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Myanmar to restrict private vehicle use as fuel shortages emerge
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/03/2026
» NAY PYI TAW — Myanmar’s military government will impose limits on private vehicles starting Saturday to conserve fuel as disruptions to Middle East shipping routes threaten the country’s energy supplies.
Taiwan rattled by 7.0 magnitude quake
Reuters, Published on 27/12/2025
» TAIPEI - A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck about 32 kilometres off the northeastern coastal city of Yilan on Saturday, the Taiwanese weather administration said, with no immediate report of major damage.
US university killer's mystery motive sought after suicide
AFP, Published on 20/12/2025
» NEW YORK - Claudio Neves Valente came to the United States as an ambitious physics student at Brown University, but ended his life while hiding from police after killing two students at the Ivy League institution as well as an MIT professor.
Upstart gangsters shake Japan's yakuza
AFP, Published on 19/12/2025
» TOKYO - When Takanori Kuzuoka began climbing the criminal career ladder, he didn't fancy joining Japan's old-school yakuza, with their tattoos, rigid hierarchy and codes of honour.
Trump has 'alcoholic's personality,' chief of staff says in bombshell interview
AFP, Published on 17/12/2025
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Donald Trump said Tuesday he stood by his chief of staff Susie Wiles after she said the US president had an "alcoholic's personality" in an astonishing interview with Vanity Fair.
Afghanistan quake kills 20, injures over 300: health ministry
AFP, Published on 03/11/2025
» MAZAR-I-SHARIF (AFGHANISTAN) - A strong earthquake killed at least 20 people in northern Afghanistan, authorities said Monday, just months after another deadly tremor that left the country reeling.
Virginia Giuffre shines light on Epstein ordeal in new memoir
AFP, Published on 21/10/2025
» NEW YORK — A memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein's main accusers whose claims led to the downfall of Britain's Prince Andrew was released Tuesday, promising to keep Epstein's ties to United States President Donald Trump in the spotlight.
Powerful earthquake strikes southern Philippines
New York Times, Published on 10/10/2025
» DAVAO — A powerful earthquake struck Friday morning off the eastern coast of Mindanao, a southern island in the Philippines, and triggered a tsunami warning.
Dozens injured after magnitude 6.0 quake strikes Sulawesi, Indonesia
Reuters, Published on 17/08/2025
» JAKARTA - Dozens of people were injured after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck central Sulawesi, Indonesia, early on Sunday, the country's disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said.
Google ordered to pay Argentine pictured naked in his yard
AFP, Published on 25/07/2025
» BUENOS AIRES - An Argentine captured naked in his yard by a Google Street View camera has been awarded compensation by a court after his bare behind was splashed over the internet for all to see.