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Former EU Commission president Jacques Delors dies at 98
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» PARIS - Jacques Delors, a former head of the EU Commission and key figure in the creation of the euro currency, has died, his daughter Martine Aubry told AFP on Wednesday.
‘Shock therapy’ begins in Argentina
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» BUENOS AIRES - Argentine President Javier Milei has announced a series of measures to deregulate the country's struggling economy, eliminating or changing more than 300 rules via presidential decree, including on rent and labour practices.
Northern Ireland political impasse to drag into 2024
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» CRAIGAVON, Northern Ireland - A lengthy boycott of devolved government in Northern Ireland will stretch into 2024 after talks to end the impasse stalled Tuesday, with frustration mounting over political dysfunction and crumbling public services.
Feline frontier: NASA sends HD cat video from deep space
AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - NASA on Monday announced it had used a state-of-the-art laser communication system on a spaceship 31 million kilometres from Earth -- to send a high-definition cat video.
Serbian ruling party hails election win amid calls for protest
AFP, Published on 18/12/2023
» BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic looked poised to tighten his grip on power Monday after his party secured a parliamentary majority with a dominating victory at the polls, even as the opposition called for protests.
Drone in Chiang Mai helps solve forest carbon capture riddle
AFP, Published on 18/12/2023
» CHIANG MAI: On a hillside overlooking cabbage fields outside the northern city of Chiang Mai, a drone's rotors begin to whir, lifting it over a patch of forest.
Battling Man Utd hold Liverpool as Arsenal top Premier League
AFP, Published on 18/12/2023
» LONDON - Manchester United ended Liverpool's perfect record at Anfield on Sunday, holding the Premier League title chasers to a 0-0 draw after wins for Arsenal and Aston Villa.
'It's finished!': IEA boss says COP28 bid farewell to fossil fuels
AFP, Published on 15/12/2023
» PARIS - While the UN's COP28 climate summit marked a pivot moment, when the world pledged to say "goodbye" to fossil fuels, International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol told AFP on Friday, it needs to now urgently boost finance for the energy transition in developing countries.
Georgia 'will fail outside EU', says ex-leader
AFP, Published on 15/12/2023
» TBILISI - Georgia's imprisoned opposition leader and former president Mikheil Saakashvili has warned that Tbilisi's failure to secure European Union membership would put at risk its very existence as an independent nation.
Israel bombs Gaza as rift with US grows
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israel bombed Gaza on Thursday as a top White House advisor was due to arrive in Jerusalem with a rift growing over United States calls for its ally to exercise restraint.