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Kim Jong Un brings a guest to Beijing: His potential heir
New York Times, Published on 03/09/2025
» SEOUL — North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, travelled to Beijing this week to hobnob with the presidents of China and Russia, two of his nation’s key allies. But he seems to have had another purpose for the trip: introducing his daughter as his potential successor.
Northern Ireland hit by fourth night of clashes
AFP, Published on 13/06/2025
» PORTADOWN (UNITED KINGDOM) - Northern Ireland was rocked by a fourth night of anti-immigrant unrest on Thursday as police clashed with protestors in a second town, undeterred by driving rain.
US baby with rare illness treated with tailor-made gene edit
AFP, Published on 16/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - A US infant with a rare condition has become history's first patient to be treated with a personalised gene-editing technique that raises hopes for other people with obscure illnesses, doctors said Thursday.
Why did a Dominican nightclub roof cave in?
AFP, Published on 11/04/2025
» SANTO DOMINGO - The government of the Dominican Republic has vowed an exhaustive investigation into why the roof of a nightclub caved in on revellers, killing more than 200.
Singapore opposition leader convicted of lying as poll looms
Published on 17/02/2025
» Singapore’s leader of the opposition was convicted and fined by a court on lying charges in a widely watched decision that could disqualify him from contesting a national election this year.
10 dead as man drives truck into New Year crowd in New Orleans
AFP, Published on 01/01/2025
» NEW ORLEANS - A man "hellbent on creating carnage" drove a pickup truck at high speed into a crowd of New Year revellers in New Orleans on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 35.
For real life? 'Bluey' coming to the big screen
AFP, Published on 18/12/2024
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Preschoolers and parents hooked on heartwarming animated series "Bluey" might want to take a "tactical wee" to avoid any excited accidents: there's going to be a film.
At least 20 killed in attack on miners in Pakistan
Reuters, Published on 11/10/2024
» QUETTA - Unidentified gunmen lined up miners at a small private coal mine in southwestern Pakistan and shot them on Friday, police and media said, killing at least 20 and wounding seven in rising violence in the restive region.
Singapore debates its Raffles legacy
Sui-Lee Wee, The New York Times, Published on 31/08/2024
» SINGAPORE - Singapore’s prosperity has long set it apart from many other former British colonies. There is another difference, too: Singapore has clung to honouring its former colonial ruler — and it wants to keep doing so.
More drugs found on Hong Kong airport arrivals in first 4 months of year than during all of 2023
South China Morning Post, Published on 30/04/2024
» HONG KONG: The amount of illegal drugs confiscated from air travellers at Hong Kong International Airport soared to 370 kilogrammes in the first four months of the year, a 32% increase over the total amount seized in all of 2023.