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Brexit turns to 'Bregret' in UK
AFP, Published on 31/01/2023
» LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended Brexit as a "huge opportunity" on Tuesday, as the UK marked three years since leaving the EU amid economic crisis and a growing public sense of "Bregret".
France repatriates more women, children from Syrian jihadist camp
AFP, Published on 24/01/2023
» PARIS - France Tuesday repatriated 15 women and 32 children held in a prison camp for suspected jihadists in Syria, the foreign ministry said, in the third major return of French citizens from the country.
Ukraine says Russia using 'all its power' to capture eastern city
AFP, Published on 04/06/2022
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine said Saturday its forces were managing to push back against Russian troops in fierce fighting in Severodonetsk despite Russia "throwing all its power" into capturing the strategic eastern city.
Ukrainian, Russian troops fight in streets of Kyiv
AFP, Published on 26/02/2022
» KYIV - Ukrainian forces repulsed a Russian attack on Kyiv but "sabotage groups" infiltrated the capital, officials said Saturday as a defiant President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed Ukraine would never give in.
Four Thais in latest Forbes 50 over 50
Online Reporters, Published on 13/01/2022
» Four Thai women are included in Forbes Magazine's 50 over 50: Asia 2022 list, which features "founders, business and political leaders, scientists and vanguards leading the way throughout the Asia-Pacific region".
Belarus opposition leader says jailed activist spoke 'under pressure'
AFP, Published on 04/06/2021
» WARSAW - Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya on Friday dismissed an interview shown on state television in Belarus with a journalist arrested after his plane was forced to land in Minsk.
Austrian man 'held Dutch farm family captive'
AFP, Published on 16/10/2019
» RUINERWOLD (NETHERLANDS) - Dutch investigators suspect an Austrian man held a father and five adult children against their will for nearly a decade on a remote farmhouse before they were finally rescued, officials said on Wednesday.
Irish voters seen adding to pro-EU pushback in bloc-wide polls
AFP, Published on 25/05/2019
» DUBLIN - Populist forces stumbled in the face of surprisingly tough resistance from Dutch pro-EU parties, as Irish and Czechs voters cast ballots Friday in European elections.
EU elections shift to Ireland as populist forces gather elsewhere
AFP, Published on 24/05/2019
» DUBLIN - Phased EU-wide elections take place in Ireland on Friday after a campaign dominated by concerns over neighbouring Britain's messy bid to leave the bloc, and as eurosceptic forces elsewhere in Europe hope to create a political earthquake.
Populists looking to cause upsets as EU elections begin
AFP, Published on 23/05/2019
» LONDON - Populists are hoping to cause upsets across the EU as the European Parliament elections get under way on Thursday in polls that could challenge the Brussels consensus.