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China lures Taiwan politicians with cheap trips
Reuters, Published on 01/12/2023
» TAIPEI - Beijing has sponsored cut-price trips to China for hundreds of Taiwanese politicians ahead of key elections on the island, according to Taiwan sources and documents, unnerving officials with a broad campaign that one called "election interference".
Jimmy Carter, 99, to attend wife Rosalynn's memorial with Biden
AFP, Published on 28/11/2023
» ATLANTA - Jimmy Carter, the 99-year-old former president whose lifelong love for his wife Rosalynn became a near legend in US politics, will bid farewell to her Tuesday in a ceremony also attended by President Joe Biden.
Stampede kills 37 during Congo army recruitment drive
AFP, Published on 21/11/2023
» BRAZZAVILLE - Thirty-seven people were trampled to death in a stadium in the Republic of Congo's capital Brazzaville, officials said Tuesday, in one of the deeply poor country's worst tragedies in years.
Netflix gains subscribers with ads and password crackdown
AFP, Published on 19/10/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Netflix on Wednesday said subscriber numbers grew nearly 11 percent to 247 million in the recently ended third quarter as it cracked down on password sharing and refined an ad-supported tier.
French schools to honour teacher killed in 'terror' attack
AFP, Published on 16/10/2023
» ARRAS, France: Schools across France will on Monday hold a minute of silence for the teacher stabbed to death in what President Emmanuel Macron called an act of "Islamist terror".
The Burmese barmaid who nabbed a North Korean assassin
AFP, Published on 09/10/2023
» YANGON, Myanmar: Forty years ago, Myanmar barmaid Dar San Ye stood in a river running through Rangoon, squaring up to a North Korean agent gripping a live grenade.
G20 summit ends with India, Brazil and Russia boasting success
AFP, Published on 10/09/2023
» NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrapped up Sunday a G20 summit that played down deep divisions over the war in Ukraine and climate change, but gave him a moment in the diplomatic spotlight.
Memorial for Wagner chief held in private
AFP, Published on 29/08/2023
» SAINT PETERSBURG - A private ceremony was held to commemorate Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, his spokespeople said Tuesday, urging mourners to pay their respects at a cemetery in his native city Saint Petersburg.
'Like losing your father': Wagner chief's supporters mourn
AFP, Published on 24/08/2023
» SAINT PETERSBURG - Russian supporters of Yevgeny Prigozhin gathered outside the Wagner headquarters in Saint Petersburg on Thursday to pay their respects to the mercenary group's boss, presumed dead after a mysterious plane crash.
Vigil held for UK knife and van attack victims
AFP, Published on 16/06/2023
» LONDON - Thousands of people on Thursday paid tribute to the victims of a knife and vehicle rampage that left three dead in Nottingham, central England.