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Deadly storm cuts power to nearly 2m people in Russia, Ukraine
AFP, Published on 27/11/2023
» MOSCOW: Almost two million people in Russia and occupied Ukraine were left without power on Monday, after hurricane-force winds and heavy rains cut electricity lines and caused widespread flooding.
Morocco well rescue in tense final stages
Published on 05/02/2022
» IGHRANE, Morocco: Rescuers were only metres away on Saturday in their increasingly urgent but cautiously moving effort to rescue Rayan, a five-year-old boy trapped underground whom they hope to find alive.
Morocco rescuers close in on boy trapped in well
AFP, Published on 04/02/2022
» BAB BERRED (MOROCCO) - Moroccans waited anxiously Friday as rescuers with heavy diggers closed in on Rayan, a five-year-old boy trapped in a deep well for three nights.
Morocco rescuers dig for boy trapped in well
AFP, Published on 04/02/2022
» BAB BERRED (MOROCCO) - Moroccans waited anxiously Thursday as authorities said a dramatic operation to rescue a young boy trapped in a deep well for over two days was nearing its end.
Wrong number: 'Squid Game' card triggers call deluge
AFP, Published on 07/10/2021
» SEOUL: Global streaming giant Netflix has edited a phone number that appears in its global hit series "Squid Game" after South Koreans who use it or similar combinations were deluged with calls — some asking to join the show's life-or-death games.
Indonesia’s Covid cases near 2m as hospitals fill up
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/06/2021
» Indonesia’s total number of Covid-19 cases is nearing 2 million with hospitals starting to fill up as the country grapples with the highly transmissible delta variant of the virus.
Myanmar says rice exports still on track
Bloomberg and Reuters, Published on 30/04/2021
» Myanmar still expects to export 2 million tonnes of rice this year, despite a warning from the World Food Programme (WFP) that millions of people in the strife-torn country may struggle to afford food over the next few months.
2m locked down in Vietnam Covid hotspot
Reuters, Published on 15/02/2021
» Two million people in Vietnam will be put under a raft of restrictions starting Tuesday, after their northern province became the epicentre of a growing Covid-19 outbreak.
Global deaths near 2m as WHO battles new strains
AFP, Published on 15/01/2021
» PARIS: The worldwide death toll from coronavirus approached two million on Friday, with Europe topping 30 million infections and World Health Organization experts working on advice to fight new, more contagious strains of the disease.
Curtain down on Cambodia shadow puppet theatre
Reuters, Published on 14/05/2020
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's shadow puppet tradition goes back to the 7th century and has survived the collapse of empires, wars and Khmer Rouge reign of terror that left some 1.7 million people dead.