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Florida school shooter avoids death penalty, gets life in prison
AFP, Published on 13/10/2022
» FORT LAUDERDALE (UNITED STATES) - A US jury on Thursday rejected the death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, who shot and killed 17 people at his former Florida high school, opting instead for life imprisonment without the chance of parole.
Stocks bounce after key US inflation data
AFP, Published on 13/10/2022
» LONDON - Equities fell sharply on Thursday after data showed US inflation jumped more than expected in September, before quickly bouncing higher.
Africa's longest oil pipeline takes shape in Niger
AFP, Published on 13/10/2022
» GAYA (NIGER) - Chinese and Nigerien workers haul giant steel pipes over mounds of earth as heavily armed soldiers keep guard.
WWII munitions hinder Nord Stream probe
AFP, Published on 13/10/2022
» COPENHAGEN: Investigations into the suspected sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines linking Russia with Europe are "progressing well", despite World War II munitions on the seabed, Denmark said Thursday.
Picasso's first lover more than a victim in Paris expo
AFP, Published on 13/10/2022
» PARIS: Fifty years on from Pablo Picasso's death — and five years after the #MeToo movement started highlighting celebrities' abuse of women — a new exhibition in Paris focuses on one of the early partners of the controversial artist.
France orders more strikers back to work
AFP, Published on 13/10/2022
» PARIS: The French government on Thursday ordered workers back to a second fuel depot in a bid to ease petrol shortages from a three-week strike, a move that infuriated unions hoping to amplify the conflict into a broader protest against President Emmanuel Macron.
'Shelf-life of a lettuce': Truss's nightmare on Downing Street
AFP, Published on 13/10/2022
» LONDON: British Prime Minister Liz Truss has had the shortest of political honeymoons since taking over from Boris Johnson.
US inflation tops forecasts
AFP, Published on 13/10/2022
» NEW YORK: US inflation jumped more than expected in September, according to government data released on Thursday, in the latest sign that pricing pressures have become more intractable despite aggressive central bank action.
Their Majesties inaugurate King Bhumibol statue
Online Reporters, Published on 13/10/2022
» Their Majesties the King and Queen presided over a royal ceremony on Thursday to mark the unveiling of a statue of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great.
Political protest banners removed in Beijing
Reuters, Published on 13/10/2022
» BEIJING: Beijing authorities removed rare banners of political protest from an overpass in the Chinese capital, according to images circulated widely on social media on Thursday, just days before the start of a twice-in-a-decade Communist Party congress.