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Liverpool fightback to beat Leicester as Spurs, Chelsea reach League Cup semis
AFP, Published on 23/12/2021
» LIVERPOOL - Liverpool came from two goals down to beat Leicester on penalties after a pulsating League Cup quarter-final ended 3-3 at Anfield as Tottenham and Chelsea also made the semi-finals on Wednesday.
French far-right pundit Zemmour launches presidential bid
AFP, Published on 01/12/2021
» PARIS - French far-right pundit Eric Zemmour announced on Tuesday that he will run for president in next year's election, staking his claim in a video peppered with anti-immigrant rhetoric and doom-laden warnings about the future.
UK to probe 'systematic bias' in medical devices tech
AFP, Published on 21/11/2021
» LONDON - Britain's health secretary announced Sunday he has launched an independent review to examine if "systematic bias" exists in the development of medical devices, after Covid-19 brought the issue "to the fore".
US in drug overdose 'crisis' as deaths top 100,000 for first time
AFP, Published on 18/11/2021
» WASHINGTON - US annual drug overdose deaths have surged to more than 100,000 for the first time, a "crisis" driven mainly by fentanyl, officials said Wednesday.
France's right-wing Republicans target Macron in first election debate
AFP, Published on 09/11/2021
» PARIS - French right-wing presidential candidates vying to clinch the nomination for the Republicans party took aim at President Emmanuel Macron on Monday in the first of several televised debates they hope will energise their flagging campaigns.
France defers reprisals in post-Brexit fish fight
AFP, Published on 02/11/2021
» PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday refrained from implementing a threat to disrupt trade with Britain in a standoff over post-Brexit fishing rights as talks to defuse the latest row continued in Brussels.
Singapore patrol robots stoke fears of surveillance state
AFP, Published on 06/10/2021
» SINGAPORE: Singapore has trialled patrol robots that blast warnings at people engaging in "undesirable social behaviour", adding to an arsenal of surveillance technology in the tightly controlled city-state that is fuelling privacy concerns.
Singapore trials patrol robots to deter bad behaviour
Reuters, Published on 06/09/2021
» Singapore has started testing robots to patrol public areas and deter poor social behaviour in its latest effort to further augment its strong portfolio of surveillance tools.
Nice authorities announce stand closure and arrest after abandoned Marseille game
AFP, Published on 24/08/2021
» PARIS - Local authorities in Nice on Monday ordered a four-match stand closure and local police arrested a man as investigations continued into the ugly incidents which led to the abandonment of Nice's weekend Ligue 1 match with Marseille.
WHO asks China for more data on Covid origins as Russia deaths spike
AFP, Published on 13/08/2021
» GENEVA: The WHO on Thursday urged China to share raw data from the earliest Covid-19 cases to revive its probe into the origins of the disease, as Russia recorded record deaths.