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Death toll rises to 15 in Senegal strife
AFP, Published on 03/06/2023
» DAKAR: Tensions remained high in Senegal on Saturday after fresh overnight clashes brought the death toll to 15 in the two days since a court convicted opposition leader Ousmane Sonko.
From slums to stardom: Uganda's Ghetto Kids
AFP, Published on 03/06/2023
» KAMPALA, Uganda: The sprawling slums of Kampala are a far cry from the glitzy stage of Britain's Got Talent, where a group of Ugandan street kids will be performing in Sunday's grand finale of the hit UK television show.
Phony claims swirl around Sri Lanka's holiest tree
AFP, Published on 02/06/2023
» ANURADHAPURA (SRI LANKA) - When social media was inundated with rumours that Sri Lanka's holiest tree was being harmed by 5G mobile signals, Colombo's cash-strapped government pulled out all the stops.
'We want to be free': Filipinos demand right to divorce
AFP, Published on 31/05/2023
» MANILA: Philippine mother-of-three Stella Sibonga is desperate to end a marriage she never wanted. But divorce in the Catholic-majority country is illegal, and a court annulment takes years.
Police search Portugal reservoir in McCann case
AFP, Published on 23/05/2023
» SILVES, Portugal: Police were carrying out new searches near a reservoir in Portugal Tuesday connected to the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann, who vanished from a resort in the Algarve region 16 years ago.
Meta hit with record 1.2-billion-euro fine over EU data rules
AFP, Published on 22/05/2023
» DUBLIN: Facebook owner Meta has been fined a record 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) for transferring EU user data to the United States in breach of a previous court ruling, Ireland's regulator announced Monday.
Food supplies ‘running low’ in Italy flood areas
AFP, Published on 19/05/2023
» FAENZA, Italy: The toll from floods that have devastated Italy's Emilia Romagna region rose to 14 on Friday, amid calls for the government to revive an abandoned project to mitigate the impact of natural disasters.
Indonesians fall prey to fake shaman 'magic money' scams
AFP, Published on 19/05/2023
» KARAWANG (INDONESIA) - Indonesian mother-of-three Aslem was a domestic worker in Dubai when she started wiring cash to a self-professed shaman, believing that he would honour his promise to magically multiply her hard-earned wages.
ChatGPT's Altman pleads US Senate for AI rules
AFP, Published on 17/05/2023
» WASHINGTON - Sam Altman, the chief executive of ChatGPT's OpenAI, told US lawmakers on Tuesday that regulating artificial intelligence was essential, after his poem-writing chatbot stunned the world.
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan calls for nationwide protests
AFP, Published on 14/05/2023
» LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan called for nationwide "freedom" protests on Sunday, after his brief arrest and detention last week triggered deadly unrest.