Showing 1 - 10 of 33
Trump ambushes South African president with 'genocide' accusation
AFP, Published on 22/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump ambushed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday by playing him a video that he claimed proved genocide is being committed against white people, driving farmers to flee to the United States.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
AFP, Published on 20/12/2024
» TAIPEI — Taiwanese lawmakers tackled and doused each other with water on Friday as President Lai Ching-te's party tried to block the passage of bills they say could harm the self-ruled island's "democratic system".
HK Express says staff member fired over handling of Portuguese egg tarts
South China Morning Post, Published on 30/06/2024
» Cathay Pacific Airways' budget airline HK Express confirmed on Saturday a ground crew member had been fired over the handling of a passenger's confiscated Portuguese egg tarts.
Licence-plate row rattles Kosovo
Reuters, Published on 16/12/2023
» PRISTINA - Serbs in Kosovo are no longer allowed to use old car plates predating the country’s independence from Serbia, an issue that has triggered the worst ethnic violence in the past two years.
'Severely punished': Vietnam environmental activists face crackdown
AFP, Published on 25/10/2023
» HANOI - Hoang Thi Minh Hong had worried for months she could become the next environmental activist swept up in Vietnam's crackdown, so she closed her NGO and began keeping a low profile.
Trump expected in court as fraud trial resumes
AFP, Published on 17/10/2023
» NEW YORK - Donald Trump was expected to attend his New York civil fraud trial when it reconvenes on Tuesday, a day after the former United States president was slapped with a partial gag order in a separate criminal case.
Blame and accusations in dead Sikh separatist's village
AFP, Published on 22/09/2023
» BHARSINGPURA, India - A notice demanding that Hardeep Singh Nijjar appear in court is still stuck on his house in Punjab, where the Sikh separatist's neighbours believe Canada's accusation that India was responsible for his killing.
Car bombs rock Ecuador capital as prisoners seize 57 guards, police
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» QUITO - Ecuador's capital Quito was rocked by attacks with grenades and two car bombs overnight, followed hours later by inmates in six prisons taking hostage 57 prison guards and police officers on Thursday, officials said.
Pro-coup rally in Niger after leader warns against foreign intervention
AFP, Published on 21/08/2023
» NIAMEY (NIGER) - Several thousand people demonstrated in the capital of Niger on Sunday in support of last month's military coup, whose leader has warned against outside intervention while proposing a three-year transition of power.
Italy's Berlusconi acquitted in starlet bribery trial
AFP, Published on 15/02/2023
» An Italian court on Wednesday acquitted billionaire former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi of bribing witnesses to lie about his notorious "bunga bunga" parties, bringing closure to a years-long sex scandal.