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Cambodia says it's only retaliating to Thai attacks
AFP, Published on 09/12/2025
» PHNOM PENH - Cambodia has retaliated in a reignited border conflict with Thailand, the former leader of Cambodia Hun Sen, said Tuesday, after Phnom Penh accused Thai forces of shelling positions overnight in fighting that has killed seven civilians and a Thai soldier.
Need to pee? Japan has a QR code for that
AFP, Published on 28/08/2025
» TOKYO - The Japanese toilet maker Toto has introduced a service allowing those caught short in public to locate the nearest washrooms and see how busy they are real-time with a phone and QR code.
From Berlusconi to Prigozhin and Tina Turner: notable deaths of 2023
AFP, Published on 28/11/2023
» PARIS - From Italy's ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi to rock queen Tina Turner and Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, here are some of 2023's most notable deaths.
'Pee-wee Herman' actor Paul Reubens dies aged 70
AFP, Published on 01/08/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Paul Reubens, the US comic who became famous in the 1980s for playing eccentric man-child Pee-wee Herman, and later infamous for his arrest at an adult theater, has died aged 70.
Streaming giant shines new light on Thai boys cave rescue
AFP, Published on 21/09/2022
» It is the rescue retold around the world: 12 boys, their coach, and impossible odds.
Submit or quit: Teacher, student brain drain hits Hong Kong schools
AFP, Published on 01/09/2022
» HONG KONG: As Hong Kong students return for the new academic year, veteran teacher Wong is counting down the days until the political maelstrom sweeping the city leaves him no choice but to quit.
Pee pals: Dolphins taste friends' urine to know they're around
AFP, Published on 19/05/2022
» WASHINGTON - Think about people you know, and how you could tell they were around even if you couldn't see them: perhaps their voice, or a favored perfume.
Rossi's reign ends in Spain as busy 'retirement' beckons
AFP, Published on 11/11/2021
» VALENCIA (SPAIN) - A sporting icon rides into retirement on Sunday at the Valencia MotoGP where nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi's name will grace the grid for the very last time.
R. Kelly conviction offers measure of justice for long-silenced Black women
AFP, Published on 29/09/2021
» NEW YORK - For decades women and girls, most of them Black, sounded the alarm over R. Kelly's web of abuse, only to hear their voices silenced.