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Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown -- using Musk's Starlink
AFP, Published on 14/10/2025
» BEIJING - They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an AFP investigation can reveal.
Greta Thunberg among Gaza flotilla detainees to leave Israel
AFP, Published on 06/10/2025
» ATHENS - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg will be among more than 70 people of different nationalities to leave Israel on Monday after they were seized aboard an intercepted Gaza aid flotilla.
Trump extends delay on US TikTok ban until mid-December
AFP, Published on 17/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Tuesday extended a delay on enforcing a ban against TikTok until December 16, marking the fourth postponement of a law designed to force the app's sale from its Chinese owner.
Argentine police recover Nazi-looted painting
AFP, Published on 04/09/2025
» BUENOS AIRES - Argentine authorities recovered an 18th century painting stolen by Nazis from a Dutch Jewish art collector over a week after it appeared in a property ad only to suddenly vanish.
Trump says 11 dead in US strike on drug-carrying boat from Venezuela
AFP, Published on 03/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said that US forces had attacked a boat carrying drugs to the United States Tuesday, killing 11 "narcoterrorists" from a gang he alleged was controlled by leftist Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
Trump clashes with Democrats as he expands National Guard plans
AFP, Published on 25/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump threatened to deploy National Guard troops Sunday to yet another Democratic stronghold, the Maryland city of Baltimore, as the US president seeks to expand his crackdown on crime and immigration.
Zelensky meeting British PM ahead of US-Russia summit
AFP, Published on 14/08/2025
» LONDON - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was preparing to meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London on Thursday ahead of a key US-Russia summit in Alaska.
'Social media stirs ill feeling'
News, Jutamas Tadthiemrom, Published on 12/08/2025
» False and misleading information has swirled on social media channels following the recent Thai-Cambodian border tensions, with one viral TikTok clip, in particular, emerging as a flashpoint.
Gazans mourn journalists killed by Israel
AFP, Published on 11/08/2025
» GAZA CITY - Gazans gathered on Monday for the funeral of five Al Jazeera staff members and a sixth reporter killed in an Israeli strike, with Israel calling one of them a “terrorist” affiliated with Hamas.
'My boss raped me': Japanese prosecutor's fight for justice
AFP, Published on 11/08/2025
» OSAKA - Very few women in Japan speak out about rape, and Hikari, too, kept quiet for years about her alleged assault by her boss, Osaka's former chief prosecutor.