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WORLD

UK PM says Mandelson 'lied' about Epstein relations

AFP, Published on 05/02/2026

» LONDON - Prime Minister Keir Starmer Wednesday said he regretted naming Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US, following fresh allegations about the disgraced envoy's close ties to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

WORLD

Wildfire smoke kills more than 24,000 Americans a year: study

AFP, Published on 05/02/2026

» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Wildfires are growing larger, lasting longer and happening more often as the climate warms -- but the toll from their toxic smoke, especially from long-term exposure, remains poorly understood.

WORLD

Man sentenced to life in prison for plotting to kill Trump in 2024

AFP, Published on 05/02/2026

» FORT PIERCE (UNITED STATES) - A man who plotted to assassinate President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course in September 2024, two months before the US election, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.

WORLD

Xi calls for 'mutual respect' with Trump, hails ties with Putin

AFP, Published on 05/02/2026

» BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed Iran and other thorny subjects Wednesday with both US counterpart Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin, hailing tighter ties with Moscow and calling for "mutual respect" with Washington.

WORLD

Ukraine says Abu Dhabi talks with Russia 'substantive and productive'

AFP, Published on 05/02/2026

» ABU DHABI - A first day of talks between Ukraine, Russia and the United States seeking to broker an end to the war in Ukraine concluded Wednesday in Abu Dhabi with Kyiv describing the negotiations as "substantive and productive".

WORLD

Breakthrough or prelude to attack? What we know about Iran-US talks

AFP, Published on 04/02/2026

» PARIS (FRANCE) — US and Iranian officials are due this week to hold their first talks since Iran launched a deadly crackdown on protests, in a meeting likely to be crucial in determining if the United States carries out renewed military action against the Islamic republic.

SPORTS

Can Vonn defy ACL rupture to win Olympic medal?

AFP, Published on 04/02/2026

» CORTINA D'AMPEZZO (ITALY) — Lindsey Vonn is convinced that her dream of a medal at the Winter Olympics could still become reality even after knee ligament damage almost forced her to drop out days before the Milan-Cortina Games.

THAILAND

Teen, 15, arrested a day after Hat Yai gold robbery

Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 04/02/2026

» UBON RATCHATHANI — Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police arrested a 15-year-old Songkhla native at the Ubon Ratchathani bus terminal on Wednesday evening, one day after he allegedly stole about 2.43 million baht in gold from a Hat Yai mall shop.

THAILAND

Two ‘foreigners’ wanted for spray‑painting Chiang Mai temple wall

Published on 04/02/2026

» CHIANG MAI — The abbot of a 400-year-old Buddhist temple in this northern province has filed a police complaint after CCTV footage captured a man and woman — believed to be foreigners — spray-painting its perimeter wall, despite the temple having spent money repainting it several times.

WORLD

Gunmen kill at least 162 in new Nigeria attack

AFP, Published on 04/02/2026

» KWARA — Gunmen killed at least 162 people in Nigeria's Kwara state in one of the deadliest attacks in the country in recent months, a Red Cross official said Wednesday.