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Tech tycoon’s doomed superyacht lifted to surface
Reuters, Published on 21/06/2025
» PORTICELLO, Italy - Salvage experts lifted Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht to the surface and began pumping seawater out of it on Saturday, 10 months after it sank off the coast of Sicily, killing the British tech tycoon, his teenage daughter and five others.
Philippines approves purchase of 40 patrol boats amid China spat
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/11/2024
» MANILA — The Philippines has approved the purchase of 40 fast patrol craft worth 25.8 billion pesos (US$441 million), seeking to bolster maritime security as tensions with Beijing in the South China Sea linger.
Women march as rights under threat across the globe
AFP, Published on 08/03/2023
» Women were taking to the streets from Kabul to Bangkok on Wednesday to mark International Women’s Day and defend rights that are coming under increasing attack.
Afghan women stopped from entering universities after Taliban ban
AFP, Published on 21/12/2022
» KABUL: Hundreds of young women were stopped by armed guards on Wednesday from entering Afghan university campuses, a day after the nation's Taliban rulers banned them from higher education in another assault on human rights.
Taliban bans university education for Afghan girls
AFP, Published on 21/12/2022
» KABUL - The Taliban authorities on Tuesday ordered a nationwide ban on university education for females, as the hardline Islamists continue to crush Afghan women’s right to education and freedom.
Iran state TV hacked with image of supreme leader in crosshairs
AFP, Published on 09/10/2022
» PARIS: Hackers backing Iran's wave of women-led protests interrupted a state TV news broadcast with an image of gun-sight crosshairs and flames over the face of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in footage widely shared online on Sunday.
Five-nation meeting plays to diverse strengths
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 15/06/2018
» 'Growing together" is the government's key goal under the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (Acmecs) framework, says Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.