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China executes ex-finance official for graft
Reuters, Published on 09/12/2025
» BEIJING — China executed on Tuesday a former general manager of China Huarong International Holdings, Bai Tianhui, for taking bribes totalling 1.1 billion yuan (US$156 million), state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) said.
Key winners at the 77th Emmy Awards
Reuters, Published on 15/09/2025
» LOS ANGELES - The Emmy awards, the highest honors in television, were handed out at a live ceremony in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday. The following is a list of winners in key categories.
Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga land top honours at MTV's Video Music Awards
Reuters, Published on 08/09/2025
» NEW YORK — Pop singer Ariana Grande claimed the top prize at the MTV (Music Television) Video Music Awards (VMA), and Lady Gaga and Sabrina Carpenter scored major honours, at a star-studded celebration of fan favorites in New York on Sunday.
Around 500 killed in Afghanistan earthquake, state-run broadcaster says
Reuters, Published on 01/09/2025
» KABUL: Around 500 people have been killed and 1000 more injured in an earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan on Monday, the country's state-run broadcaster Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) reported.
BBC rolls out paid subscriptions
Reuters, Published on 26/06/2025
» LONDON - The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is rolling out paid subscriptions in the United States, it said on Thursday, as the publicly-funded broadcaster explores new revenue streams amid negotiations with the British government over its funding.
US strikes against Iran not aimed at regime change, Pentagon chief says
Reuters, Published on 22/06/2025
» WASHINGTON: The U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear sites were not a preamble to regime change, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday, adding that Washington sent private messages to Tehran encouraging negotiation.
Thousands of Cambodians rally as border dispute with Thailand intensifies
Reuters, Published on 18/06/2025
» PHNOM PENH - Thousands of Cambodians joined a state-organised march in its capital on Wednesday to support the government in an ongoing border dispute with Thailand triggered by the death of a Cambodian soldier last month.
Croatia's Game of Thrones filming sites face threat from Trump tariffs
Reuters, Published on 16/05/2025
» DUBROVNIK — The fortresses and cobbled streets of the ancient Croatian town of Dubrovnik are often crowded with tourists eager to visit the locations from the Game of Thrones television series or the Star Wars: The Last Jedi film.
Toxic cloud forces 160,000 Spaniards to stay inside after fire
Reuters, Published on 10/05/2025
» MADRID — Around 160,000 people in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region were warned to stay inside on Saturday after a fire at an industrial estate caused a toxic cloud of chlorine over a wide area, emergency services said.
Forget the film: Vatican is preparing for the real 'Conclave'
Reuters, Published on 23/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY — As the Vatican prepares for the secret meeting of cardinals who will pick a successor to Pope Francis, forget - to some extent - what you may have learned from "Conclave", last year's hit movie depicting high-level power games and backstabbing among the red-robed clerics.