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UN: Hundreds of refugees adrift in Andaman
Published on 06/12/2023
» About 400 people are believed to be stranded on two boats adrift in the Andaman Sea, the United Nations refugee agency says, calling on nearby governments to help rescue them.
Premier League announces record $8.45 bn domestic TV deal
AFP, Published on 05/12/2023
» LONDON - The Premier League announced on Monday it had agreed a record pound sterling6.7 billion ($8.45 billion) domestic television rights deal for a four-year period starting from the 2025/26 season.
Greenland's Inuit falling through thin ice of climate change
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» ITTOQQORTOORMIIT (DENMARK) - The thunder of icebergs crashing into the turquoise sea of eastern Greenland is the sound of one of the planet's most important ecosystems teetering on the edge of collapse.
Tens of thousands march for climate in Brussels
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» BRUSSELS: Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Brussels on Sunday to demand urgent action against climate change as world leaders gathered for crunch COP28 talks in the United Arab Emirates.
Religious leaders, victims' relatives hold UK vigil over Israel-Hamas war
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» LONDON - A UK interfaith coalition comprising religious, political and civic leaders, as well as grieving relatives of some of those killed in the Israel-Hamas war, held a vigil Sunday in London.
Feeling stressed? Cuddle a cow, says UK dairy farm
AFP, Published on 03/12/2023
» BEVERLEY (UNITED KINGDOM) - Morag, an imposing Highland cow with a caramel coat, ambles out of the main shed at Dumble Farm in northern England and stands ready to meet her guests.
Some 170 Rohingya land in Indonesia in latest boat arrival
Reuters, Published on 02/12/2023
» JAKARTA - Some 170 ethnic Rohingya people arrived in Indonesia on Saturday, head of a provincial fishing community said, in the latest boat arrivals in recent weeks that have brought more than 1,000 from Myanmar's Muslim minority to the country.
Deadly fighting resumes in Gaza as truce expires
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Intense fighting erupted once again in Gaza on Friday as a week-long truce expired and Israel resumed its deadly bombardment of suspected Hamas positions in the densely inhabited Palestinian territory.
Spain bets on mixed gender prisons
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» TEIXEIRO (SPAIN) - At a jail in northwestern Spain, a sole female inmate played football with 21 male convicts, part of a push towards mixed prison living that remains rare in Europe.
Give formula for peace a chance, Zelensky says
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 01/12/2023
» KYIV - President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is stepping up calls for China to join the Ukrainian Peace Formula more forcefully for a true and just peace.