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Zuma deals new blow to ANC hopes in S. Africa election
AFP, Published on 16/12/2023
» SOWETO (SOUTH AFRICA) - Former South African president Jacob Zuma on Saturday drove a new split in the ruling African National Congress, calling for a boycott of the party in a landmark 2024 election.
China’s ban on iPhone use accelerates
Published on 16/12/2023
» More Chinese agencies and government-backed firms across the country have ordered staff to stop bringing iPhones and other foreign devices to work, setting in motion an unprecedented prohibition that is likely to block Apple and Samsung from parts of the world’s biggest mobile market.
Phachara leading Saudi Open
Published on 16/12/2023
» RIYADH - Thailand’s Phachara Khongwatmai will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Saudi Open at the Riyadh Golf Club, after carding a 67 on Saturday that left him on 12 under-par.
Licence-plate row rattles Kosovo
Published on 16/12/2023
» PRISTINA - Serbs in Kosovo are no longer allowed to use old car plates predating the country’s independence from Serbia, an issue that has triggered the worst ethnic violence in the past two years.
Srettha urges Japanese firms to make quick decisions
Published on 16/12/2023
» TOKYO - Japanese companies in Thailand should make quick decisions in their business operations at a time when Chinese companies are increasing their market share, says Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.
Artist highlights ‘silencing’ of Hong Kong youth
AFP, Published on 16/12/2023
» LONDON - For two decades, British artist Martin Lever took his inspiration from Asia and his adopted home of Hong Kong.
Chinese disinformation clumsy but unkillable
Published on 16/12/2023
» When a Twitter account for Spencer Taggart, a business coach in the US state of Utah, began posting about hot-button political issues in 2020, it garnered widespread attention. Tweets about an endemic cultural divide in the US and support for Black Lives Matter were shared by two Chinese embassy officials.
Ruling due in historic Vatican fraud trial
AFP, Published on 16/12/2023
» VATICAN CITY - A Vatican court delivers its ruling on Saturday in a historic trial focused on an opaque London property deal, with a once-powerful cardinal among 10 defendants facing jail for alleged financial crimes.
PM2.5 exceeds safe levels
Post Reporters, Published on 16/12/2023
» Air pollution in all 50 districts of Bangkok exceeded what is considered safe on Saturday, with Bangkok Yai district the worst, according to the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Gistda).
Kuwaiti emir Sheikh Nawaf dies at 86
AFP, Published on 16/12/2023
» KUWAIT CITY - The emir of oil-rich Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, died on Saturday, the royal court said, after three years in power. He was 86.