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North Korea's Kim in China ahead of massive military parade
AFP, Published on 02/09/2025
» BEIJING - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was on his way to Beijing on Tuesday morning, having crossed the border into China aboard an armoured train ahead of a massive military parade on Wednesday.
Interest rate cliffhanger as ECB mulls hike or pause
AFP, Published on 14/09/2023
» FRANKFURT (GERMANY) - Eurozone interest rate setters face the toughest call of their long battle against red-hot inflation Thursday, when they decide whether to raise borrowing costs again or finally pause the unprecedented hiking campaign.
Myanmar marks Independence Day with show of force, mass pardons
AFP, Published on 04/01/2023
» Myanmar's junta announced an amnesty for 7,000 prisoners to mark Independence Day on Wednesday following a show of force in the capital, days after increasing democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi's jail term to 33 years.
Israel's Bennett says won't run in next election as parliament set to dissolve
AFP, Published on 30/06/2022
» JERUSALEM - Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Wednesday he would not stand in upcoming elections, as parliament postponed a vote to dissolve itself and force the country's fifth vote in less than four years.
ECB begins inflation fightback with July rate hike
AFP, Published on 09/06/2022
» AMSTERDAM - The European Central Bank on Thursday said it would raise interest rates for the first time in over a decade next month to combat runaway inflation, bringing the curtain down on the eurozone's era of cheap money.
Israel's Bennett loses majority after MP quits coalition
AFP, Published on 07/04/2022
» JERUSALEM - A key member of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's Yamina party said Wednesday she was quitting his coalition government, in a surprise move that leaves him without a parliamentary majority.
Online Afghan humour: Laughter as resistance against Taliban
AFP, Published on 07/11/2021
» PARIS: When a Taliban militant meets Afghan pop star Ayrana Sayeed, he tries to charm her.
Biden meets Israeli PM in shadow of Kabul blasts
AFP, Published on 28/08/2021
» WASHINGTON - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met Friday with President Joe Biden a day after a deadly bomb attack on the US Afghanistan evacuation mission forced a postponement and cast a shadow on an Israeli charm offensive.
Cuban animal lovers hope new law changes attitudes
AFP, Published on 15/10/2020
» HAVANA - Havana's streets teem with abandoned animals and are littered with carcasses of chickens sacrificed in religious rituals, while, behind closed doors, dogs are thrown into illegal deadly fights.
North and South mark 70th anniversary of Korean War
AFP, Published on 25/06/2020
» SEOUL - North and South Korea on Thursday separately marked the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, a conflict that killed millions of people and has technically yet to end.