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Wildfires devastate US West Coast, at least seven dead
AFP, Published on 10/09/2020
» CLOVIS (UNITED STATES) - Wildfires raged Thursday up and down the US West Coast, whipping through towns in three states and prompting widespread evacuations as officials warn the death toll could shoot up in the coming days.
Greece races to shelter thousands after Lesbos migrant camp fire
AFP, Published on 10/09/2020
» LESBOS ISLAND (GREECE) - Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos languished on roadsides on Thursday, homeless and hungry after the country's largest camp burned down, with local officials stonewalling government efforts to create new temporary shelters.
Diana Rigg: from sexy superspy to Queen of Thorns
AFP, Published on 10/09/2020
» LONDON - Whether as the leather catsuited spy in the 1960s series "The Avengers" or the headscarved Lady Olenna Tyrell in "Game of Thrones" decades later, British actress Diana Rigg thrilled generations of television viewers.
Trump rages against bombshell book
AFP, Published on 10/09/2020
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump flooded the Fox News airwaves and launched a Twitter rant Thursday in an attempt to ride out damage from interviews he gave to journalist Bob Woodward in the bombshell new book "Rage."
Rare white diamond up for auction in Hong Kong
AFP, Published on 10/09/2020
» NEW YORK - A flawless 102-carat oval diamond will head to auction on October 5 in Hong Kong at Sotheby's.
Macron urges EU to unite over Turkey's 'unacceptable' conduct
AFP, Published on 10/09/2020
» AJACCIO (FRANCE) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday urged Europe to show a united front against the "unacceptable" conduct of Turkey as he prepared to host a summit of Mediterranean states aiming to coordinate a tougher strategy towards Ankara that could include sanctions.
1.9bn to help combat cyber breaches at hospitals
Post Reporters, Published on 10/09/2020
» The Public Health Ministry is planning to spend 1.9 billion baht to install a safeguard system at state-run hospitals nationwide following a ransomware attack at the Saraburi Hospital.
Two Vietnamese fishing boats seized, 11 men held
Waedao Harai, Published on 10/09/2020
» NARATHIWAT: Two Vietnamese vessels were seized and 11 crewmen arrested for illegally fishing in Thai waters off this southern province.
Huge fire at Beirut port weeks after deadly blast
AFP, Published on 10/09/2020
» BEIRUT - A huge fire raged in Beirut port on Thursday, AFP correspondents said, sparking alarm among Lebanese still reeling from a devastating dockside explosion that disfigured the capital last month.
Thammasat bans rally on campus, protest leader shrugs it off
Online Reporters, Published on 10/09/2020
» Thammasat University will not allow students to use its campus for a rally against the government next week, the university management said in a statement issued on Thursday.