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21 million Shiites mark Arbaeen in Iraq's Karbala
AFP, Published on 18/09/2022
» KARBALA (IRAQ) - Dressed in black, 21 million pilgrims from around the world massed in the Iraqi city of Karbala on Saturday for the Arbaeen commemoration, against the backdrop of a political crisis.
Queen Elizabeth's grandchildren mount vigil around coffin
AFP, Published on 18/09/2022
» LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II's eight grandchildren mounted a vigil around her coffin on Saturday, hours after King Charles III and his heir Prince William staged an unscheduled London walkabout to thank those queueing overnight to pay their last respects.
India welcomes back cheetahs, 70 years after local extinction
AFP, Published on 18/09/2022
» NEW DELHI: Eight Namibian cheetahs arrived in India Saturday, decades after their local extinction, in an ambitious project to reintroduce the spotted big cats that has divided experts on its prospects.
'I belong here': New US citizens take oath on Ellis Island
AFP, Published on 18/09/2022
» ELLIS ISLAND (UNITED STATES) - Tears flowed and flags waved as 200 New Yorkers became US citizens Saturday during a special naturalization ceremony at the city's famed Ellis Island, which once welcomed thousands of immigrants daily.
Succession battle festers as S.Africa's Zulu king fetes young women
AFP, Published on 18/09/2022
» NONGOMA (SOUTH AFRICA) - South Africa's new Zulu king on Saturday celebrated thousands of young women at a colourful traditional rite of womanhood, defying a row over the legitimacy of the royal succession.
In flooded Kryvyi Rih, residents defiant against Russia
AFP, Published on 18/09/2022
» KRYVYI RIG, Ukraine: The basement of Ukrainian grandma Lyubov Adamenko is full of mud and sludge from the flood that hit her house after Russians blew up a nearby dam.
BMA pairs with RID to tackle floods
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/09/2022
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has plans to work with the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) and governors in neighbouring provinces to better manage the city's flood waters during the rainy season.
'Popcorn gunman' released after six years in jail for 2014 tragedy
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/09/2022
» Vivat Yodprasit, who was dubbed by media the popcorn gunman, was released on Thursday after serving less than six years in jail for his role in a shoot-out in Bangkok's Laksi district in 2014 that killed one person and wounded three others during street demonstrations.
Slick Man City go top as Son's treble fires Spurs
AFP, Published on 18/09/2022
» LONDON: Manchester City powered to the top of the Premier League as Jack Grealish scored for the first time this season in a 3-0 win over Wolves, while Son Heung-min ended his goal drought with a 13-minute hat-trick in Tottenham's 6-2 rout of Leicester on Saturday.
Korean cinematic rise years in the making, says 'Squid Game' star
AFP, Published on 18/09/2022
» TORONTO: Smash hits like "Squid Game" and "Parasite" may make it look easy, but Emmy-winner Lee Jung-jae says South Korean cinema spent years learning how to reach unprecedented global audiences through stories about the competitiveness and violence of modern life.