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US govt rules out SVB bailout, wants to avoid 'contagion': Yellen
AFP, Published on 12/03/2023
» WASHINGTON - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said the government wanted to avoid financial "contagion" from the implosion of the Silicon Valley Bank but ruled out a bailout of the institution.
Charity says dozens of migrants drowned off Libya
AFP, Published on 12/03/2023
» ROME - A charity monitoring migrant boats in the Mediterranean said Sunday some of the 47 people on a boat it had earlier warned Italian authorities was in distress off the coast of Libya had drowned.
Qatar spied on ex top Swiss prosecutor probing FIFA: media
AFP, Published on 12/03/2023
» GENEVA - Qatar spied on a former Swiss attorney general and bugged his secret meeting with the FIFA chief, amid fears it could be stripped of hosting the 2022 World Cup, media reported Sunday.
BBC chief refuses to quit despite chaos sparked by Lineker removal
AFP, Published on 12/03/2023
» LONDON - Britain's finance minister on Sunday said "people's confidence" in the BBC needed to be restored as the broadcaster's boss vowed not to quit amid the chaos surrounding Gary Lineker's removal as Match of the Day host.
Iran confirms death sentence for Swedish-Iranian dissident
AFP, Published on 12/03/2023
» Iran's judiciary on Sunday confirmed a death sentence for a Swedish-Iranian dissident for "terrorism" over two years since his disappearance at an airport in Turkey, the judiciary's Mizan Online website reported.
Greece faces fresh protests over country's worst train crash
AFP, Published on 12/03/2023
» ATHENS: Thousands of demonstrators staged fresh protests in Greece on Sunday as anger grows over the country's deadliest rail crash, ratcheting up pressure on the government over the tragedy.
India govt opposes recognising same-sex marriage: court filing
Reuters, Published on 12/03/2023
» NEW DELHI: The Indian government opposes recognising same-sex marriages, it said in a filing to the Supreme Court on Sunday, urging the court to reject challenges to the current legal framework lodged by LGBT couples.
Korn swims 2km across Songkhla Lake
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 12/03/2023
» SONGKHLA: Korn Chatikavanij, leader of the Chartpattanakla Party, took part in the Singora Lake Swim 2023 and swam 2 kilometres across Songkhla Lake to promote community-based tourism – and his party – on Sunday.
US-sanctioned general to become public face of China's growing military
Reuters, Published on 12/03/2023
» HONG KONG: General Li Shangfu, named on Sunday as China's new defence minister, is a veteran of the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) modernisation effort - a drive that led the United States to sanction him over the acquisition of weapons from Russia.
'King Kohli' gets Test ton after three-year wait
AFP, Published on 12/03/2023
» AHMEDABAD (INDIA) - Indian superstar Virat Kohli hit his first Test century in over three years on Sunday, ending his long drought and sparking raucous celebrations at the world's biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad.