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Relief and sympathy as rebels stand down in Russian city
AFP, Published on 25/06/2023
» ROSTOV-ON-DON (RUSSIA) - Residents of a Russian city at the heart of a brief rebellion against army top brass expressed relief on Sunday but also voiced some sympathy for the mutiny and questions about what exactly happened.
Belarus strongman sows future peril with Wagner PR success
AFP, Published on 25/06/2023
» PARIS - Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko scored a propaganda victory by brokering the deal which staved off the threat of an internal armed conflict in Russia but he may live to regret an accord that will see his country host the Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, observers say.
Singapore holds first LGBTQ rally since gay sex decriminalised
AFP, Published on 25/06/2023
» SINGAPORE: Hundreds of people wearing pink attended Singapore's annual "Pink Dot" LGBTQ rally on Saturday, the first to be held since the city-state decriminalised gay sex last year.
US, allies consult but tread carefully as Russia crisis unfolds
AFP, Published on 25/06/2023
» WASHINGTON - The United States and its allies held close consultations but publicly stayed on the sidelines Saturday as officials waited to see how the armed revolt by longtime Kremlin insider Yevgeny Prigozhin and his private Wagner army would play out.
Ukrainians watch with delight as Wagner mutiny unfolds
AFP, Published on 25/06/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Kyiv residents told AFP on Saturday that they were "very happy" with the Wagner mercenary group's mutiny against Moscow and hoped the infighting would weaken Russian troops on the battlefield.
Inuit lessons for soldiers in the Arctic
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 25/06/2023
» A moon dog hung low over the horizon. It showed up on the first day of the Canadian soldiers' patrol, and the Inuit rangers guiding them in the country's far north spotted it right away: Ice crystals in the clouds were bending the light, making two illusory moons appear in the sky.
Snooping at a 'spy' beluga whale
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 25/06/2023
» Hvaldimir, a domesticated beluga whale that has been spotted in Scandinavian waters for years, was seen recently off the coast of Sweden, prompting concern among researchers who worry he could be in danger, especially if people don't stay away from him.
War, modernity shake up pacifist sect
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 25/06/2023
» When he was growing up among the Doukhobors, a pacifist religious group that immigrated to Canada from czarist Russia, J J Verigin would sometimes arrive home from school to find naked elderly women trying to burn down his family's house.
Divorce is party time in Mauritania
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 25/06/2023
» The henna artist bent over her client's hand, glancing at the smartphone to get the precise details of the pattern chosen by her customer, a young woman living in an ancient desert city in the West African nation of Mauritania.
Architect sizes up 40-year challenge
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 25/06/2023
» It was love at first sight. More than 10 years ago, Andre Demesmaeker, an architect for the Belgian government, was asked to investigate a ceiling collapse at the Palace of Justice, a 19th-century behemoth in the heart of Brussels that houses the country's sprawling judiciary system and has been falling apart for decades.