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Meet Kenya's Guru of Love

We hear about a Kenyan love guru whose seminars promise the hopeful “Get a boyfriend by Christmas". It's big business, and popular, so who’s buying, and what's the advice?

The Ö÷²¥´óÐã's gender and identity correspondent, Megha Mohan, meets Robert Burale, an East African guru of love, whose seminars promise the hopeful they can “Get a boyfriend for Christmas". So what's the advice, and who's buying?

Giant African snails in Kerala
Giant African snails have become a pest in Kerala, so one area came up with a creative snail hunting idea: a chance to win over a million dollars for catching the most. Too good to be true? Over to the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's Jaltson Akkanath Chummar.

China's Hainan island surf boom
Covid restrictions on travel, plus surfing's debut at the Tokyo Olympics, have led to a boom in the China's home grown surf scene. Hainan island is proving a popular destination as Howard Zhang of Ö÷²¥´óÐã Chinese reports.

Why car registration plates have blocked the Serbian Kosovo border
A recent row over registration plates caused a blockade at the border and harsh words between Belgrade and Pristina. Ö÷²¥´óÐã Serbian's Marija Jankovic explains why registration plates are so contentious between Serbia and Kosovo.

Vietnam's Spring Roll King
Ö÷²¥´óÐã Vietnamese has been sharing the extraordinary story of Trinh Vinh Binh, nicknamed ‘the spring roll king’, famous as the only businessman to have won a case against the Vietnamese government, as the Ö÷²¥´óÐã’s Thu Phan explains.

Image: Robert Burale
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