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Japan sends first warship through Taiwan Strait, defying China
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/09/2024
» TAIPEI - Three United States allies sent warships through the Taiwan Strait in a rare defiance of China in those waters, on the same day Beijing fired its first intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean in 44 years.
Korean War veterans dream of real peace on divided peninsula
AFP, Published on 26/07/2023
» SEOUL - Korean War veteran Ryu Jae-sik has had a bullet fired by a Chinese soldier lodged in his chest for 70 years, a constant reminder of the conflict that never ended.
South Koreans get younger as traditional age system dropped
AFP, Published on 28/06/2023
» SEOUL: Lee Jung-hee was set to turn 60 next year but South Korea dropped its traditional age counting system Wednesday, so the Seoul-based housewife just got a year younger - and she's thrilled.
Harry tells UK court of lifelong ‘press invasion’
AFP, Published on 06/06/2023
» LONDON: Prince Harry on Tuesday said he had suffered lifelong “press invasion” and accused some media of having blood on their hands, as he became the first royal in more than 100 years to give evidence in court.
Prince Harry to testify against British tabloid publisher
AFP, Published on 06/06/2023
» LONDON - Prince Harry is on Tuesday expected to take the witness stand in a London court as part of claims against a British tabloid publisher, the latest in his legal battles with the press.
Relative of Brigitte Macron beaten up at family chocolate shop
AFP, Published on 17/05/2023
» LILLE (FRANCE) - A relative of French first lady Brigitte Macron has been beaten up outside her family's chocolate shop in an apparent politically motivated assault that sparked widespread condemnation on Tuesday.
Who's coming to King Charles III’s coronation?
AFP, Published on 23/04/2023
» The coronation of King Charles III on May 6 will be attended by just 2,000 people -- a fraction of the more than 8,000 guests who crammed into Westminster Abbey for Queen Elizabeth II's crowning in 1953.
ICC hands Lord's Resistance Army commander 25-year jail term
AFP, Published on 06/05/2021
» THE HAGUE - The International Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier who became a commander of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), to 25 years' jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Sonko in court as Senegal protestors urged to take to streets again
AFP, Published on 08/03/2021
» DAKAR - Detained Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko will appear in court Monday, with his supporters urged to "massively descend onto the streets" for a new round of protests against his arrest.
Schoolboy among five dead in Senegal unrest
AFP, Published on 07/03/2021
» KOLDA (SENEGAL) - A schoolboy was killed during violent protests in Senegal at the weekend, officials said, bringing the death toll from days of violence in the West African state to five.