HUMANS RIGHTS: France honours rights icon Simone Veil with Pantheon burial
Simone Veil in 1974, the year she pushed through a law legalising abortion in France despite fierce opposition by many
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SOCIETY: PETALING JAYA – Marriage with child bride not consummated, says groom
A Facebook post by one of the man’s wives. . PETALING JAYA: The 41-year-old man who married an 11-year-old child
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COLUMN-OPINION: By MICHAEL MCGOUGH – The ‘liberal’ Pope Francis again says no to female priests
Pope Francis, shown on a 2015 visit to Philadelphia, has reaffirmed the church’s ban on women priests. (Jewel Samad /
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HUMAN RIGHTS-CULTURE: Yogyakarta – Pluralism Needed to Preserve Indonesian Identity
Sumanto Al Qurtuby speaks at the Faculty of Theology of Sanata Dharma University in Yogyakarta on Friday (01/06). (JG Photo/Yudha
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SOCIETY-PARENTING: U.S. – Why adults in different parts of the globe live at home with their parents
The shore of Alexandria, Egypt is pictured in this undated stock photo. . . Some parents dream of the day
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SOCIETY-FAMILY: PHNOM PENH – Sexpat Stereotype Takes Toll on Daughters and Fathers
Chris Minko and his daught Anya, who is half Thai, discuss being stereotyped with Khmer Times reporters. KT Photo: Fabien Mouret
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SOCIETY-FAMILY: SINGAPORE – 4 in 5 young adults in Singapore experience quarter-life crisis, says study
Ms Huien Lim (second from left), 24, chatting with colleagues. Ms Lim changed jobs three times in two years before
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Happy Mother’s Day!
Today, the world honors the gift of mothers – the billions of women worldwide who sacrificed personal comfort
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SOCIETY-FAMILY: SINGAPORE – Maid kills venomous cobra with broom handle
A maid first tried to chase away the cobra, but failed to do so. She then repeatedly hit it until
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LIFE+STYLE-FAMILY: SINGAPORE – ‘They expected four babies, and then there were five’ By The Straits Times
Mrs Dorothy Chin with her brood of five – (from left) Adriel, Alicia, Amanda, Annabelle and Andre – who were
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