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EU chief warns wolf packs 'real danger' in Europe
AFP, Published on 04/09/2023
» BRUSSELS - Brussels launched a review Monday of laws protecting wolves from hunters and farmers, as EU chief Ursula von der Leyen argued that packs threaten livestock and perhaps even people.
Priscilla Presley: biopic 'amazing but difficult to watch'
AFP, Published on 04/09/2023
» VENICE - Priscilla Presley, whose romance with Elvis began when she was 14, said Monday it was "difficult to watch" the new movie about their marriage.
Pope returns from Mongolia trip dominated by China
AFP, Published on 04/09/2023
» ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE - Pope Francis returned to Rome Monday after the first papal voyage to Mongolia, expressing admiration for its people and those of neighbour China while acknowledging such trips were getting harder to make.
2 dead, 3 missing as torrential rains lash Spain
AFP, Published on 04/09/2023
» MADRID: Two people died and three were missing on Monday after heavy rains lashed drought-hit Spain, triggering flash floods that closed Madrid metro lines and high-speed rail links.
France imposes abaya ban on first day of school
AFP, Published on 04/09/2023
» PARIS: French authorities were on Monday imposing a newly-announced ban on the abaya Muslim dress for women in schools, with over 500 establishments under scrutiny as children across the country returned to class.
Immigration cops arrest scammers trafficked by Chinese gangs
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/09/2023
» The Immigration Bureau (IB) has arrested at least 20 Chinese nationals smuggled into the country from Cambodia over the last few month while en route to Myanmar to work for call-centre gangs.
NBTC chair mulls suing Move Forward MP over clinic claim
Post Reporters, Published on 04/09/2023
» The chairman of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), Sarana Boonbaichaiyapruck, said he was considering suing a Move Forward Party (MFP) MP who accused him of using state funds to supervise his clinic abroad.
Gabon coup leader sworn in as interim president
AFP, Published on 04/09/2023
» LIBREVILLE - General Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup last week that toppled Gabon's 55-year-old dynasty, took the oath of office as interim president on Monday, promising to hold "free... (and) transparent elections" after an unspecified period.
Singapore jails man for 13 months for molesting domestic helper while she was asleep
Published on 04/09/2023
» Seeing his domestic helper napping on the sofa, a 54-year-old man decided to molest her while she was in a defenceless position but was foiled when his victim woke up and caught him in the act of undoing her blouse.
Concern over spike in monkeypox cases
Post Reporters, Published on 04/09/2023
» The Department of Disease Control is concerned about the rise in mpox cases, or monkeypox, in Thailand, especially the growth in infections among young people.