Maldives

Maldives Police Use Pickaxes To Destroy Artwork Deemed Un-Islamic

11:03pm September 25, 2018

by Lauren Frayer

The 20-foot-tall stainless steel cube was decorated with life-size human statues and semi-submerged in a coral lagoon. The artwork was criticized because it depicted human figures.

A hotel employee prepares coconut husks for recycling into rope at the luxury Soneva Fushi island resort in the Maldives. It's just one of many initiatives the resort is taking to reduce food waste.

How Luxury Hotels And Restaurants In Developing Countries Fight Food Waste

8:02am July 20, 2018

by Laura Ratliff

The United Nations says nearly one-fourth of food purchases in hotels and restaurants are thrown away. Luxury properties in Mexico, India, and elsewhere are trying programs to bring that figure down.

Policemen arrest former Maldives president and opposition leader Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.

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Former Leader And Two Supreme Court Judges Arrested In Maldives State Of Emergency

10:50pm February 05, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

The government cracks down on critics, including the island nation's Supreme Court which had ordered the release of imprisoned opposition leaders.

Maldives Vice President Ahmed Adeeb speaks to media earlier this month at the Ibrahim Nasir International Airport, near Male, Maldives.

Vice President Of Maldives Arrested Over Alleged Plot To Kill President

3:39pm October 24, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Vice President Ahmed Adheeb was arrested as he came back from a conference in China. He is suspected of playing a role in a speedboat explosion targeting the president.

World News

A Do-Not-Fly List For The Do-Not-Tan Crowd

12:48pm July 13, 2015

A Scottish girl's natural pallor nearly kept her family from an overseas trip when airline workers declared her too sickly-looking to fly.

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