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Filipina martial arts star Meggie Ochoa is teaching self-defence to victims of sexual abuse in a bid to give them tools to better recover from such trauma, but also to better protect themselves in the future
World
06.08.2024
Jiu-jitsu champ battles Philippines' sex abuse scourge
With a six-month lull in fighting following South Sudan's peace deal, some people have tried to return home, but others are hedging their bets and staying put at UN camps
World
06.08.2024
S.Sudan holds breath as fragile peace faces crucial test
Smartphone filming at a workshop during the Bushman Film Festival at the end of March in Ivory Coast's economic capital Abidjan
World
06.08.2024
Smartphone moviemakers take the limelight at African festival
Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are leaving the stage
World
06.08.2024
Abdication becoming more frequent in the modern age
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Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak's corruption trial will face the first of several trials over his alleged involvement in the looting of sovereign wealth fund 1MDB
World 06.08.2024
Malaysia ex-PM Najib to go on trial for corruption
Switzerland has the world's 16th highest rate of gun ownership, according to a 2017 report by the Small Arms Survey
World 06.08.2024
Strong Swiss gun culture faces EU pressure
The Koran and accompanying hadiths form the basis of Sharia law
World 06.08.2024
Facts about Sharia law around the world
The last G7 ended in acrimony when US President Donald Trump refused to sign the final communique in a spat over trade
World 06.08.2024
Amid transatlantic discord, what's the point of the G7?
Crippling power blackouts in Venezuela are forcing rich and poor alike to wait in long lines for drinking water, while some hoist it from sewers to be able to flush their toilets
World 06.08.2024
Rich and poor united in desperate quest for water in Venezuela
Lori Lightfoot was elected the first openly gay, African American woman elected mayor of Chicago
World 06.08.2024
Black, gay woman elected Chicago mayor in historic vote
Great white sharks fitted with cameras on their dorsal fins have been filmed for the first time stalking prey in dense kelp forests long thought to be no-go zones for the top-level predators
World 06.08.2024
Reality TV: Camera-toting sharks hunt seals in kelp forests
Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan says he is 'confident' that NATO ally Turkey will drop its plans to buy a Russian missile defense system
World 06.08.2024
Pentagon expects Turkey to buy US missile system
The call to boycott the fabled Beverly Hills Hotel, seen here, and Hotel Bel-Air came after their owners the Brunei sultanate announced plans to implement the death penalty for gay sex and adultery
World 06.08.2024
LA officials call for boycott of Brunei-owned hotels
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