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Italian firm gears up to restart works on Total's Mozambique gas project
AFP, Published on 01/03/2023
» JOHANNESBURG - An Italian firm contracted by French energy giant TotalEnergies said on Wednesday it was gearing up to resume work on a Mozambique gas project that was halted for security reasons in 2021 as soon as in July.
Burkina scraps 1961 military aid pact with France
AFP, Published on 01/03/2023
» OUAGADOUGOU - Burkina Faso has scrapped a 1961 agreement on military assistance with France, a move that comes only weeks after it told the French ambassador and troops supporting its anti-jihadist campaign to quit the country.
Hunger strikers in 42nd day
Published on 01/03/2023
» About 200 people rallied outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday evening in support of two young activists now on the 42nd day of a hunger strike to press for freedom for political prisoners.
'Like a war zone': Greek train survivors recount chaos
AFP, Published on 01/03/2023
» LARISSA, Greece: When the passenger train from Athens slammed head-on into a freight train from Thessaloniki late on Tuesday night, 22-year-old Angelos was in the penultimate carriage.
More schoolgirls poisoned in Iran
Published on 01/03/2023
» More than 100 students were hospitalised in Iran after a new spate of suspected gas attacks on girls’ schools on Wednesday, media outlets in the Islamic republic reported.
Bears freed from illegal bile farm in Vietnam
Reuters, Published on 01/03/2023
» HANOI: Five moon bears have been rescued in Vietnam from an illegal bile extraction farm, in the latest effort by authorities to eradicate a practice widely condemned for its cruelty.
'Stranger Things' coming to the London stage
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/03/2023
» LONDON: The smash-hit Netflix streaming series "Stranger Things" is about to get its theatre debut.
7,600 Russians seek to extend Phuket stay
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 01/03/2023
» PHUKET: Nearly 7,600 Russian nationals have sought to extend the length of their stay in Phuket, according to the local immigration chief.
Ukraine survives 'the most difficult winter'
AFP, Published on 01/03/2023
» KYIV: Ukraine said it had survived a months-long winter onslaught of Russian strikes on water and energy infrastructure, as it marked the first day of spring Wednesday.
Hunger pangs
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 01/03/2023
» Netflix is serving up a tasty hors d'oeuvre with the first set of images from “Hunger”, Netflix’s first Thai film of the year.