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Chinese company gives leftover hotpot oil second life as jet fuel
AFP, Published on 21/11/2023
» CHENGDU (CHINA) - At an upmarket restaurant in the hotpot-loving Chinese city of Chengdu, diners plunge sliced meat and vegetables into cauldrons of spicy, oily broth, largely unaware that their leftovers are set to take on a second life as jet fuel.
Southeast Asia's Russian dilemma as summits loom
AFP, Published on 09/11/2022
» Southeast Asian countries look set to maintain ties with Russia as a trio of global summits loom, despite United States-led efforts to isolate Moscow over its Ukraine invasion.
Myanmar junta diverting civilian jet fuel to military: Amnesty
AFP, Published on 03/11/2022
» Aviation fuel supplied to junta-ruled Myanmar for civilian planes is being diverted to the military, whose air force has been linked to war crimes, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
'Watched the whole time': China's surveillance state grows under Xi
AFP, Published on 06/10/2022
» BEIJING - When Chen picked up his phone to vent his anger at getting a parking ticket, his message on WeChat was a drop in the ocean of daily posts on China's biggest social network.
Pet owners go private to jet 'fur babies' out of Hong Kong
AFP, Published on 01/02/2022
» HONG KONG: Bags packed and ready to go, Hong Kong house cats Teddy and Newman were all set for leaving on a private jet plane -- an expensive last resort for their owners as the city piles on pandemic restrictions.
Tel Aviv ranked world's priciest city for first time
AFP, Published on 01/12/2021
» LONDON - Tel Aviv is the world's most expensive city to live in as soaring inflation has pushed up living costs globally, according to a survey published on Wednesday.
Finnish scientists create 'sustainable' lab-grown coffee
AFP, Published on 27/10/2021
» Latte drinkers may in the future be sipping on java sourced from a petri dish rather than a plantation, say scientists behind a new technique to grow what they hope to be sustainable coffee in a lab.
US seizes tanker used to deliver oil to N.Korea
AFP, Published on 31/07/2021
» WASHINGTON - The United States on Friday seized a Singapore-owned oil tanker that was used to make illegal oil deliveries to North Korea, the Justice Department said.
Catalonia reimposes curbs as Delta wreaks havoc
AFP, Published on 10/07/2021
» BARCELONA: The Spanish region of Catalonia was on Saturday set to reimpose virus restrictions in the face of rising coronavirus infections, as the highly contagious Delta strain forced nations worldwide to put the brakes on a long-awaited return to normalcy.
Egypt train collision kills 32
AFP, Published on 27/03/2021
» TAHTA (EGYPT) - A collision between two trains killed at least 32 people and left more than 160 injured Friday in southern Egypt, a country plagued by fatal rail accidents widely blamed on crumbling infrastructure and poor maintenance.