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Von Allmen upstages rivals to win world downhill gold
AFP, Published on 09/02/2025
» SAALBACH (AUSTRIA) - Swiss tyro Franjo Von Allmen outpaced a host of more experienced rivals to clinch gold in the men’s downhill at the World Ski Championships in Saalbach on Sunday.
ONE Championship cuts Amir Aliakbari from roster, sources say
Nicolas Atkin, Published on 09/02/2025
» Amir Aliakbari has been cut from ONE Championship’s roster, sources at the martial arts promotion told the Bangkok Post.
Violence-hit Ecuador chooses next president
AFP, Published on 09/02/2025
» QUITO - Some 14 million Ecuadorans began voting Sunday to decide who will lead their violence-wracked Andean nation through its worst crisis in half a century.
Tortured Kenyan flees Myanmar call scam gang into Thailand
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 09/02/2025
» TAK: A Kenyan man crossed the Thai-Myanmar border to seek help in Phop Phra district, saying he was among about 1,000 people who were tortured unless they worked for a Chinese-led scam gang.
Hamas says Israel withdraws from key Gaza road
AFP, Published on 09/02/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - A Hamas official said Israeli troops on Sunday completed their withdrawal from a strategic road bisecting the Gaza Strip, part of a fragile truce deal that Israel said it was implementing.
Israeli soldiers risk possible prosecution abroad from Gaza war
Published on 09/02/2025
» It’s a hallowed Israeli tradition: after completing military service, backpack through South America or hitchhike across Asia. But global outrage at the Gaza war, threats of arrest and the ubiquity of social media are causing some soldiers and reservists to reconsider their plans.
More Australian retirees are struggling to pay rent: report
Bloomberg, Published on 09/02/2025
» A growing number of Australian retirees risk falling into homelessness because they can’t afford to pay rent, said a new report aimed at lawmakers preparing to fight an election on housing and cost-of-living.
Thai solar panels, fuel destined for Myanmar seized
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 09/02/2025
» TAK: Security officers on Sunday intercepted the smuggling of solar panels and fuel to Myanmar in separate incidents in this border western province.
Trump says has spoken to Putin about ending Ukraine war
Reuters, Published on 09/02/2025
» MOSCOW - US President Donald Trump said he has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone about ending the war in Ukraine, the New York Post reported, the first known direct conversation between Putin and a US president since early 2022.
Myanmar man to be deported for throwing dog into sea
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/02/2025
» Immigration police will deport a Myanmar man after he turned himself in to police for prosecution after a video clip showed him repeatedly throwing a beach dog into the sea two years ago.