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France faces massive strikes over pension reform
AFP, Published on 05/03/2023
» PARIS: French trade unions are heading for what is expected to be a decisive showdown with President Emmanuel Macron over pension reform, with massive strikes from Tuesday aiming to bring the country "to a standstill".
Kyiv says Russia pursuing 'attempts to encircle' Bakhmut
AFP, Published on 05/03/2023
» KYIV, Ukraine: Kyiv said Sunday it was holding off attacks from Russian troops still attempting to surround Bakhmut, a now-destroyed eastern Ukrainian city that Moscow has been trying to capture for months.
50,000 join WorldPride march in Sydney
Published on 05/03/2023
» Tens of thousands of people marched over Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday as part of the WorldPride festival advocating global LGBTQ equality.
New temple of decadence at Anantara Bophut Koh Samui
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 05/03/2023
» Bringing Peruvian-inspired flavours and decadent desserts to the shores of Koh Samui is poolside drinking and dining den Guilty, which recently opened at Anantara Bophut Koh Samui.
Pheu Thai vows to rid Buri Ram of illegal drugs
Online Reporters, Published on 05/03/2023
» In a major campaign rally in Buri Ram on Sunday, the Pheu Thai Party vowed that if elected with a landslide, it would transform this northeastern province by ridding it of all kinds of illegal drugs.
3 arrested over killing of Philippine governor
Published on 05/03/2023
» Three people have been arrested over the murder of a Philippine provincial governor and eight others, authorities said Sunday, adding another suspect was killed in a shoot-out.
China hikes military spending 7.2% in face of 'escalating' threats
Published on 05/03/2023
» China said Sunday its military spending would rise at the fastest pace in four years, warning of "escalating" threats from abroad at a meeting of its rubber-stamp parliament that is set to hand Xi Jinping a third term as president.
The nursery massacre that rippled through generations
Published on 05/03/2023
» NONG BUA LAM PHU: When a former police officer in the rural Northeast shot and stabbed more than two dozen children as they napped in their nursery in October, the episode became the worst mass shooting by a lone attacker in Thailand’s history.
Bail opposed for aide to 'Inspector Sua', 5 others in gambling case
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 05/03/2023
» Police took a close aide to “Inspector Sua”, a policeman accused of involvement in a multi-billion-baht gambling network, and five others to the Criminal Court to seek their detention for 12 days.
Indonesia to relocate residents or move fuel facility after fire
Published on 05/03/2023
» JAKARTA: Indonesia will relocate residents living near a fuel-storage fire that killed 16 people or remove the depot owned by state energy company Pertamina to a safer location, President Joko Widodo said on Sunday.