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Syria tries to enforce ceasefire in Druze heartland
AFP, Published on 19/07/2025
» SWEIDA, Syria - Syrian interior ministry forces began deploying in Sweida on Saturday under a US-brokered deal intended to avert further Israeli military intervention in the Druze-majority province.
Colombian government, ELN guerrillas sign six-month truce
AFP, Published on 10/06/2023
» HAVANA - Colombia's government and the ELN guerrilla group agreed to a six-month ceasefire in Havana Friday as they work towards a peace pact to end decades of conflict.
Gazprom halts pipeline gas flow in new jitters for Europe
AFP, Published on 31/08/2022
» LUBMIN (GERMANY) - Russian energy giant Gazprom on Wednesday cuts off its gas supplies to Germany via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for maintenance work, further raising tensions on an already taut electricity market.
NASA to unveil Webb’s first snapshots of the universe
Dennis Overbye of the New York Times, Published on 11/07/2022
» NEW YORK: On Tuesday morning, NASA will show off the first pictures and data from the new James Webb Space Telescope. That will bring to an end some 30 years and $10 billion of planning, building, testing and innovating, followed by six months of terror, tension and anticipation.
Australia, NZ clash over manuka honey label
AFP, Published on 11/05/2021
» SOMERSBY, Australia: Beekeepers in New Zealand are seeking the exclusive right to use the "manuka" label for their honey, pitting them against rival Australian farmers over a prestige product that can fetch hundreds of dollars per jar.
German verdict due in deadly anti-Semitic rampage
AFP, Published on 21/12/2020
» MAGDEBURG, Germany: A German court is to hand down its verdict Monday on a deadly far-right attack in Halle last year that nearly became the country's worst anti-Semitic atrocity since World War II.
German MPs to grill ex-Wirecard boss over massive fraud
AFP, Published on 19/11/2020
» FRANKFURT AM MAIN - Markus Braun, the former chief executive of disgraced payments giant Wirecard, will on Thursday face a public grilling by German lawmakers over the massive accounting fraud that brought down his firm.
Man on trial for synagogue attack that shocked Germany
AFP, Published on 21/07/2020
» MAGDEBURG (GERMANY) - A German man went on trial on Tuesday for a deadly shooting targeting Jews in the eastern city of Halle last year, one of the worst acts of anti-Semitic violence in Germany's postwar history.
Man on trial for synagogue attack that shocked Germany
AFP, Published on 21/07/2020
» MAGDEBURG, Germany: A German man goes on trial on Tuesday for a deadly shooting targeting Jews in the eastern city of Halle last year, one of the worst acts of anti-Semitic violence in Germany's postwar history.
Germany's top court to rule on compensation for VW diesel cheating
AFP, Published on 25/05/2020
» FRANKFURT AM MAIN - Almost five years after Volkswagen's admission to cheating on regulatory emissions tests involving millions of cars, Germany's top court will on Monday finally rule in a battle over compensation for tens of thousands of affected owners.