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Zambia's Kenneth Kaunda, Africa's 'Gandhi', dead at 97
AFP, Published on 18/06/2021
» LUSAKA: Zambia's founding president Kenneth Kaunda died on Thursday at the age of 97, the government announced, days after he was admitted to hospital with pneumonia.
Kaunda: Zambian liberation leader dies at 97
AFP, Published on 17/06/2021
» LUSAKA - Former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda was a hero of the struggle against white rule in southern Africa, but lost his hold on power when democracy spread across the continent.
Tough security for Indian Kashmir's first vote since autonomy cancelled
AFP, Published on 29/11/2020
» SRINAGAR: Thousands of troops guarded polling stations as Indian Kashmir on Saturday held its first direct elections since the government stripped its semi-autonomy last year.
Masks on the street but not at work? Experts urge consistency
AFP, Published on 14/08/2020
» PARIS - Faced with an upsurge in coronavirus cases and alarm over images of summer crowds packing onto streets and beaches, some European governments have mandated masks even in open-air public places.
Point of contagion: Mass gatherings and the coronavirus
AFP, Published on 10/04/2020
» PARIS - Congregations of a secretive South Korean sect, an assembly of French evangelists and major European football matches: as the new coronavirus radiated across the planet it seeded clusters of infections at mass gatherings that helped magnify its spread.
Four suicide bombers on motorbikes hit Indonesian police HQ
AFP, Published on 14/05/2018
» SURABAYA, Indonesia: Four militants on two motorcycles blew themselves up at a police headquarters in Indonesia's second city Surabaya on Monday, wounding at least 10 people including officers, authorities said, a day after a deadly wave of suicide bombings hit churches.
India's capital to restrict cars to curb choking smog
AFP, Published on 04/12/2015
» NEW DELHI - Authorities in India's smog-hit capital said Friday that private vehicles would only be allowed on the roads on alternate days starting from January.
Amazon Japan employee investigated over child porn: reports
AFP, Published on 19/03/2015
» TOKYO - Japanese authorities are investigating a worker at Amazon's local unit over claims he was involved in the sale of child pornography, reports said Thursday, marking another police probe into the US-based web retailer.
Novartis Japan facing penalty over drug side effects
AFP, Published on 04/02/2015
» TOKYO - Japanese health authorities said on Wednesday that they will soon make a decision on a possible penalty against the local unit of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis for failing to report drug side effects.
Alibaba and Wanda face off: online and offline
AFP, Published on 01/10/2014
» BEIJING - China's former richest man Wang Jianlin once bet Alibaba founder Jack Ma 100 million yuan ($16.3 million) that online purchases in the country would not eclipse bricks-and-mortar buys in the next decade.