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Australian teens mourn loss of social media as ban begins
Reuters, Published on 10/12/2025
» SYDNEY — Australian teenagers have taken to social media for the last time to farewell their followers and mourn the loss of the platforms that shaped much of their lives before a world-first ban took effect on Wednesday.
Roberta Flack, American singer and Grammy winner, dies
Reuters, Published on 25/02/2025
» NEW YORK — Roberta Flack, the silky-voiced Grammy-winning singer whose sultry ballads "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Killing Me Softly with His Song" topped the charts in the 1970s, died on Monday at the age of 88, her publicist said.
Road collapse in southern China kills 48
Reuters, Published on 02/05/2024
» GUANGDONG - The death toll from a highway collapse in China's Guangdong province has increased to 48, state media reported on Thursday, as millions in the country travel for the May Day holiday break.
Philippines files protest to China over use of laser
Reuters, Published on 14/02/2023
» MANILA: The Philippines on Tuesday filed a diplomatic protest calling on Beijing to ensure its vessels cease "aggressive activities" after Manila accused China's coast guard of trying to block one of its ships in the South China Sea using a "military grade laser."
Iran water polo players fail to sing anthem, seen as support for protests
Reuters, Published on 09/11/2022
» Video clips that purportedly show Iran's water polo team failing to sing the national anthem at a competition in Thailand have appeared on social media in what the anti-government protest movement sees as the latest show of solidarity from athletes.
MTV Video Music Awards key winners
Reuters, Published on 29/08/2022
» LOS ANGELES: Winners in key categories at the MTV Video Music Awards handed out on Sunday at a live ceremony in New Jersey:
Whale of a fight: Trapped whale freed in Arctic Norway
Reuters, Published on 01/07/2022
» OSLO: Norwegian coastguards rescued a whale entangled in ropes off the coast of northern Europe before the animal swam away to freedom, flipping its tail, footage showed.
Malaysia’s new Covid cases climb again ahead of state polls
Reuters, Published on 17/11/2021
» New Covid-19 cases in Malaysia rose above the 6,000 mark on Wednesday for the first time in five days, fuelled by a higher infectivity rate.
Israel sees no serious cases after Pfizer shots
Reuters, Published on 26/01/2021
» JERUSALEM: Israel, which has already given a full set of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccinations to over 6% of its citizens, has not registered a single serious Covid-19 case among them, even as infections surge in the wider population, the government said on Tuesday.
Philippine judge: No China gas deal without sovereignty
Reuters, Published on 05/03/2018
» MANILA: Any deal between the Philippines and a Chinese firm to jointly explore for gas in the Reed Bank of the South China Sea will be illegal unless China recognises the southeast Asian nation's sovereign rights there, a Philippine judge said on Monday.