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Long-delayed decision due on Chinese mega-embassy in London
AFP, Published on 20/01/2026
» LONDON - The UK government was Tuesday due to rule on plans for a sprawling Chinese mega-embassy in central London, amid security concerns and ahead of an expected visit to China by Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
New US ‘strike force’ targets SE Asia scam gangs
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/11/2025
» The US Justice Department has announced the creation of a new “Scam Center Strike Force” to combat a surge in cryptocurrency and investment fraud by transnational criminal organisations operating out of Southeast Asia.
‘Poland first’ president takes office in Warsaw
AFP, Published on 06/08/2025
» WARSAW - Poland’s new nationalist president Karol Nawrocki called for a “sovereign Poland” and promised to “fight those who are pushing the nation towards decline” as he was sworn in on Wednesday.
London’s Grenfell Tower to be taken down after deadly 2017 fire
AFP, Published on 07/02/2025
» LONDON - Grenfell Tower — where 72 people died in 2017 in Britain’s worst residential fire since World War II — is to be demolished, the UK government confirmed on Friday.
Explainer - What to know about Trump's Gaza Strip proposal
Reuters, Published on 06/02/2025
» WASHINGTON — United States President Donald Trump's plan for the United States to "take over" Gaza, permanently displacing Palestinians who live there and creating the "Riviera of the Middle East," has upset Arab nations and Western allies and would overturn decades of American policy in the region.
Serbian capital to make all public transport free
AFP, Published on 18/12/2024
» BELGRADE - All public transport in Serbia’s capital Belgrade will be free from next month — the latest European city to adopt the radical measure to counter gridlocked roads.
Chinese billionaire’s carmaker adds satellites in Musk territory
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/02/2024
» HONG KONG - A Chinese rocket launched a group of communications satellites produced by one of the country's largest carmakers, boosting the nation's efforts to catch up in low-Earth orbit — an area dominated by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
Ukrainian family hopes to rebuild their lives
Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 17/12/2023
» Natalia Zapotochna, 37, wonders how she and her family will rebuild their lives amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The ‘Devil’s Playground’ of urban combat Israel Is preparing to enter
New York Times, Published on 25/10/2023
» NEW YORK - Heavy fire from rooftops and booby-trapped apartments. Armor-piercing projectiles blowing up troop carriers. Fighters blending in with civilians, launching drone ambushes or surging from tunnels full of enough ammunition, food and water to sustain a long war.
Negev Bedouin fear getting caught in crossfire of Israel's war with Hamas
AFP, Published on 16/10/2023
» NEGEV (ISRAEL) - In Israel's southern Negev desert, Bedouin youth gather near a car hit by a rocket from the Gaza Strip, fearing the war is coming closer to them.