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No deal yet on EU climate targets as COP30 looms
AFP, Published on 05/11/2025
» BRUSSELS — The European Union's (EU) member states have not yet reached an agreement on key emissions targets before the United Nations' (UN) COP30 summit in Brazil, and ministers will meet again on Wednesday to thrash out a deal, according to Brussels officials.
French actor Alain Delon dies aged 88, French media report
Reuters, Published on 18/08/2024
» PARIS: French actor Alain Delon, who melted the hearts of millions of film fans whether playing a murderer, hoodlum or hitman in his postwar heyday, has died, French media reported on Sunday. He was 88.
A prayer app turns to TikTok to find its flock
New York Times, Published on 09/03/2024
» Jon Schneider was mindlessly scrolling TikTok when a video caught his eye. It showed actor Mark Wahlberg and "this guy who kind of looks like Jesus," and they were inviting viewers to join them in prayer.
Hamas fighters free first wave of hostages in Gaza truce
AFP, Published on 25/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Masked Hamas gunmen freed a first wave of hostages Friday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, sparking rare scenes of celebration in a seven-week war that has killed thousands of people.
Israel latest: Over 2,000 dead, US sends ammunition
Bloomberg, AFP, Published on 11/10/2023
» TEL AVIV - At least 1,200 Israelis have been killed since Hamas attacked the nation, while some 900 people have been killed in Gaza in reprisal. United States President Joe Biden vowed to provide full military and intelligence support to Israel and China called for humanitarian aid for Palestinians.
6 killed in shooting at US July 4 parade
AFP, Published on 05/07/2022
» HIGHLAND PARK: A gunman armed with a high-powered rifle shot dead at least six people at a parade to mark US Independence Day in a wealthy Chicago suburb on Monday -- the latest in a series of shocking mass shootings, this time on a holiday celebrating all things American.
Father's lost fan letter delivers message of pandemic love
AFP, Published on 07/04/2022
» RIO DE JANEIRO: Like so many victims of Covid-19, Brazilian Karlo Schneider never got to say goodbye to his family. Unlike most, he managed to get them a message a year after he died.
Austria to impose partial lockdown, mandatory jabs
AFP, Published on 19/11/2021
» VIENNA - Austria on Friday became the first EU country to announce it would make coronavirus vaccinations mandatory and will next week impose a partial lockdown in the face of spiralling infections.
The foreign legion of YouTubers defending China
AFP, Published on 12/09/2021
» BEIJING: With YouTube videos "debunking" allegations of human rights abuses and diatribes on Western "conspiracies" against China, an unlikely set of foreigners are loudly defending Beijing from its international critics.
Coffee prices poised to spike
Published on 06/08/2021
» LONDON: The most devastating frost in decades in top coffee producer Brazil and record freight costs sparked by pandemic-induced shipping logjams are expected to push retail prices to multi-year highs in the coming weeks.