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Portugal notch 10th straight win, Serbia qualify for Euro 2024
AFP, Published on 20/11/2023
» PARIS - Portugal finished their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign with a 100-percent record by beating Iceland 2-0 on Sunday, after Serbia booked their place at next year's finals in Germany and Romelu Lukaku scored four goals for Belgium.
Russian, Indian nationals detained in Phuket villa raid
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 27/10/2023
» PHUKET - A Russian and two Indian nationals were arrested and charged for overstaying their visas during a police raid on a villa in Bang Thao beach area of Thalang district on Thursday.
Governments send planes to Israel to repatriate citizens
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/10/2023
» TEL AVIV - A growing number of governments are sending aircraft to Israel to airlift their citizens out of the country, after many commercial airlines suspended operations following the surprise attack by Hamas militants over the weekend.
Russian Gas Supply Cuts Threaten World's Largest Chemicals Hub
Business, Georgi Kantchev, Published on 29/06/2022
» For years, BASF SE, one of the world's largest chemicals companies, built its business model around cheap and plentiful Russian natural gas, which it uses to generate power and as feedstock for products that make it into toothpaste, medicines and cars.
Covid-19's Omicron Variant Starts to Take Toll on Businesses
Business, Benjamin Mullin & Emily Glazer & Meghan Bobrowsky, Published on 21/12/2021
» Covid-19's accelerating spread has hampered operations and slowed sales at some companies in a matter of days, but many say they hope precautions adopted during previous surges will help them motor through this one.
Germany qualify for Qatar 2022 but Belgium made to wait
AFP, Published on 12/10/2021
» PARIS - A Timo Werner double on Monday helped Germany stamp their ticket for the 2022 World Cup with a 4-0 win over North Macedonia, but Belgium will have to wait until next month after Wales carved out a narrow win in Estonia.
Teslas Made in Russia? Elon Musk Says It's Possible
Business, Georgi Kantchev, Published on 24/05/2021
» Elon Musk raised the prospect of Russian-made Tesla Inc. cars, saying the company was considering opening a factory in the country as it looks to expand its production facilities globally.
Bulgaria to play game behind closed doors, fined after England racism
AFP, Published on 30/10/2019
» PARIS: Bulgaria must play their next home game behind closed doors and have been handed a fine of 75,000 euros ($83,000) after racist chanting by supporters marred their Euro 2020 qualifier against England earlier this month, UEFA said Tuesday.
New York's KGB museum offers Cold War nostalgia fix
AFP, Published on 31/01/2019
» NEW YORK - Assassinations in broad daylight. Ruthless agents plotting undercover. Bugging devices in every Western capital. Three decades after the fall of the Soviet Union, the specter of the notorious KGB still looms large in the public imagination.
Armenia votes in snap polls to cement reform drive
AFP, Published on 09/12/2018
» YEREVAN - Armenians on Sunday were voting in parliamentary elections triggered years ahead of schedule by reformist leader Nikol Pashinyan, who is aiming to cement his political authority in the post-Soviet country.