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Power blackouts hit 130 million people in Bangladesh
AFP, Published on 04/10/2022
» DHAKA - At least 130 million people in Bangladesh were left without power on Tuesday after a grid failure caused widespread blackouts, the government's power utility company said.
Pro-Russia demonstrators rally in Burkina after coup
AFP, Published on 04/10/2022
» OUAGADOUGOU - Several dozen protestors waving Russian flags rallied in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Tuesday as West African delegates arrived on a fact-finding mission following the country's second coup in less than nine months.
Russian forces under pressure in south Ukraine
AFP, Published on 04/10/2022
» KRYVYI RIG (UKRAINE) - A Kremlin-installed official in the south Ukraine region of Kherson urged residents to remain calm Tuesday as reports were surfacing that Kyiv's forces were making sweeping gains into Russian-controlled territory.
French-US-Austrian trio win physics Nobel for quantum mechanics work
AFP, Published on 04/10/2022
» STOCKHOLM: A trio of physicists on Tuesday won the Nobel Prize for discoveries in the field of quantum mechanics that have paved the way for quantum computers, networks and secure encrypted communication.
Philippine media groups demand protection after journalist's murder
Reuters, Published on 04/10/2022
» MANILA: A Philippine journalist has been shot dead while driving in the country's capital, police said on Tuesday, prompting condemnation from media groups and activists, who described his assassination as a blow to press freedom.
Grim winter looms as wartime Ukraine braces for infrastructure attacks
Reuters, Published on 04/10/2022
» KHARKIV, Ukraine: In an abandoned tower block damaged by Russian shelling in Ukraine's second city, Olga Kobzar plans to tough out winter for as long as she can without electricity, water and central heating by lighting the gas stove in her kitchen for warmth.
Last stop: Paris waves goodbye to cardboard Metro tickets
AFP, Published on 04/10/2022
» PARIS - The Paris Metro is phasing out cardboard tickets after 120 years, taking the capital's urban transit into a contactless future but leaving behind nostalgic fans who will miss the humble rectangular cards.
Indonesia probes elite officers over stadium disaster
AFP, Published on 04/10/2022
» MALANG, Indonesia: Elite Indonesian police officers were under investigation Tuesday over a stadium stampede that killed 125 people including dozens of children in one of the deadliest disasters in football history.
Xi's 'Chinese Dream' flickers in one Beijing neighbourhood
AFP, Published on 04/10/2022
» BEIJING: Wu has staked out his patch of the Chinese Dream. Married with a second child on the way, he has a Beijing apartment and a car paid for by a tech job with a comfortable salary.
Australia lists small wallaby among new endangered species
AFP, Published on 04/10/2022
» SYDNEY: Australia listed a small wallaby and the grey snake among 15 new threatened species on Tuesday as it launched a zero-extinction plan for its unique wildlife.