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Trump sends military force to LA over immigration protests
AFP, Published on 08/06/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - National Guard troops began arriving in Los Angeles early Sunday after being ordered there by US President Donald Trump, a rare deployment against the state governor's wishes after sometimes violent protests against immigration enforcement raids.
California police flatten UCLA protest camp
Published on 02/05/2024
» LOS ANGELES - Hundreds of helmeted police swarmed the site of a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of California at Los Angeles early on Thursday, arresting defiant demonstrators and dismantling their encampment.
Police enter US university to remove protesters
Published on 01/05/2024
» NEW YORK - New York City police officers entered the grounds of Columbia University on Tuesday night to arrest and disperse pro-Palestinian protesters who took over a campus building nearly 24 hours earlier and have occupied a tent camp at the school for nearly two weeks.
Mother Nature's still crying
News, Published on 28/12/2022
» From floods and extreme weather, to climate change and the adoption of the Bio-Circular-Green economy, the environment was uppermost in the minds of many in 2022.
Of myths and legends
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 15/11/2022
» Traibhumi is a universe in the Thai novel Traibhumi Phra Ruang, which aims to encourage people to not engage in negative behaviour. In Traibhumi, there are several mythical creatures with Garuda, Ratchasee and Giant being the more well-known ones. Artist Konthorn Taecholarn, better known as Hongtae, recreated Traibhumi and its mythical creatures in his exhibition "Creatures Of Triloga". Konthorn, the director of Art of Hongtae, and his team created Triloga from their own interpretations of Traibhumi.
Rare hornbills get boost
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/09/2022
» Helmeted hornbills will soon be upgraded from a protected wild species to a reserved species due to the increasing likelihood of them becoming extinct, deputy government spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul said.
Shock over Brazil police 'torture, executions' in drug raid
AFP, Published on 27/05/2022
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Bodies from a Rio de Janeiro police raid that left more than 20 alleged drug traffickers dead show signs of torture and summary execution, a senior lawyer said on Thursday, the latest incident of suspected police brutality to shock the South American nation.
Ukraine's farmers risk death in bomb-strewn fields
AFP, Published on 06/05/2022
» GRYGORIVKA, Ukraine: It's spring planting season in Ukraine, but this year farmers require more than fuel and fertiliser –- they also need flak jackets and detectors to destroy the unexploded bombs that have already killed or maimed others in their fields.
Morocco mourns 'little Rayan' after daring well rescue bid fails
AFP, Published on 06/02/2022
» IGHRANE (MAROC) - Morocco was in shock Sunday after emergency crews found a five-year-old boy dead at the bottom of a well in a tragic end to a five-day rescue operation that gripped the nation and the world.
Morocco well rescue in tense final stages
Published on 05/02/2022
» IGHRANE, Morocco: Rescuers were only metres away on Saturday in their increasingly urgent but cautiously moving effort to rescue Rayan, a five-year-old boy trapped underground whom they hope to find alive.