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Beauty doc says patients want to look like AI images of themselves
7+ hour, 16+ min ago (827+ words) An aesthetics doctor says patients seeking cosmetic procedures using AI-generated images of themselves has doubled in a year amid a "worrying" new trend. Dr. Ed Robinson, 33, first noticed people using AI in their consultations last year " and now says 20% of…...
Taiwan will not 'bow its head': FM hits out at China during visit to Eswatini
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (275+ words) Taiwan's Foreign Minister'Lin'Chia-lung said that his country would not 'bow its head' to China 'weaponising' flight information Taiwan's Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung on a visit to Eswatini slammed China's recent move to pressure several African countries into revoking overflight permits…...
US says China used 'intimidation' to block Taiwan leader's Africa trip
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (219+ words) Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te was forced to postpone his trip to Eswatini -- the island's only diplomatic ally in Africa -- after "Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar unexpectedly and without prior notice revoked the charter's overflight permits" The United States slammed China's "intimidation…...
Pope to visit prison on final leg of Africa tour
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (488+ words) Pope Leo XIV was welcomed by Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo on the first day of his visit Pope Leo XIV will visit a prison known for its squalid conditions in Equatorial Guinea on Wednesday, the second-to-last day…...
UK puts Chagos handover deal in 'deep freeze' after Trump criticism
2+ week, 3+ day ago (641+ words) Displaced Chagos islanders have led legal challenges for years over their expulsion Britain indicated Saturday it is shelving plans to return the Chagos Islands -- which hosts the strategic Diego Garcia US-UK military base -- to Mauritius, after US President Donald Trump…...
Chagos Islands: international dispute and human drama
2+ week, 3+ day ago (755+ words) Infographic with map locating the Chagos Islands and the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia Chagos islanders living in Britain hold regular protests Britain has shelved plans to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after strong opposition from US…...
South Africans march for 'sovereignty' after US pressure
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (550+ words) Thousands of South Africans marched 'in defence of our sovereignty' in the face of pressure from US President Donald Trump South Africans gathered to mark the anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre in 1960, when apartheid police opened fire on black protesters…...