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Against the backdrop of rising anti-LGBTQ sentiment, these Nigerian fashion labels feel forced to show in private

By Bolaji Akinwande, CNN Lagos (CNN) — Since its inception in 2011, Lagos Fashion Week has been a twice-yearly highlight of the African fashion calendar, a multi-day showcase attracting the continent’s top design houses, big name sponsors, as well as an international audience. In a deeply religious and conservative Nigeria, where LGBTQ people suffer extremely high levels of homophobia, intolerance, and even violence, Lagos Fashion

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How long have you been in there?! A popular tourist destination in China has installed toilet timers. Reactions are mixed

By Maggie Wong, CNN (CNN) — Boasting 51,000 statues carved into 252 caves and niches some 1,500 years ago, China’s Yungang Buddhist Grottoes is irrefutably a spectacular attraction. But in recent days, the restrooms in this UNESCO-listed World Heritage site have been earning more attention than the views. A video recently shared on various Chinese

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French Polynesia has a culinary secret. It’s home to mouth-watering Chinese fusion cuisine

By Alex Sherr, CNN Papeete, French Polynesia (CNN) — It’s a cloudless morning and the sun is shining brightly off the coast of French Polynesia’s capital and largest city, Papeete, enhancing the water’s already vibrant shades of blue. Though just meters away from the territory’s largest commercial port, cruise ship terminal and airport, the water

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