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Heaviest rain in 120 years hits South Korean region
AFP, Published on 17/07/2025
» SEOSAN CITY, South Korea - At least three people were killed and more than 1,000 evacuated on Thursday after South Korea was hit by torrential rains, officials said, with one region pummelled by the most rainfall per hour since full records began.
A 10-day journey across snowy Iran
Roger Crutchley, Published on 22/06/2025
» Watching events unfold in the Middle East last week sparked memories of the brief time I spent in Iran a long time ago in more peaceful times. In February 1969 I travelled across the northern part of the nation during an overland trip from London to New Delhi. The country was still run by the Shah who was overthrown 10 years later in the Iranian Revolution.
Singer Chris Brown pleads not guilty in UK assault case
AFP, Published on 20/06/2025
» LONDON - American R&B singer Chris Brown on Friday pleaded not guilty in a UK court to a charge stemming from an alleged London nightclub brawl in 2023.
Thai police bust child sexual exploitation network on Discord platform
Online Reporters, Published on 13/06/2025
» Thailand's Central Investigation Bureau on Thursday announced a series of raids on a human trafficking and child sexual exploitation ring operating through a secret Discord server named “Monarch V2” or “Monarch”.
US singer Chris Brown charged with assault in Britain
AFP, Published on 16/05/2025
» LONDON — American R&B singer Chris Brown, the former boyfriend of superstar Rihanna, is due to appear in a UK court on Friday after being arrested and charged over an alleged assault at a London nightclub in 2023, police said.
Djurgarden eyeing Chelsea upset in historic Conference League semi-final
AFP, Published on 30/04/2025
» PARIS — Djurgarden are targeting a seismic Conference League shock against Chelsea on Thursday, when they will become the first Swedish team to play in a European semi-final for 38 years.
Francis: radical leader who broke the papal mould
AFP, Published on 21/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, who died Monday aged 88, will go down in history as a radical pontiff, a champion of underdogs who forged a more compassionate Catholic Church while stopping short of overhauling centuries-old dogma.
Why did a Dominican nightclub roof cave in?
AFP, Published on 11/04/2025
» SANTO DOMINGO - The government of the Dominican Republic has vowed an exhaustive investigation into why the roof of a nightclub caved in on revellers, killing more than 200.
Death toll in Dominican nightclub disaster rises to 218
AFP, Published on 10/04/2025
» SANTO DOMINGO - The death toll after a roof collapsed at a crowded nightclub in the Dominican Republic has climbed to 218, the head of rescue operations said Thursday, in the Caribbean nation's worst disaster in decades.
Roof collapse in Dominican Republic kills at least 67
New York Times, Published on 09/04/2025
» SANTO DOMINGO — Using heavy machinery, drones, dogs and dozens of rescuers, officials worked frantically Tuesday to find survivors of a deadly roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic, where authorities said at least 67 people died.