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Singapore firm rejects $1bn Sri Lankan pollution damages
AFP, Published on 23/09/2025
» SINGAPORE - A Singapore shipping company told AFP on Tuesday it will refuse to pay Sri Lankan court-ordered damages of US$1 billion for causing that country's worst case of environmental pollution.
'Hands Off!' Anti-Trump Americans flood Washington
AFP, Published on 06/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - When Liz Gabbitas joined thousands of fellow protesters Saturday in the US capital, she thought her message to the Trump administration would be best delivered through her homemade sign: a cardboard guillotine.
Pope Francis pays homage to 'beloved' Benedict
AFP, Published on 01/01/2023
» VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis hailed the "beloved" Benedict XVI on Sunday in a New Year's Day service at the Vatican, the day after his predecessor died aged 95.
Pope Francis addresses faithful after ex-pope's death
AFP, Published on 01/01/2023
» VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis will address the Catholic faithful on Sunday at the Vatican, the day after the death of his predecessor at the age of 95.
Crackdown seeks to stifle Iran's critical voices
AFP, Published on 02/08/2022
» PARIS: Executions on a scale not seen for years. Mass arrests of regime critics including top filmmakers. Trials of foreign nationals denounced as a sham by their families.
Marie-Antoinette's silk slipper fetches B1.57m
AFP, Published on 16/11/2020
» PARIS: A white shoe made of silk and goat leather that belonged to Marie-Antoinette, France's last queen before the 1789 revolution, sold for 43,750 euros (1.57 million baht) on Sunday, the auctioneers said.
Swiss voters refuse to rein in immigration from EU
AFP, Published on 27/09/2020
» GENEVA: The Swiss have rejected a bid to dramatically reduce immigration from the EU, but have embraced offering paid paternity leave for the first time, projections from several votes in the country Sunday showed.
Paris fashion goes all 18th century
AFP, Published on 30/09/2019
» PARIS: Dries Van Noten and Christian Lacroix channelled "Barry Lyndon", Andreas Kronthaler and Vivienne Westwood Mozart, and on Sunday US designer Thom Browne went potty for Madame de Pompidour.
Israelis unveil 'world's longest salt cave'
AFP, Published on 28/03/2019
» MOUNT SODOM, Israel: Israeli cave explorers said on Thursday that a salt cave with striking stalactites near the Dead Sea is the world's longest, beating the record-holder in Iran.