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Newsmen among 16 dead in twin Kabul suicide bombings
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» KABUL: At least 16 people were killed by twin blasts at a Kabul wrestling club on Wednesday that left another 60 wounded, including four journalists, officials said, in the latest assault on the Afghan capital.
At least four dead as twin blasts hit Kabul wrestling club
AFP, Published on 05/09/2018
» KABUL - A suicide attack on a Kabul wrestling club that killed at least four people Wednesday was followed by a second blast as rescuers gathered nearby, police said, in the latest assault on the Afghan capital.
India's top court expected to rule on gay sex
AFP, Published on 05/09/2018
» NEW DELHI - India's Supreme Court is likely on Thursday to deliver an eagerly awaited judgement on colonial-era legislation criminalising homosexuality, lawyers said.
China’s children ordered to watch Saturday night television
Published on 03/09/2018
» Schools across China ordered their pupils to sit down in front of the television at 8pm on Saturday night, only for them to be subjected to a lengthy series of commercials.
Raging fire tears through prized Rio museum
AFP, Published on 03/09/2018
» RIO DE JANEIRO - A massive fire on Sunday ripped through Rio de Janeiro's National Museum, one of Brazil's oldest, in what the nation's president said was a "tragic" loss of knowledge and heritage.
Mobile phones banned in schools in France
AFP, Published on 03/09/2018
» PARIS - Texting under the table should be a thing of the past when French children return to class Monday following a nationwide ban on mobile phones in schools.
Chinese police arrest 46 after violent protest over schooling
AFP, Published on 02/09/2018
» BEIJING - Police in central China said Sunday they arrested nearly 50 people after a violent protest sparked by dissatisfaction with the local school system.
Palestinian anger as US ends funding for UN agency
AFP, Published on 01/09/2018
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Palestinians reacted angrily Saturday to a US decision to end all funding for the UN agency that assists three million needy refugees, seeing it as a new policy shift aimed at undermining their cause.
Six Asians receive Magsaysay awards
Published on 31/08/2018
» MANILA: Six people were honoured Friday as this year's winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards, known as Asia's version of the Nobel Prize, including a Cambodian genocide survivor who helped document the Khmer Rouge atrocities and an Indian psychiatrist who led the rescue of thousands of mentally ill street paupers.
Students revolt over ‘Taiwan, China’ switch for TOEFL test
Published on 24/08/2018
» A popular English-language proficiency test angered Taiwanese students after its official website modified the way it listed Taiwan to fall in line with Beijing’s claims over the self-ruled island.