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Hundreds arrested, roads barricaded in New Caledonia as riots continue
Reuters, Published on 16/05/2024
» SYDNEY - Armed forces were protecting New Caledonia's two airports and port after a third night of violent riots that have killed four people, the Pacific Island's top French official said on Thursday morning, adding at least four alleged instigators were under house arrest.
Vietnam on financial grey list over weapons-proliferation risks
Reuters, Published on 24/06/2023
» HANOI: Vietnam was added to the watch list of the FATF international financial crime watchdog, which said the nation has nonetheless committed to proving it effectively prevents the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
Beluga whale that was in River Seine dies
Reuters, Published on 10/08/2022
» PARIS: The beluga whale which was lifted out of the River Seine earlier on Wednesday has died, despite the mission to save it, according to local authorities.
Why some heatwaves prove deadlier than others
Reuters, Published on 02/08/2022
» LONDON: Europe's record-breaking heatwave last month saw England and Wales register nearly 1,700 extra deaths in just one week, early data shows, while Portugal and Spain counted another 1,700.
France summons Russian envoy over 'obscene' Bucha tweet
Reuters, Published on 07/04/2022
» The French government on Thursday summoned Russia's ambassador to Paris for talks after his embassy posted a photo on Twitter claiming to show a "film set" by Ukrainians staging civilian killings in Bucha that have stoked global outrage.
Singapore rents hit 7-year high, population dips
Reuters, Published on 03/03/2022
» SINGAPORE: Home rents have risen to a seven-year high in Singapore, already one of the world's most expensive cities, even though the city-state's population has dipped in the past two years.
2021 is 5th-hottest year on record
Reuters, Published on 10/01/2022
» BRUSSELS: Last year was the world's fifth hottest on record, while levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere hit new highs in 2021, European Union (EU) scientists said.
Sleuthing shellfish farmer wards off oyster thieves
Reuters, Published on 30/12/2021
» PARIS: When thieves stole three tons of oysters from French shellfish farmer Christophe Guinot, he came up with a solution: planting secret notes inside oyster shells to help police track down the thieves.
Former Cambodian PM Prince Norodom Ranariddh dies at 77
Reuters, Published on 28/11/2021
» PHNOM PENH: Former Cambodian Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh has died in France, the Cambodian minister of information said. He was 77.
UN: World greenhouse gas levels hit record last year
Reuters, Published on 25/10/2021
» GENEVA: Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record last year and the world is "way off track" on climate goals, the UN weather agency said on Monday, showing the scale of the task facing governments scrambling to avert dangerous levels of warming.