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China warns Asian nations to avoid being used as 'chess pieces' by big powers
Published on 11/07/2022
» JAKARTA: China's foreign minister Wang Yi warned on Monday during a policy speech in the Indonesian capital that countries should avoid being used as "chess pieces" by major powers in a region at risk of being reshaped by geopolitical factors.
MLB suspends 12 for roles in Angels brawl with Mariners
AFP, Published on 29/06/2022
» NEW YORK - Major League Baseball has announced suspensions for 12 people in the wake of Sunday's benches-clearing brawl between the Los Angeles Angels and Seattle Mariners.
Honouring the heroes of Ukraine
Life, Published on 29/06/2022
» Ukrainian soldiers and defenders of freedom who died or were killed in the Russia-Ukraine war are being honoured in an art exhibition sponsored by the Ukrainian embassy.
UK's wounded Johnson fights on despite Tory revolt
AFP, Published on 07/06/2022
» LONDON - Britain's embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed on Tuesday to plough on with policy priorities including the economy and Ukraine, but was urged by a Conservative predecessor to quit and save the nation from further "agonies".
K-pop super band BTS says 'devastated' by US hate crimes
AFP, Published on 01/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - South Korean K-pop supergroup BTS used a White House visit Tuesday to call out a growth in anti-Asian hate crimes in the United States.
Russian spy network shatters
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 01/05/2022
» He lived with his sick mother and never had a regular job. He had no obvious source of income and, according to his uncle, even signed up for welfare benefits as a caregiver deserving of state support.
The Bunnag clan from the inside
Life, Chris Baker, Published on 01/04/2022
» Bunnag may be the best-known surname in Thailand because of the size of the clan, its historical role, and the name's blessed two-syllable brevity. The resounding title of this book suggests a grand tale of the clan marching through history. Not so. This is an intensely personal account of one person refinding himself in the shadow of the past.
Murder, she wrote
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 27/03/2022
» It took Cristina Rivera Garza 30 years to write the story of her sister's unsolved murder.
Ukraine war's spillover swamps poor countries still reeling from Covid-19
Business, Published on 24/03/2022
» Over the past 120 years, a Beirut bakery has survived civil war, Lebanon's financial crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic. Fighting in Ukraine, disrupting food and energy supplies world-wide, may soon put it out of business.
Becker on trial accused of failing to hand over trophies to settle debts
AFP, Published on 21/03/2022
» LONDON - A British jury was told to ignore Boris Becker's celebrity status on Monday as the former world number one tennis player faces trial, accused of failing to hand over trophies he won to settle his debts.