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Seven dead after Sydney mall stabbing spree
Published on 13/04/2024
» SYDNEY - A man who fatally knifed six people in a Sydney mall was shot dead by a policewoman in the beachside suburb of Bondi on Saturday, Australian authorities said, as hundreds fled the scene.
Algiers: jet skiers 'refusal to comply' led to shooting
AFP, Published on 04/09/2023
» ALGIERS - Algeria said Sunday its security forces had opened fire this week after a group of jet skiers from Morocco ignored warning shots and refused to comply with orders to stop.
Scheffler, Hovland and Conners share lead at PGA Championship
AFP, Published on 20/05/2023
» ROCHESTER (UNITED STATES) - Scottie Scheffler, Viktor Hovland and Corey Conners delivered clutch birdies and grinded out par saves to share the lead after Friday's second round of the PGA Championship as rivals stumbled at rainy Oak Hill.
Gaza truce largely holds as Palestinians, Israelis count deadly cost
AFP, Published on 15/05/2023
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Calm returned to Gaza Sunday as a fragile ceasefire largely held, leaving Palestinians and Israelis to count the cost of five days of cross-border fire that killed dozens.
'Get ready': Taiwan civilians train for Chinese invasion
AFP, Published on 19/04/2023
» TAIPEI - Physician Lin Yuh-ting has taken time out of her weekend to learn civilian defence tips she can relay to her two young children in case China invades self-ruled Taiwan.
US downing of Chinese spy balloon ends chapter in diplomatic crisis
Published on 05/02/2023
» WASHINGTON: The United States shot down a Chinese spy balloon Saturday that had spent the past week traversing the country, an explosive end to a drama that put a diplomatic crisis between the world’s two great powers onto television screens in real time.
In Biden's America, even the babies are upset
AFP, Published on 04/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - If kissing babies has long been the politician's dream photo-op, then Joe Biden’s clumsy response to a national baby food shortage is quickly turning into a political nightmare -- and the symbol of a presidency struggling to stem discontent.
Deal-maker Trump still rakes it in
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 27/02/2022
» In early December, Donald Trump put on a tuxedo and boarded the private jet of a scrap-metal magnate and crypto-miner for a short flight across Florida, touching down at an airport in Naples. There, a long red carpet marked the pathway into a Christmas-decorated hangar filled with supporters of Mr Trump who had paid US$10,000 (323,400 baht) to $30,000 for the privilege of attending a party and taking a photo with him.
Rio police face fury, calls for probe after bloody raid
AFP, Published on 08/05/2021
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Police in Brazil faced outraged protests and a UN call for an investigation Friday after a raid on a Rio de Janeiro favela left 25 people dead -- some reportedly killed in cold blood.
Police crackdown rocks top Mexican tourist resort
AFP, Published on 12/11/2020
» CANCúN (MEXICO) - Images of terrified protesters fleeing police and gunfire have shaken one of Mexico's top beach resorts and dealt another blow to a tourism industry already reeling from the coronavirus pandemic.