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French police probing death during Marseille riots
AFP, Published on 05/07/2023
» MARSEILLE - French authorities on Wednesday probed the death of a man who may have been hit by a police rubber bullet during riots in Marseille, as the country counted the cost of its most intense urban violence in nearly two decades.
Western allies drag Iran to UN court over downed jet
AFP, Published on 05/07/2023
» THE HAGUE - Canada, Britain, Sweden and Ukraine have taken Iran to the UN's top court to seek damages for families of passengers on a jetliner downed by Tehran in 2020, they said Wednesday.
'It's time': haute couture embraces men
AFP, Published on 05/07/2023
» PARIS - Long the preserve of women, haute couture has in recent years opened up to men who dare to ditch the black tuxedo for something with a few more feathers, sequins and embroidery.
Climate protesters briefly disrupt Wimbledon
AFP, Published on 05/07/2023
» LONDON: Climate activists interrupted a match on one of Wimbledon’s show courts on Wednesday, scattering orange confetti and jigsaw pieces in their latest protest targeting major sporting events.
Summer superstorm blasts Netherlands, Germany
AFP, Published on 05/07/2023
» THE HAGUE: A record-breaking summer storm hammered the Netherlands and Germany on Wednesday, killing two people and throwing international air and rail travel into chaos.
Devastation reigns one month after Ukraine dam flood
AFP, Published on 05/07/2023
» AFANASIYIVKA, Ukraine: Clothes, sofas and kitchen furniture still lie strewn around Nadiya Yefremova's garden a month after her home was flooded by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine.
HK arrests four accused of aiding overseas activists
Reuters, Published on 05/07/2023
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong national security police on Wednesday arrested four men it accused of supporting overseas dissidents and of advocating for independence from China, two days after issuing warrants and bounties against several foreign-based activists.
Four Thai hotels among ‘world’s top 10’
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 05/07/2023
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has welcomed the news that four hotels in Thailand have received top-10 scores by La Liste, an authoritative French hotel and restaurant rating guide, a government spokesman says.
Migration 'only option' for many in Latin America
AFP, Published on 05/07/2023
» BRUSSELS: Many people in Latin America see migration as "the only option they have" after enduring successive crises of climate change, Covid and spiking food prices, the World Food Programme's head for the region told AFP.
GPO signs vaccine pact with Korean biotech giant
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/07/2023
» The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) has bolstered its partnership with SK bioscience of South Korea to enhance regional vaccine security, starting with the production of influenza vaccines scheduled for availability next year.