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The man on the border has seen it all
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 21/05/2023
» Lt Cmdr D E McShane was holding his plane ticket home to begin his retirement in 2019 when then-President Donald Trump announced that he would be flying to the border between the two Koreas to meet Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea.
Pakistan’s top court orders Imran Khan released
Published on 11/05/2023
» ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of detained former prime minister Imran Khan, offering a major victory for the onetime leader who was arrested on graft charges, and escalating a political crisis that has engulfed the country.
Sunak says UK police independent after coronation arrests
AFP, Published on 09/05/2023
» LONDON - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak insisted on Tuesday that the country's police forces were "operationally independent", after a backlash about the arrest of anti-monarchists before a protest at King Charles III's coronation.
Hong Kongers find new ways to defend democratic ideals
AFP, Published on 09/05/2023
» HONG KONG - Two years after being released from a Hong Kong prison, Lau Ka-tung has lost count of the times he has returned -- not as an inmate, but to offer support to pro-democracy activists in jail.
Canada expels Chinese diplomat over alleged intimidation plan
AFP, Published on 09/05/2023
» OTTAWA - Ottawa announced Monday the expulsion of a Chinese diplomat accused of having sought to intimidate a Canadian lawmaker critical of Beijing, plunging the two nations into a new diplomatic row.
Thousands rally against violence in Serbia after mass shootings
AFP, Published on 09/05/2023
» BELGRADE - Thousands rallied in the Serbian capital Belgrade on Monday, with the protesters calling for the resignation of top officials and the curtailing of violence in the media, after back-to-back shootings stunned the Balkan country.
Pomp and protests as UK holds first coronation in 70 years
AFP, Published on 05/05/2023
» LONDON - Britain's first coronation in 70 years takes place on Saturday, with Charles III crowned king in an elaborate Christian ceremony steeped in solemn ritual and more than a millennium of history.
UK republicans eye coronation to rally support
AFP, Published on 30/04/2023
» LONDON: Despite his surname, Ryan King will not be among those waving Union Jack flags at the coronation of King Charles III next week.
Macron warns about Le Pen and regrets pensions campaign
AFP, Published on 24/04/2023
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron warned Sunday about far-right leader Marine Le Pen coming to power as he suggested that he should have got more involved in selling his unpopular pension reform to the country.
Teargas fired as Macron faces hostile crowd
AFP, Published on 20/04/2023
» GANGES, France: French police fired teargas Thursday in a village in southern France where President Emmanuel Macron visited a school, a day after he was booed and heckled over his unpopular pension reform.