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Israel presses Gaza offensive in war it says will last 'months'
AFP, Published on 15/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (Palestinian territories) - Israel pressed its offensive in the Gaza Strip on Friday after telling key backer the United States that the war to crush Hamas will last "more than several months".
Ottawa, Google reach 'historic' deal to support Canadian media
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» OTTAWA - The Canadian government and Google announced Wednesday a "historic" deal to support the country's media, heading off an imminent threat by the digital giant to block news on its platform.
Japan 'left behind' as Women's World Cup glory becomes distant memory
AFP, Published on 20/07/2023
» TOKYO: Japan won the World Cup in 2011 playing a free-flowing style that made them the envy of women's football, but they have fallen behind since then, sparking accusations of mismanagement and neglect.
Indian state extends internet ban in hunt for Sikh separatist
AFP, Published on 21/03/2023
» AMRITSAR (INDIA) - Indian authorities extended a mobile internet blackout across a state of about 30 million people on Monday as police hunted a radical Sikh preacher.
Power returns to cities in Pakistan day after massive outage
AFP, Published on 24/01/2023
» ISLAMABAD - Power had returned to most cities across Pakistan on Tuesday, a day after a nationwide breakdown left the country of 220 million people without electricity.
Flood-damaged Phuket returning to normal
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 17/10/2022
» PHUKET: Cleanup and relief operations were in full swing on Monday after the flooding that caused chaos on this southern island resort province on Sunday drained off and life began returning to normal.
Disaster awaits
Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/08/2022
» Re: "Bangkok still tangled up in sky spaghetti", (PostScript, Aug 14).
Ukraine pounded and exodus mounts as Russia seizes key city
AFP, Published on 03/03/2022
» KYIV: Russian troops seized Kherson, the first major Ukrainian city to fall in a war that has drawn global outrage and driven one million civilians from their homes, ahead of ceasefire talks Thursday.
Russia seizes key southern Ukraine city after week of war
AFP, Published on 03/03/2022
» KYIV - Russian troops have seized Kherson, the first major Ukrainian city to fall in a devastating week-old war that has already created one million refugees.
Russians beaten back in Kyiv
Published on 26/02/2022
» KYIV: Ukrainian forces repulsed a Russian attack on Kyiv but “sabotage groups” infiltrated the capital, officials said on Saturday as a defiant President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed his country would never give in.