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'Beginning of the end': Iran activists call for new protests
AFP, Published on 14/10/2022
» PARIS - Iranian activists called for fresh nationwide protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, as the movement entered a fifth week on Friday despite a crackdown that has killed dozens.
Dutch princess security threat raises crime fears
AFP, Published on 14/10/2022
» THE HAGUE - Dutch Crown Princess Amalia has been forced to abandon plans to live in student digs for security reasons, in a move that raised fresh fears on Friday about organised crime in the Netherlands.
Pound slides amid UK political drama, stocks soar
AFP, Published on 14/10/2022
» LONDON: The pound fell Friday as under-fire British Prime Minister Liz Truss sacked her finance minister and made a dramatic policy U-turn, while equities rallied for a second day despite surging US inflation.
Jeremy Hunt: softly-spoken survivor takes on hardest role
AFP, Published on 14/10/2022
» LONDON: Newly appointed UK finance minister Jeremy Hunt is a mild-mannered political survivor who will require all of his considerable experience to calm an economy and government beset by chaos.
'Shelf-life of a lettuce': Truss's nightmare on Downing Street
AFP, Published on 14/10/2022
» LONDON - British Prime Minister Liz Truss has had the shortest of political honeymoons since taking over from Boris Johnson.
At least 14 children die after ferry sinks in Cambodia's Mekong River
Reuters, Published on 14/10/2022
» PHNOM PENH: At least 14 children were killed when an overloaded ferry that was carrying them home from school sank in the Mekong River, Cambodian authorities said on Friday.
Airports step up Covid surveillance on arrivals from Hong Kong, Singapore
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/10/2022
» Health officials at airports are conducting random Covid-19 tests on passengers with respiratory symptoms from Hong Kong and Singapore to detect Omicron's new XBB subvariant, according to disease control authorities.
Sweden parties agree to form govt with far-right backing
AFP, Published on 14/10/2022
» STOCKHOLM - Three Swedish right-wing parties will build a minority government with the unprecedented backing of the far-right Sweden Democrats, the parties said Friday, unveiling plans for new nuclear reactors and a crime and immigration crackdown.
Putin, Baku criticise Macron for 'unacceptable' Karabakh remarks
AFP, Published on 14/10/2022
» ASTANA (KAZAKHSTAN) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijan on Friday slammed "unacceptable" comments from French leader Emmanuel Macron's on the decades-long conflict between arch foes Baku and Yerevan.
Phuket expects B2bn revenue from 4-day holiday
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 14/10/2022
» PHUKET: The four-day government holiday that began on Thursday will generate more than 2 billion baht in revenue from tourist spending on this island province, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Phuket office.