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Russian forces close in on east Ukraine's Avdiivka
AFP, Published on 10/10/2023
» KRAMATORSK (UKRAINE) - Russian forces closed in on the frontline town of Avdiivka in east Ukraine on Tuesday, as Kyiv warned Moscow was stepping up strikes in an attempt to encircle it completely.
Rivals make high-stakes pitch for US Republican leadership
AFP, Published on 10/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - Two hopefuls vying to become the top Republican in the US Congress were set to make their pitches Tuesday, as the party struggles to end a bitter civil war thwarting quick action on the Israel crisis and other urgent business.
Biden to speak as US says taking Hamas threats seriously
AFP, Published on 10/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - The White House said Tuesday it was taking Hamas threats to execute hostages seriously, as US President Joe Biden prepared to deliver remarks about Israel's war with the militant group.
Star witness to testify in US crypto king trial
AFP, Published on 10/10/2023
» NEW YORK - The star witness in the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried arrived at a New York federal court on Tuesday where she is expected to give damning evidence against the one time crypto wunderkind.
Armenian schools teach pace, prepare for war
AFP, Published on 10/10/2023
» PARAKAR, Armenia - Each day at her school, head teacher Anush Hakobyan passes by the photo of her son killed three years ago in a war with Azerbaijan for control of the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Second woman declared dead on Tibet peak
Reuters, Published on 10/10/2023
» BEIJING - A second woman hoping to be the first American female climber to scale all of the world’s 8,000-metre (26,246 feet) mountains has been declared dead on a remote peak in Tibet, according to her family.
Bodies retrieved after massacre in Israel
Reuters, Published on 10/10/2023
» KFAR AZA, Israel - Bodies of Israeli residents and Hamas militants lay out in the grounds of the Kfar Aza kibbutz among burned out houses, strewn furniture and torched cars, as Israeli soldiers went from house to house to take away the dead.
Rich ‘might not get B10,000 handout’
Aekarach Sattaburuth and Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 10/10/2023
» The government is considering revising its 10,000-baht digital wallet handout scheme by excluding wealthy people, Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat said on Tuesday.
PTT enlisted to help subsidise power bills
Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 10/10/2023
» The national oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc has agreed to delay accepting payments of 8-9 billion baht for the gas it sells to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) to help the government reduce power bills for the rest of this year.
Stockholm to ban fossil-fuel cars from city centre
Reuters, Published on 10/10/2023
» Stockholm will ban petrol- and diesel-powered cars from key parts of the city centre from 2025 as it seeks to improve air quality and reduce traffic noise, the Swedish capital’s vice-mayor for transport said on Tuesday.