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Vatican chimney installed ahead of papal conclave
AFP, Published on 02/05/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Firefighters installed the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel on Friday which will emit white smoke to signal the election of a new pope as preparations proceed just five days before cardinals gather for the conclave.
Author of explosive Meta memoir to star at US Senate hearing
AFP, Published on 09/04/2025
» SAN FRANCISCO — The former Facebook employee behind a scathing book about parent company Meta will testify Wednesday before United States senators keen to establish whether the social networking giant ever collaborated with the Chinese government.
Built to last?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/03/2025
» Re: "Five killed in beam collapse on Rama II Road", (BP, March 16).
Drop in US border crossings goes deeper than Trump
AFP, Published on 07/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump boasts he has brought illegal border crossings into the United States to record lows, but experts say the reasons for the drop go beyond his hardline anti-immigration stance.
Singapore opposition leader convicted of lying as poll looms
Published on 17/02/2025
» Singapore’s leader of the opposition was convicted and fined by a court on lying charges in a widely watched decision that could disqualify him from contesting a national election this year.
Life ruined: UK town broken by 'rape grooming' gangs wants answers
AFP, Published on 03/02/2025
» ROTHERHAM, United Kingdom - Once famed as an industrial powerhouse that produced some of the world's finest steel, Rotherham is now known as the epicentre of the UK grooming scandal, leaving the town angry, ashamed and needing answers.
Trump foreign-aid freeze leaves millions without essential drugs
Published on 28/01/2025
» The Trump administration has moved to stop the supply of lifesaving drugs for HIV, malaria and tuberculosis, as well as medical supplies for newborn babies, in countries supported by USAID around the globe, a memo reviewed by Reuters shows.
Trump pardons of Capitol rioters spark jubiliation, outrage
AFP, Published on 22/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump's sweeping pardons of Capitol rioters drew starkly contrasting reactions on Tuesday, largely embraced by his Republican supporters and vehemently condemned by Democrats.
Trump takes US reins with flurry of executive orders
AFP, Published on 21/01/2025
» WASHINGTON — United States President Donald Trump begins his first full day in office Tuesday, riding a wave of executive orders signed just hours after his inauguration on everything from immigration to the environment and culture wars.
Triumphant Trump set for return to power
AFP, Published on 20/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump will be sworn in for a historic second term as US president Monday, promising a new "golden age" for America as the world braces for a return of his unpredictable leadership.