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Trump's words seen raising risk of war in Europe
News, Peter Apps, Published on 21/02/2024
» As German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attended the groundbreaking ceremony for a new munitions factory early last week, he warned that Europe must move to mass-producing weapons "because the painful reality is that we do not live in times of peace".
Ukraine troops withdraw from besieged town
Reuters, Published on 17/02/2024
» KYIV - Ukrainian troops withdrew from the devastated eastern town of Avdiivka, the country’s new army chief said on Saturday, paving the way for Russia’s biggest advance since May 2023 when it captured the city of Bakhmut.
Imran Khan: from cricket star to jailbird
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 06/02/2024
» Pakistan's former prime minister, former cricket superstar and latter-day populist politician Imran Khan was having a quiet week in jail, six months into his three-year sentence for corruption, and suddenly all hell broke loose.
New movies out this week: Jan 18-24
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 18/01/2024
» New releases that hit cinemas in Thailand this week.
Diehard romantic, neighbour from hell, a smile too far
News, Mae Moo, Published on 24/12/2023
» An Udon Thani man who shot at his teenage girlfriend as she tried to flee their abusive relationship, injuring a young friend by mistake, insists he did it out of love.
N. Korea fires 'long-range ballistic missile': Seoul
AFP, Published on 18/12/2023
» SEOUL - North Korea fired another internationally banned "long-range ballistic missile" on Monday, the South's military said, after Pyongyang voiced outrage over deeper nuclear cooperation between Seoul and Washington.
Israel bombs south Gaza after Hamas hostage threat
AFP, Published on 11/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israel bombed southern Gaza's main city on Monday after Hamas warned no Israeli hostages would leave the territory alive unless its demands for prisoner releases were met.
Israeli forces battle Palestinian militants in south Gaza
AFP, Published on 10/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israeli forces on Sunday fought Palestinian militants around southern Gaza's main city, as the UN chief decried divisions that had "paralysed" the Security Council's response to the over two-months-old war.
Schooling blues
Oped, Postbag, Published on 02/12/2023
» Re: "Worker skills, education 'key to cutting inequality'", (BP, Nov 30).
Ukraine takes positions on Russian side of Dnipro
AFP, Published on 15/11/2023
» KYIV - Russia said Wednesday for the first time that some Ukrainian troops had established positions on the Russian-held side of the Dnipro river, the vast waterway that splits the frontline in southern Ukraine.