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Chinese police investigating 5 missing teens issue further warnings about telecoms crime
Published on 18/07/2025
» Chinese police are investigating at least five cases of missing teenagers believed to have been caught up in scam centres, including some who have lost contact with their families after travelling to Myanmar.
Olympic champion Lyles to make 100m season debut at London Diamond League
AFP, Published on 18/07/2025
» LONDON - Olympic champion Noah Lyles reignites competition with Letsile Tebogo over 100m at Saturday's Diamond League meet in London, a week after the American marked his return to action with victory in the 200m over the Botswanan in Monaco.
Toilet survey finds gender gap in Japan's restrooms
Published on 18/07/2025
» Women lining up for restrooms at train stations and other crowded public facilities is a common sight in Japan, while men rarely queue. Some suggest it's because women need more time, but one user of ladies' rooms has found that men actually have access to nearly twice as many toilets.
Vietnam outlines new financial reforms in bid for emerging market status
Published on 18/07/2025
» HANOI - Vietnam is set to officially launch a central counterparty mechanism in early 2027 as part of its push to be reclassified as an emerging market as early as this year and attract more foreign investors, the State Securities Commission said.
Trump threatens to sue WSJ over story on alleged 2003 letter to Epstein
AFP, Published on 18/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to sue The Wall Street Journal after it published a story about an alleged off-color letter written by him to late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein that featured a drawing of a naked woman.
England reach Euro 2025 semis after shootout win over Sweden
AFP, Published on 18/07/2025
» ZURICH — England roared into the semi-finals of Women's Euro 2025 on Thursday after coming back from two goals down and then beating Sweden 3-2 in a chaotic penalty shoot-out to continue their title defence.
In the 'kingdom of silence', the caged bird raps
Oped, Published on 18/07/2025
» In Syria, the caged bird raps. On my first night imprisoned, I began to write:
Donald Trump buys time with weapons for Kyiv
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 18/07/2025
» There was rejoicing when US President Donald Trump announced that he was going to let Ukraine have weapons after all, but it was conspicuously contained joy. Half-smiles and sighs of relief were plentiful; cheers were absent or faked.
5 firms compete for oil licences
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 18/07/2025
» Five Thai and foreign energy firms are vying for licences on new onshore petroleum exploration and production projects, part of the state's latest efforts to boost the economy, says the Department of Mineral Fuels.
Strike on Gaza's only Catholic church injures several
AFP, Published on 17/07/2025
» GAZA CITY - A strike on Gaza's only Catholic church injured several people on Thursday, the territory's civil defence agency and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said, as Italy's prime minister slammed "unacceptable" Israeli attacks on civilians.