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Tokyo's Olympic legacy: forcing mental health centre stage
AFP, Published on 05/08/2021
» TOKYO - The Tokyo Olympics will always have a unique place in history as the coronavirus Games but the event has also forced the issue of mental health into the open.
Covid confusion
News, Postbag, Published on 10/08/2021
» Re: "Capital logs more than 4,000 cases", (BP, Aug 6).
Biden to break silence with address to nation on Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 16/08/2021
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden will break his silence Monday on the US fiasco in Afghanistan with an address to the nation from the White House, as a lightning Taliban victory sent the Democrat's domestic political fortunes reeling.
Prayut, ministers survive no-confidence vote
Bloomberg News and Online Reporters, Published on 04/09/2021
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and five cabinet ministers have survived the no-confidence vote with no surprises despite rumours that some coalition MPs might break ranks earlier.
Medvedev advances to US Open final as Djokovic eyes Slam
AFP, Published on 11/09/2021
» NEW YORK: Second-ranked Daniil Medvedev advanced to the US Open final by defeating Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime on Friday, putting the Russian into the Grand Slam path of history-chasing Novak Djokovic.
UN withdraws Gabon peacekeepers from Central Africa over sex abuse claims
AFP, Published on 16/09/2021
» LIBREVILLE - The United Nations on Wednesday ordered the withdrawal of Gabon's 450-strong peacekeeping contingent from the Central African Republic over sexual abuse allegations, a scourge that has long tarnished UN interventions.
Australia tests facial recognition software to police Covid rules
Reuters, Published on 16/09/2021
» SYDNEY: Australia's two most populous states are trialling facial recognition software that lets police check people are home during Covid-19 quarantine, expanding trials that have sparked controversy to the vast majority of the country's population.
Critics warn of Apple, Google 'chokepoint' repression
AFP, Published on 18/09/2021
» WASHINGTON - The global dominance of tech giants serves as a convenient online chokepoint for authoritarian governments to crack down on dissent or rig elections, critics of Apple and Google said Friday.
Wolf hunting ban pits farmers against conservationists in Spain
AFP, Published on 23/09/2021
» PUEBLA DE SANABRIA (SPAIN) - A 4x4 pulls up on a dirt road in northwest Spain and livestock farmer Ana Vega climbs out, walking over to a ditch where a few days ago a wolf killed a calf.
No room for niceties as Suarez and Liverpool reunite again
AFP, Published on 18/10/2021
» MADRID: Luis Suarez reunites with Liverpool in the Champions League on Tuesday and for another 90 minutes, a fans' favourite and cherished former club will have to be enemies again.