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Defence pact 'can help SE Asia manage tensions'
Reuters, Published on 11/06/2022
» SINGAPORE: Top officials from Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Britain said on Saturday that their 51-year-old Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) pact was solid, relevant and crucial to managing rising tensions in the region.
Hopes wane for Ukraine Easter truce
AFP, Published on 23/04/2022
» ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine: Hopes for a weekend truce in Ukraine to celebrate the Orthodox Easter faded with talks between Moscow and Kyiv stalled as Russia said it aimed to take full control over the east and south of its neighbour.
Elon Musk's move to buy Twitter faces roadblocks
AFP, Published on 16/04/2022
» WASHINGTON: Even for the richest person on the planet, buying Twitter was always going to be a challenge –- a highly complex financial transaction now made even trickier by a defensive "poison pill" move from the platform's board.
Bloc-to-bloc bridges
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 14/02/2022
» Amid the new challenges brought about by the disruptive changes wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic, European countries are seeing potential to expand cooperation with their counterparts in Asia, particularly on digitisation and climate change.
France jabs kids, Chinese city locks down as Omicron surges
AFP, Published on 22/12/2021
» PARIS: France started vaccinating children over five and China plunged a city into a strict lockdown on Wednesday as governments scramble to contain fresh virus surges driven by the Omicron variant.
Theranos founder wooed believers in 'parallel universe'
AFP, Published on 25/09/2021
» SAN JOSé (UNITED STATES) - For critics outside the orbit of fallen US biotech star Elizabeth Holmes, her pledges of a medical revolution reeked of quackery. But the faith of close backers -- from a future Pentagon chief to a lab scientist -- was very real.
Rescued turtle had been eating trash
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/08/2021
» Vets are treating a little green turtle rescued in Phuket last month and found to have 158 bits of garbage clogging its gut.
Apple chief talks of self-driving cars
Business, Published on 07/04/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc's chief executive Tim Cook portrayed self-driving cars as an ideal match for the technology giant during an interview released on Monday by The New York Times.
Russian police detain dozens of opposition deputies at forum
AFP, Published on 14/03/2021
» MOSCOW: Russian police on Saturday arrested around 200 opposition politicians and municipal deputies at a Moscow conference as authorities tighten the screws on Kremlin critics ahead of parliamentary elections.
Deadly winter storm blankets eastern US in snow
AFP, Published on 19/02/2021
» NEW YORK - A deadly winter weather system that brought record-busting cold to the southern and central United States, knocking out power for millions in oil-rich Texas, was blanketing the East Coast in snow Thursday, disrupting coronavirus vaccinations.