Showing 518,121 - 518,130 of 519,090
Hong Kong elite selects powerful new 'patriots only' committee
AFP, Published on 19/09/2021
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's political elite will select a powerful committee on Sunday which will choose the city's next leader and nearly half the legislature under a new "patriots only" system imposed by Beijing.
Expelling the family pest, killer 'mouse', brave canal hug
News, Mae Moo, Published on 19/09/2021
» Don't bag that head
Becoming Long John Silver just for a day
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 19/09/2021
» Important news. Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, on which everyone is encouraged to speak in the manner of a buccaneer, sea dog, corsair, picaroon or whatever you wish to call them. If you are desperate Captain Jack Sparrow impersonations will suffice.
Fed expected to stay cautious as economy sends mixed signals
AFP, Published on 19/09/2021
» WASHINGTON - With the United States on the upswing from the Covid-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve is expected to weigh in next week on whether the economy is healthy enough to begin withdrawing stimulus measures credited with aiding the revival.
Ex-inmates decry worsening state of New York's 'hellhole' jail
AFP, Published on 19/09/2021
» NEW YORK - It's held disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein, rapper Tupac Shakur and ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn: New York's notorious Rikers Island prison is now under intense scrutiny over the deaths of at least nine inmates this year.
McNealy rallies late to grab share of the lead at Fortinet Championship
AFP, Published on 19/09/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO - Jim Knous and Maverick McNealy both birdied their final holes of the round to top a crowded leaderboard at The Fortinet Championship, the first PGA Tour event of the new season.
Majority not keen to see Prayut take over PPRP leadership: poll
Online Reporters, Published on 19/09/2021
» A majority of people do not want to see Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha take over from Gen Prawit Wongsuwon as leader of the Palang Pratharath Party (PPRP) or set up his own party for the next general election, according to the result of an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.
Post-lockdown success demands yet more new ways of working
Published on 20/09/2021
» The imminent reopening promised by the government will be welcomed by most leaders. However, we will not be coming back to either the old or current business as usual.
Branagh's 'Belfast' boosts Oscars hopes with Toronto prize
AFP, Published on 19/09/2021
» OTTAWA: "Belfast," Kenneth Branagh's black-and-white homage to the hometown he fled as a child, raised its profile as an early Oscar frontrunner by winning the Toronto film festival's coveted top prize Saturday.
SpaceX all-civilian orbital crew completes historic mission
AFP, Published on 19/09/2021
» WASHINGTON: Four SpaceX tourists returned to Earth safely on Saturday after spending three days in space, successfully concluding the first orbital mission in history with no professional astronauts on board.