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Eurostar services resume as cause of flooded tunnel probed
AFP, Published on 31/12/2023
» LONDON: Eurostar warned customers travelling from London on Sunday of potential delays after flooding forced the cancellation all Saturday trains.
Families of Russia's mobilised fight back despite fear
AFP, Published on 31/12/2023
» MOSCOW: It started with a morning knock on the door just days into Russia's mobilisation drive in September 2022.
DRCongo's Tshisekedi awaits confirmation of re-election
AFP, Published on 31/12/2023
» KINSHASA - DR Congo's incumbent president Felix Tshisekedi is expected to be announced on Sunday as the winner in recent elections that opposition leaders have already dismissed as a "sham".
South Africa's fire-gutted parliament a reminder of country's woes
AFP, Published on 31/12/2023
» CAPE TOWN: Charred beams and broken tiles still poke out from the gutted roof of South Africa's parliament in Cape Town two years after it was engulfed by a devastating fire.
Israelis and Palestinians end dark year, with no end in sight to war
AFP, Published on 31/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES): Israeli strikes pounded Gaza on Sunday as both sides near the end of a dark year and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the war sparked by Hamas's Oct 7 attack will last for "many months".
'Full Monty' star Tom Wilkinson dies aged 75
AFP, Published on 31/12/2023
» LONDON - Two-time Oscar-nominated actor Tom Wilkinson, who starred in "The Full Monty" about a group of unemployed steel workers who launched new careers as strippers died "suddenly" on Saturday.
Fresh Eurostar cancellations cause misery for New Year travellers
AFP, Published on 31/12/2023
» LONDON - All Eurostar trains were cancelled on Saturday due to flooded tunnels in southern England, causing misery for tens of thousands of New Year travellers in the second major disruption in 10 days.
US revives abandoned Pacific airfield
AFP, Published on 30/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - In the middle of the Pacific ocean, an abandoned US airfield once key to dropping the nuclear bomb on Japan — and nearly lost to history amid encroaching forest — is being revived.
South Africa files court case accusing Israel of ‘genocidal acts’
AFP, Published on 30/12/2023
» THE HAGUE - South Africa filed a case on Friday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel for what it said were "genocidal" acts in Gaza, with Israel rejecting the case "with disgust".
‘Exhausted’ Gazans desperate for war to end
AFP, Published on 30/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories - After nearly three months of deadly strikes, incessant displacements and sputtering humanitarian aid, "exhausted" Gazans say they are desperate for an end to the fighting as Israel's war against Hamas looks set to grind on into the new year.