidas,…
May 21, 2026
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A Hong Kong migrant workers’ group has urged authorities to expand a pedestrian area in Central on Sundays, as a section of a landmark garden that serves as a popular…
May 21, 2026
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