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Has the eurozone learned from its Greek odyssey?
AFP, Published on 19/08/2018
» BRUSSELS - Greece will formally turn the page on its debt saga this week, but the eurozone remains vulnerable to further crises, with economists particularly worried about the situation in Italy.
Gunmen attack intelligence training centre in Kabul
AFP, Published on 16/08/2018
» KABUL - Gunmen launched an attack on an intelligence training centre in Kabul Thursday, officials said, just a day after a suicide bomber killed dozens of students in the war-weary Afghan capital.
22 children dead in Nile boat accident in Sudan
AFP, Published on 15/08/2018
» KHARTOUM - At least 22 children drowned on their way to school when their boat capsized in swollen waters of the Nile river north of the Sudanese capital on Wednesday, official media said.
At least 25 killed as suicide attacker targets school in Kabul
AFP, Published on 15/08/2018
» KABUL - At least 25 people, many believed to be students, were killed when a suicide blast ripped through a school in a Shiite area of Kabul Wednesday, officials said, the latest assault on Afghanistan's war-weary capital.
Nation celebrates Queen's birthday
Online Reporters, Published on 12/08/2018
» People nationwide celebrated Her Majesty the Queen's 86th birthday on Sunday.
US students turn grief into tech startup after France attack
Associated Press, Published on 12/08/2018
» BERKELEY, Calif: California college student Anjali Banerjee was watching fireworks during a 2016 celebration on a seafront promenade in the French city of Nice when a man plowed a huge truck through the crowd, killing 86 people and wounding 200.
Paris Gay Games a respite for oppressed athletes
AFP, Published on 10/08/2018
» PARIS - The Gay Games which are under way in Paris are not just a chance to celebrate sport and diversity: they offer crucial respite to gay athletes forced to hide their sexuality in their home countries.
Ex-Japanese porn star wearing red scarf sparks anger in China
Published on 10/08/2018
» A love potion company in China has apologised for letting Japanese former porn star Sora Aoi don the red scarf, a symbol of the Communist Party's Young Pioneers, at a "charity event", according to media reports.
Saudi effort to punish Canada seems to have little effect
Associated Press, Published on 10/08/2018
» TORONTO: When Saudi Arabia ordered its citizens studying in Canada to abruptly leave the country, it left institutions like Techno Canada in the lurch, forcing the small Toronto business school to scramble for new students in the middle of the summer.
Bookcases and biryani collide as Ikea tackles India
AFP, Published on 09/08/2018
» HYDERABAD (INDIA) - Curious customers lay on beds and nestled into armchairs Thursday as Ikea opened its first Indian outlet, hoping to wow a burgeoning middle class with offerings tweaked to local tastes, including its famous meatballs.