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More than 10,000 Spain-bound migrants lost at sea in 2024
AFP, Published on 26/12/2024
» MADRID - At least 10,457 migrants died or disappeared while trying to reach Spain by sea in 2024, a non-governmental organisation said on Thursday, nearly 60% more than last year and the most since it began keeping a tally in 2007.
North Korea fires 'medium range or longer' ballistic missile
AFP, Published on 13/04/2023
» SEOUL - North Korea fired a ballistic missile Thursday, Seoul's military said, prompting Japan to briefly issue a seek shelter warning to residents of the northern Hokkaido region.
Putin 'likely approved MH17 missile supply'
AFP, Published on 08/02/2023
» THE HAGUE: There are "strong indications" that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally approved the supply of the missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, international investigators said on Wednesday.
Britain draws pride from 'The Queue' for their queen
AFP, Published on 15/09/2022
» LONDON - Orderly and good-natured, the enormous waiting line to see Queen Elizabeth II's coffin is being hailed as a triumph of Britishness in a country that prides itself on its queueing finesse.
'Battlefield mode': Hong Kong hospitals buckle under Omicron wave
AFP, Published on 17/02/2022
» HONG KONG: Huddled under blankets and thermal shields, dozens of elderly patients shivered on gurneys outside a hospital serving one of Hong Kong's poorest communities -- a grim tableau for the city as its health system buckles under an Omicron-fuelled coronavirus wave.
North and South Korea restore cross-border hotline
AFP, Published on 04/10/2021
» SEOUL - North and South Korea have restored their cross-border communication, with officials exchanging their first phone call Monday after dropping them in August.
Two Koreas restore severed communications in surprise thaw
AFP, Published on 27/07/2021
» SEOUL: North and South Korea signalled a surprise thaw in relations on Tuesday, announcing a restoration of cross-border communications that were severed more than a year ago and revealing that their leaders had exchanged a series of letters.
As pandemic eases, fatal gender violence worsens in Europe
AFP, Published on 28/06/2021
» MADRID - As life gradually returns to normal in Europe, there has been a resurgence of deadly violence against women as abusers experience a "loss of the control" they had throughout the coronavirus lockdowns.
Pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper halts shares after asset freeze
AFP, Published on 17/05/2021
» Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy media group announced it was halting share trading Monday, two days after authorities froze the assets of its jailed owner Jimmy Lai under a new national security law.
'A total lie': False ads, bad advice puts China's mums off breastfeeding
AFP, Published on 20/08/2020
» BEIJING - Unregulated, aggressive promotion of formula milk, poor medical advice, short maternity leave and workplaces hostile to nursing mothers mean China has among the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world and is falling well short of its own targets, experts warn.