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Epstein files opened: famous faces, many blacked-out pages
AFP, Published on 20/12/2025
» WASHINGTON — The US Justice Department on Friday began releasing a long-awaited cache of records from its investigations into the politically explosive case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein -- though much of the material remained heavily redacted.
Putin hails Ukraine gains, threatens more, in annual press conference
AFP, Published on 19/12/2025
» MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin on Friday hailed his troops' progress in Ukraine during an annual press conference in Moscow -- a staple of his 25-year rule -- with the Russian president emboldened by battlefield gains in Ukraine during a US diplomatic push to end the almost four-year war.
Hong Kong warns international media against ‘smear campaign’
News Agencies, Published on 06/12/2025
» Authorities in Hong Kong summoned international news organisations to a rare meeting on Saturday to warn them against “false information and smear campaigns” surrounding the city’s deadliest fire in nearly eight decades and upcoming legislative elections.
'Stuck in limbo': Over 90% of X's Community Notes unpublished, study says
AFP, Published on 10/07/2025
» WASHINGTON — More than 90% of X's Community Notes -- a crowd-sourced verification system popularised by Elon Musk's platform -- are never published, a study said Wednesday, highlighting major limits in its effectiveness as a debunking tool.
Russia, US swap prisoners in push for closer ties
AFP, Published on 11/04/2025
» WASHINGTON — A Los Angeles-based ballet dancer released by Russia as part of a prisoner swap landed safely in the United States Thursday night, the second swap under President Donald Trump as Moscow and Washington push to rebuild ties.
Last marine heat wave providing lessons for the future
Published on 02/12/2024
» SAN FRANCISCO — They call it “the Blob". A decade ago, sea surface temperatures in the Pacific soared 11 degrees Celsius above normal.
NASA launches Jupiter probe to see if Europa could host life
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/10/2024
» NEW YORK - NASA launched a US$5.2 billion mission to Jupiter’s frozen moon Europa on Monday, a major step to determine if the distant worldlet has the conditions to host life.
With new 6-year term, Putin cements hold on Russian leadership
The New York TImes, Published on 18/03/2024
» BERLIN: Vladimir Putin on Sunday extended his rule over Russia until 2030, using a heavily stage-managed presidential election with no real competition to portray overwhelming public support for his domestic dominance and his invasion of Ukraine.
Worst unrest in decades hits Dublin, police say
AFP, Published on 24/11/2023
» DUBLIN: A night of torched vehicles and shop looting sparked in Dublin after a knife attack outside a school was of an "extraordinary" level of violence unseen in decades, police said Friday.
Suicides in Singapore rise to 22-year high
AFP, Published on 01/07/2023
» Suicides in Singapore rose nearly 26% last year to their highest level in more than two decades, reflecting the "unseen mental distress" in the city-state, according to a local non-governmental organisation (NGO).