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'Dream come true': Japan reopens to tourists
'Dream come true': Japan reopens to tourists
by  AFP

Japan reopened its doors to tourists Tuesday after two-and-a-half years of tough Covid restrictions, with officials hoping an influx of travellers enticed by a weak yen will boost the economy. But tough Covid restrictions in China make it unlikely visitors from there will be flocking back to Japan anytime soon. mac/sah/qan

'Our home': Lesotho's last cave dwellers
'Our home': Lesotho's last cave dwellers
by  AFP

Inside a dimly-lit mud dwelling nestled within a rocky mountain in the southern African kingdom of Lesotho, Mamotonosi Ntefane, 67, dusts off an animal skin. "None of that here," scoffs Ntefane, as she stands outside her home, gazing at the mountains, while cow bells ring in the distance. cld/ub/gw/smw

World failing to address 'dangerous' inequality after Covid: Oxfam
World failing to address 'dangerous' inequality after Covid: Oxfam
by  AFP

The world has mostly failed to address a "dangerous" increase in inequality in the wake of the Covid pandemic, anti-poverty campaigners Oxfam said Tuesday. Oxfam delivered a withering criticism of most nations, arguing that the pandemic should have been a "wake-up call" to act on poverty in general.

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