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Owning it: Trump embraces historic mug shot
AFP, Published on 26/08/2023
» NEW YORK - For most people, a police mug shot would be a badge of dishonor they would do anything to erase.
Xiplomacy: China and Brazil -- friends oceans away
Published on 17/04/2023
» BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhua) -- "I've gotten a job, bought a sofa and a refrigerator with the money I earned, plastered the exteriors of my house with cement, have access to the Internet at home, and learned how to make business contacts, purchase and market online. All my dreams have come true," Marlene Araujo Dias told Xinhua.
Chinese students are heading home to escape Covid-hit Hong Kong
Published on 06/03/2022
» HONG KONG: As Hong Kong grapples with a worsening Covid-19 outbreak and fears of a full lockdown grow, some mainland university students are fleeing the city.
Deal-maker Trump still rakes it in
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 27/02/2022
» In early December, Donald Trump put on a tuxedo and boarded the private jet of a scrap-metal magnate and crypto-miner for a short flight across Florida, touching down at an airport in Naples. There, a long red carpet marked the pathway into a Christmas-decorated hangar filled with supporters of Mr Trump who had paid US$10,000 (323,400 baht) to $30,000 for the privilege of attending a party and taking a photo with him.
Ukrainians hone survival skills as Russia tensions mount
AFP, Published on 31/01/2022
» KYIV: In a forest on the outskirts of Kyiv, a group of Ukrainian civilians build shelters from snow and tree branches as part of a crash course in survival techniques.
Homeschooling taking off in US as pandemic shutters schools
AFP, Published on 14/02/2021
» WASHINGTON: Faced with long school closures because of the coronavirus pandemic, many US parents have taken to homeschooling to ensure their children's education continues despite the massive disruptions of the past year.
Cyber warriors sound warning on working from home
AFP, Published on 14/10/2020
» TALLINN: Cyber warriors on Nato's eastern edge are warning that the growing number of people working from home globally due to the pandemic is increasing vulnerability to cyber attacks.
California to sue over Trump order revoking foreign student visas
AFP, Published on 10/07/2020
» LOS ANGELES: California is suing US President Donald Trump's administration over its policy threatening the visas of foreign students whose courses move online due to coronavirus, officials said Thursday.
Millions under Australia lockdown as global cases hit 12 million
AFP, Published on 09/07/2020
» MELBOURNE - Millions of people in Australia's second-biggest city went into lockdown on Thursday to battle another coronavirus outbreak, as the number of infections worldwide surged past 12 million.
Foreign students fear deportation over Trump visa threat
AFP, Published on 09/07/2020
» NEW YORK: Pakistani student Taimoor Ahmed is one of hundreds of thousands of foreigners enrolled in American universities now fearing for their future after Donald Trump's administration threatened to revoke their visas.