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Syria's Assad visits China seeking funds
AFP, Published on 21/09/2023
» HANGZHOU (CHINA) - Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad begins on Thursday his first official trip to China in almost two decades, where he will ask a longtime ally for financial support to help rebuild his devastated country.
US government at rising risk of shutdown with Congress in deadlock
AFP, Published on 20/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - The United States is less than two weeks away from a potential government shutdown, with the stakes increasing as lawmakers struggle to agree on a short-term spending bill.
Climate protesters throng New York, demand end to fossil fuels
AFP, Published on 18/09/2023
» NEW YORK - Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of New York on Sunday, calling for increased action against climate change ahead of the opening of the UN General Assembly.
Gabon's squandered oil wealth under 55 years of Bongo rule
AFP, Published on 13/09/2023
» PARIS - The toppling of Ali Bongo Ondimba brought the curtain down on 55 years of rule by a family accused of extracting fabulous wealth from Gabon's major oil reserves.
Lab-grown meat can be kosher and halal, experts say
Published on 11/09/2023
» Lab-grown meat can be labelled kosher and halal as long as its cells are derived in methods compliant with religious standards, according to two panels of experts commissioned by the nascent industry.
After the moon, India launches rocket to study the sun
Reuters, Published on 02/09/2023
» BENGALURU - Following the success of India's moon landing, the country's space agency launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its first solar mission.
Prigozhin: Russia's mercenary supremo turned Kremlin enemy
AFP, Published on 27/08/2023
» MOSCOW - Mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was confirmed dead on Sunday by Russia's Investigative Committee after a plane crash near Moscow, was a Kremlin confidant catapulted to infamy by the offensive in Ukraine before he turned his troops on Russia's capital.
Prigozhin: Russia's mercenary supremo turned Kremlin enemy
AFP, Published on 27/08/2023
» MOSCOW: Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was confirmed dead on Sunday by Russia's Investigative Committee after a plane crash near Moscow, was a Kremlin confident catapulted to infamy by the offensive in Ukraine before he turned his troops on Russia's capital.
Prigozhin: Russia's mercenary supremo turned Kremlin enemy
AFP, Published on 24/08/2023
» MOSCOW - Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was feared dead Wednesday in a plane crash near Moscow, was a Kremlin confident catapulted to infamy by Russia's offensive in Ukraine before he turned his troops on Russia's capital.
One giant step: Moon race heats up
AFP, Published on 20/08/2023
» PARIS: The crash landing on the Moon of Russia's Luna-25 probe is the latest twist in an international push to return to the Earth's natural satellite that has drawn in the world's top powers and new players.