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YouTube streamer faces riot charge after park erupts in chaos
New York Times, Published on 05/08/2023
» NEW YORK: A popular social media streamer faced a charge of inciting a riot Friday when an event at Manhattan's Union Square Park where he planned to give away video game consoles descended into mayhem, drawing a crowd estimated at several thousand young people.
Serial rapist sacked from London police
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» LONDON: A British police officer who admitted being a serial rapist was formally sacked on Tuesday, as the government called on forces across the country to root out the criminal and corrupt in their ranks.
Paul Allen's art collection tops $1 bn at Christie's
AFP, Published on 10/11/2022
» NEW YORK - Paintings and sculptures from the collection of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen were auctioned off for a historic $1 billion Wednesday, Christie's auction house said, with records set for works by Van Gogh, Cezanne, Gauguin, Seurat and Klimt.
Karen army peace council leader dies
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 05/08/2021
» Neso Mya, leader of the Karen National Liberation Army Peace Council (KNLA PC), has died of Covid-19, according to a source on the Thai-Myanmar border.
Pfizer seeks Covid vaccine authorization for 12-15 year olds in US
AFP, Published on 10/04/2021
» WASHINGTON - Pfizer-BioNTech asked for authorization Friday to use their Covid-19 vaccine on 12-15 year olds in the United States.
Pierre Cardin, father of fashion branding, dies at 98
Published on 29/12/2020
» PARIS: French couturier Pierre Cardin, who made his name by selling designer clothes to the masses, and his fortune by being the first to exploit that name as a brand for selling everything from cars to perfume, died on Tuesday aged 98.
New Xbox hits stores, launching holiday season console war
AFP, Published on 10/11/2020
» TOKYO - Microsoft's new Xbox console hit stores worldwide Tuesday, kicking off a holiday season battle with Sony's latest PlayStation model, as the coronavirus pandemic creates unprecedented gaming demand around the world.
Samsung Electronics Q3 net profit leaps after Huawei boost
AFP, Published on 29/10/2020
» SEOUL - Samsung Electronics' net profit jumped by almost half in the third quarter, it reported Thursday, as the South Korean giant's mobile and chip businesses were boosted by US sanctions against its Chinese rival Huawei.
Protests, court rulings: anti-lockdown push turns partisan in US
AFP, Published on 15/05/2020
» LANSING (UNITED STATES) - Hundreds of protestors rallied against stay-at-home orders in Michigan's capital on Thursday and a legal tug-of-war over coronavirus restrictions was taking place in neighboring Wisconsin as lockdown debates turn bitterly partisan in the United States.
Plane crash kills nine, injures three in South Dakota
AFP, Published on 01/12/2019
» WASHINGTON - A plane crash in the US state of South Dakota killed nine people, including two children, and injured three others on Saturday while a winter storm warning was in place, officials said.