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French surgeon gets maximum term for abusing hundreds of children
AFP, Published on 28/05/2025
» VANNES, France - A French court on Wednesday gave the maximum 20-year jail term to a surgeon who admitted sexually abusing hundreds of patients, most of them children, during more than two decades.
Swiss cry wolf to save livestock and their predators
AFP, Published on 22/08/2023
» PONTIMIA PASTURE, Switzerland: Using a powerful torch, Aliki Buhayer-Mach momentarily drenches a nearby mountain top in light, straining to see if wolves are lurking in the shadows.
Innovation key to affordable healthcare
Oped, Natcha Yongphiphatwong, Published on 21/06/2023
» We all want good health and decent public health welfare. When we fall ill, the cures are also much more effective thanks to modern medical advancements. But the soaring costs of healthcare have made it beyond most people's grasp.
French town pays tribute to those who chased off knife attacker
AFP, Published on 12/06/2023
» ANNECY (FRANCE) - Hundreds of residents of the French town of Annecy gathered Sunday to honour the people who rushed to stop a man accused of stabbing six people, including four toddlers, at a playground last week.
Macron visits young knife-attack victims
AFP, Published on 09/06/2023
» ANNECY, France: French President Emmanuel Macron was visiting preschool children badly wounded in a mass knife attack by a Syrian refugee, as police questioned the attacker Friday.
France's Dupont suceeds Kolbe as Top 14 player of the year
AFP, Published on 28/09/2021
» PARIS: France scrum-half Antoine Dupont succeeded South Africa's Cheslin Kolbe as the French Top 14's player of the year on Monday.
Retailers Push a New Kind of Online Shopping. It Looks a Lot Like QVC.
Business, Suzanne Kapner, Published on 13/10/2020
» To get homebound shoppers to splurge, some brands are copying QVC.
Students stranded, shaken and alone
News, Saniya More, Published on 26/04/2020
» As Covid-19 continues to rear its ugly head, people around the world stay separated from their families and friends as they try to make sense of a virus that has brought the world to its knees.
Building broad support for constitutional reform
News, Ken Lohatepanont, Published on 23/10/2019
» As is characteristic of our polarised society, opinion is deeply divided on whether the 2017 constitution should be amended.
Building a startup Silk Road
Asia focus, Ken Lohatepanont, Published on 09/09/2019
» Cultivating a startup ecosystem in Southeast Asia has become a priority in a world where innovation and creativity increasingly hold the keys to prosperity.