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Iconic rock guitarist Jeff Beck dead at 78
AFP, Published on 12/01/2023
» NEW YORK - Jeff Beck, the influential guitarist who rose to rock and roll stardom with 1960s supergroup the Yardbirds and later had a prolific solo career, has died, his official website said Wednesday. He was 78.
Rock guitar master Jeff Beck dead at 78
AFP, Published on 12/01/2023
» NEW YORK - Jeff Beck, the influential guitarist who rose to rock and roll stardom with 1960s supergroup the Yardbirds and later enjoyed a prolific solo career, has died, his official website said Wednesday. He was 78 years old.
WHO seeks more China Covid data, praises US 'transparency'
AFP, Published on 12/01/2023
» GENEVA - The WHO reiterated Wednesday the need for China to share more data on its explosive Covid outbreak, while praising Washington's "radical transparency" in its efforts to battle a new sub-variant.
Space junk, not meteorites, remains biggest threat to spacecraft
AFP, Published on 12/01/2023
» PARIS - Dodging the kind of meteorite strike that forced Russia to plan a space station rescue mission is nearly impossible, yet the greater threat to spacecraft is actually the man-made debris in orbit, experts say.
UK, Japan sign major defence deal allowing troop deployments
AFP, Published on 12/01/2023
» LONDON - The British and Japanese prime ministers signed what Downing Street called a "hugely significant" new defence deal allowing UK troops to deploy in Japan as the pair met in London on Wednesday.
UK minister rules out permanent return of Parthenon Marbles to Greece
AFP, Published on 12/01/2023
» LONDON - UK culture minister Michelle Donelan on Wednesday said she did not support the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece, following a report that a "cultural exchange" is close to being agreed with Athens.
It's advantage Vietnam, says Polking
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 12/01/2023
» Defending champions Thailand will be at a disadvantage when they meet Vietnam in Hanoi in the first leg of the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup final tomorrow, War Elephants coach Mano Polking said.
Two repatriated IS wives jailed on arrival back in Spain
AFP, Published on 12/01/2023
» MADRID - A Madrid court ordered two Spanish women who married Islamic State (IS) fighters remanded in custody Wednesday on terror-related charges after they were flown back from Syrian detention camps with 13 children, legal documents showed.
Osaka announces pregnancy and promises return in 2024
AFP, Published on 12/01/2023
» MIAMI - Former world number one Naomi Osaka announced on Wednesday that she is pregnant and will be taking a break from tennis until 2024.
Islamic State claims blast that kills 5 in Kabul
AFP, Published on 12/01/2023
» KABUL - The Islamic State jihadist group claimed responsibility Wednesday for a suicide bombing outside the foreign ministry in Kabul that officials and witnesses said killed at least five people and wounded 40 others.