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Meta says Malaysian PM Anwar's posts on Haniyeh assassination were removed in error
Published on 06/08/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR: Meta Platforms apologised on Tuesday for erroneously removing Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's social media posts in which he expressed condolences to a Hamas official about the assassination of the group's leader Ismail Haniyeh.
UK police to charge 17-year-old with murder over Southport child killings
South China Morning Post, Published on 01/08/2024
» LONDON - Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said on Wednesday it has authorised the police to charge the 17-year-old male who was in custody on suspicion for the death of three young girls in a knife attack in Southport with three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder.
World leaders condemn shooting at Trump rally, denounce political violence
Published on 14/07/2024
» WASHINGTON - Various world leaders on Saturday condemned the shooting at Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania in which the former president was shot in the right ear, while one rally attendee and the shooter were left dead.
More than 60 are missing in Nepal after landslide sweeps buses into river
New York Times, Published on 13/07/2024
» KATHMANDU — More than 60 people are missing after a landslide swept two moving passenger buses into a river swollen by monsoon rains in central Nepal in the early hours of Friday, officials said.
Biden's lapses are said to be increasingly common and worrisome
New York Times, Published on 03/07/2024
» NEW YORK - In the weeks and months before United States President Joe Biden’s politically devastating performance on the debate stage in Atlanta, several current and former officials and others who encountered him behind closed doors noticed that he increasingly appeared confused or listless or would lose the thread of conversations.
Julian Assange pleads guilty, securing his freedom
New York Times, Published on 26/06/2024
» SYDNEY — Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge of violating the US Espionage Act, securing his freedom under a plea deal that saw its final act play out in a remote US courtroom in Saipan in the Western Pacific.
Ukraine starts EU membership talks
Published on 25/06/2024
» BRUSSELS - The European Union opened membership talks with Ukraine on Tuesday, giving the country a political boost in the midst of its war against Russia, although a long and tough road still lies ahead before it could join the bloc.
Wikileaks says Assange freed from prison, flown out of UK
Reuters, Published on 25/06/2024
» LONDON - Wikileaks said that its founder, Julian Assange, had left a British prison on Monday and had flown out of the United Kingdom.
Police minister is Vietnam’s new president
Published on 18/05/2024
» HANOI - The Communist Party in Vietnam has named General To Lam, the country’s police minister, as state president, the government said on Saturday, and also nominated a new head of parliament in a major leadership reshuffle.
Hun Sen urges Myanmar junta chief to grant him access to Suu Kyi
Published on 08/05/2024
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's former Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Tuesday he had asked Myanmar's junta leader to allow him to speak via video call to detained Novel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, a request he said would be given consideration.