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Russia arrests 4 suspects in Moscow attack as death toll climbs to 133
New York Times, Published on 24/03/2024
» Russian authorities said Saturday that they had arrested the four individuals suspected of setting a suburban Moscow concert venue on fire and killing at least 133 people, one of the worst terrorist attacks to jolt Russia in President Vladimir Putin’s nearly quarter-century in power.
One dead, 21 shot at Kansas City Super Bowl celebration
New York Times, Published on 15/02/2024
» KANSAS CITY — One person was killed and at least 21 others were shot, including nine children, in a barrage of gunfire at a Super Bowl victory celebration in Kansas City on Wednesday afternoon, turning a scene of triumph into one of chaos as thousands of fans in red jerseys ran for safety.
Cockroach sex takes strange turn, more mutations emerge
New York Times, Published on 29/03/2023
» NEW YORK: Cockroaches are changing up their sex lives, and it is all our fault. Faced with sweet poisoned bait, roaches first ended up with a mutation that made them hate sweets, hindering their mating strategies. Now, more roach mutations are emerging, showing you cannot keep a good pest down.
Cambodia says lost artifacts found in Gallery 249 at the Met
New York Times, Published on 19/08/2022
» In the 1970s, long after its encyclopaedic collection had been acknowledged as among the world’s finest, the Metropolitan Museum of Art recognised it had slender holdings in South or Southeast Asian art. One in-house estimate suggested that no more than 60 objects were worth exhibiting.
Trump's instinctual diplomacy with Kim, Duterte
News, New York Times, Published on 02/05/2017
» WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump continued his outreach to rogue leaders Monday, declaring he would meet North Korea’s dictator, Kim Jong Un, provided the circumstances were right, even as the Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, brushed aside the president’s invitation to visit the White House, saying he might be “too busy.”
New CIA deputy chief had key role in torture in Thailand
New York Times, Published on 03/02/2017
» WASHINGTON - As a clandestine officer at the CIA in 2002, Gina Haspel oversaw the torture of two terrorism suspects and later took part in an order to destroy videotapes documenting their brutal interrogations at a secret prison in Thailand.
Southeast Asia: World piracy hotbed
New York Times, Published on 19/09/2016
» JAKARTA - Sembara Oktafian was in the engine room of a tugboat chugging toward the Philippines when something didn't sound right.
Echoing a film's murderous blueprint
News, New York Times, Published on 12/08/2016
» The three miners befriended a lonely, luckless man and offered him work down an iron mine in eastern China.
What's the price to keep the country safe after terror attacks?
News, New York Times, Published on 08/08/2016
» Soldiers are patrolling French beaches through the holiday this month. There has been talk of Guantanamo-style holding pens for thousands of terrorism suspects. The prime minister has suggested ending foreign funding for mosques.
Journalist in search of refuge in Thailand disappears
New York Times, Published on 27/01/2016
» A Chinese journalist travelling across Thailand on a frantic quest for political refuge messaged his wife to say that he would soon reach the border with Laos. Then, two weeks ago, the journalist, Li Xin, disappeared.