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Burnt-out car transport ship limps into Dutch port
AFP, Published on 03/08/2023
» EEMSHAVEN (NETHERLANDS) - A burnt-out freighter carrying thousands of cars was towed into a Dutch port on Thursday, as an environmental disaster was averted more than a week after the ship caught fire off the coast.
Blinken accuses Russia of 'assault' on global food system
AFP, Published on 03/08/2023
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken took aim at Russia at the UN Security Council on Thursday, accusing Moscow of "blackmail" over its recent withdrawal from a key grain initiative.
14 hurt in Seoul ‘stabbing rampage’
Published on 03/08/2023
» SEOUL: A man went on a “stabbing rampage” near a subway station in the South Korean capital region on Thursday, with as many as 14 people reported wounded, police said.
Lizzo denies harassment allegations
AFP, Published on 03/08/2023
» NEW YORK: Lizzo on Thursday hit back at allegations she weight-shamed her staff, calling the accusations in a lawsuit leveled by former dancers "as unbelievable as they sound."
Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir in hospital
News Agencies, Published on 03/08/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has been admitted to a specialist heart hospital for “observation”, a source told AFP on Thursday.
Washington braces for Trump court date
AFP, Published on 03/08/2023
» WASHINGTON: Donald Trump is expected to appear in court later on Thursday to answer charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, a case that will cast a dark and volatile cloud over the 2024 White House race for which he remains the presumptive Republican nominee.
Pope tells youth to tackle climate crisis, poverty
AFP, Published on 03/08/2023
» LISBON: Pope Francis on Thursday urged young people to combine fighting to save the planet with tackling poverty during the second day of his visit to Portugal.
Sansiri defends Srettha against tax-evasion claims
Post Reporters, Published on 03/08/2023
» The property developer Sansiri Plc on Thursday defended former chief executive Srettha Thavisin, the Pheu Thai Party’s prime ministerial candidate, against allegations made by whistleblower Chuvit Kamolvisit that he was complicit in tax evasion.
Canada wildfire smoke smashes emission record
AFP, Published on 03/08/2023
» PARIS: Massive wildfires in Canada have already spewed out twice the smoke emissions than the previous whole-year record, the EU's climate monitor said Thursday, with the blazes expected to continue to scorch their way through forests for weeks or even months.
Man's pelvis found at dump on full moon party island
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 03/08/2023
» SURAT THANI: A pelvis believed to belong to a foreign man has been found along with intestines at a dump on Koh Phangan, the southern island famous for its full moon parties, police said on Thursday.