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Singer Chris Brown pleads not guilty in UK assault case
AFP, Published on 20/06/2025
» LONDON - American R&B singer Chris Brown on Friday pleaded not guilty in a UK court to a charge stemming from an alleged London nightclub brawl in 2023.
King Charles addresses Italian parliament, greets pope
AFP, Published on 10/04/2025
» ROME - Britain’s King Charles III told Italy’s parliament Wednesday that peace is “never to be taken for granted” before ending a visit to Rome with a surprise visit to a convalescing Pope Francis.
Fears and hopes at collapsed Mandalay school
AFP, Published on 30/03/2025
» MANDALAY (MYANMAR) - Rescuers clambered into the wreckage of the Wisdom Villa Private High School on the outskirts of Mandalay on Saturday until a jammed door blocked their passage.
China's Alibaba to invest $50bn in AI, cloud computing
AFP, Published on 24/02/2025
» BEIJING - Chinese tech giant Alibaba said Monday it will spend more than $50 billion on artificial intelligence and cloud computing over the next three years, a week after co-founder Jack Ma was seen meeting President Xi Jinping.
India tunnel rescue paused over cave-in fear
AFP, Published on 18/11/2023
» DEHRADUN, India - Indian rescuers on Saturday paused efforts to reach 40 men trapped in a collapsed road tunnel after a cracking sound created a "panic situation" over the possibility of a further cave-in.
'My heart dropped': families fear for Thais held by Hamas
AFP, Published on 10/10/2023
» The families of Thai labourers held hostage by Hamas spoke Tuesday of their fears for their safety, after the Palestinian militant group threatened to execute civilian captives in its war with Israel.
Tens of thousands flee western Canada wildfires
AFP, Published on 20/08/2023
» KELOWNA (CANADA) - Residents of western Canada scrambled to evacuate Saturday as raging wildfires encroached on two metropolitan areas -- separate blazes that have sent tens of thousands fleeing over the course of just days.
Taiwan's antique jade dealers see trade losing lustre
AFP, Published on 18/08/2023
» TAIPEI - Tracing a palm-sized jade pig resting on its haunches, an antique trader in Taiwan said the ears on the nearly 400-year-old piece are a marker of its authenticity.
'I am Taiwanese': China threat toughens island's identity
AFP, Published on 17/04/2023
» TAIPEI - At a barbed-wire museum where political prisoners were once held, visitors lauded Taiwan's modern-day democracy shaped by its own national identity on the island across from authoritarian China.
Taiwan president in US for visit that has China threatening reprisal
AFP, Published on 30/03/2023
» NEW YORK - Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in New York Wednesday for a visit that has triggered threats of reprisal by China if she meets with House speaker Kevin McCarthy -- and US warnings for Beijing not to overreact.