Manila (AFP) – Jane had been bleeding heavily for days before finally seeking help, not from a hospital but from the man who sold her the pills meant to end her six-week pregnancy. Abortions are strictly outlawed in the mainly Catholic Philippines, forcing women to turn to a patchwork of providers operating in the online shadows.
Manila (AFP) – Jane had been bleeding heavily for days before finally seeking help, not from a hospital but from the man who sold her the pills meant to end her six-week pregnancy. Abortions are strictly outlawed in the mainly Catholic Philippines, forcing women to turn to a patchwork of providers operating in the online shadows.
Havana (AFP) – US President Donald Trump has claimed that he could “take” or “free” Cuba, as Washington tightens its grip on the island with a defacto oil blockade. Nationwide blackouts and fuel shortages in Cuba have stretched into weeks, following the halt of imports from Venezuela after US strikes and the capture of President Maduro.
Havana (AFP) – US President Donald Trump has claimed that he could “take” or “free” Cuba, as Washington tightens its grip on the island with a defacto oil blockade. Nationwide blackouts and fuel shortages in Cuba have stretched into weeks, following the halt of imports from Venezuela after US strikes and the capture of President Maduro.
La Havane (AFP) – Footage shows Cuban capital hit by a total electricity blackout. power outage struck the entire island of Cuba, the state-owned electric company said, the latest blackout as the United States pursues its oil blockade against the island’s communist government. IMAGES
London (AFP) – Country music is booming in the UK and attracting younger audiences. Donning cowboy boots and hats, the UK’s biggest country music event of the year attracts 45,000 country fans – with stars flying in from across the Atlantic for the Country 2 Country music festival.
Beijing (AFP) – Lianhuashan’s slopes have been kept snow-covered by ageing European snow cannons for more than 20 years, but the Beijing resort added its first Chinese snowmaker this ski season. The snow gun, made by Beijing-based Carving Ski, costs about a third less than Western brands. China’s snow-related equipment sales have surged almost fourfold since 2015.
Sainte-Rose (France) (AFP) – A month after the Piton de la Fournaise volcano erupted on France’s Reunion island, the lava flow continues to cool and has reached the ocean for the first time in 19 years.
Doha (AFP) – Diplomatic talks with Iran are only possible if it ceases its attacks, Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari says, as Tehran presses its missile and drone campaign against Gulf states in the third week of the war triggered by US-Israeli strikes on 28 February.
Chubynske (Ukraine) (AFP) – At a sanctuary near Kyiv, bears awaken from their winter hibernation. Two bears — Chada, a rare Tien Shan bear, and Synochok, a brown bear — emerge from their dens and begin moving around, marking the arrival of spring. Sanctuary founder Maryna Shkvyria says it has been the “hardest winter” since 2022. “All the men from our team are now at the front,” she adds.
Copenhagen (AFP) – Two Danish politicians from the Social Democrats party take to the sauna as they look for alternative ways to meet voters and present their case ahead of the general election on 24 March. “Campaigning also has to be fun,” says current minister of Justice, Peter Hummelgaard, who tries an ice bath for the first time between rounds in the heat. Meanwhile, the Green Left party, polling in second behind Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democrats, hands out free kebabs.
Mexico City (AFP) – Mexico City’s central Zocalo square becomes the world’s largest soccer field, with more than 9,500 people gathering to set the Guinness World Record for the largest soccer class.
