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Kanye West agrees to buy social network Parler
AFP, Published on 17/10/2022
» NEW YORK: Social network Parler announced Monday a deal for Kanye West to buy the platform popular with US conservatives, just over a week after the rapper's Twitter and Instagram accounts were restricted over anti-Semitic posts.
Court challenge to Uganda's 'draconian' internet law
AFP, Published on 17/10/2022
» KAMPALA - Ugandan media groups and rights activists on Monday filed a court challenge to a controversial new internet law that they protest is aimed at curtailing free speech and quashing dissent.
Drones spark gunfire, fearful cries before exploding in Kyiv
AFP, Published on 17/10/2022
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Buzzing like a lawn mower, a white arrow darts across the blue sky and drops obliquely toward its target in Ukraine's capital as policemen crouching next to their patrol car open fire.
Russian shelling cuts external power to Ukraine nuclear plant: Kyiv
Reuters, Published on 17/10/2022
» KYIV: The Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant in southern Ukraine was operating on emergency diesel generators on Monday after Russian shelling cut off its external power supply, Ukraine's state nuclear energy company said.
Canadian fined for rollerblading on Bangkok's Sukhumvit road
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 17/10/2022
» A 37-year-old Canadian man seen rollerblading on Bangkok roads was charged by police with a misdemeanour, saying he only wanted to see the city while exercising.
Jihadist fears cast shadow on Niger-Benin border
AFP, Published on 17/10/2022
» GAYA (NIGER) - Observers of troubled West Africa have long fretted that jihadists who have rampaged across the Sahel are eyeing a southward push to the Gulf of Guinea.
Ethiopia vows to seize airports, other sites in Tigray
AFP, Published on 17/10/2022
» ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia's government on Monday vowed to seize control of airports and other federal facilities in war-torn Tigray, a day after the African Union appealed for a ceasefire to the conflict.
Sweden elects right-wing PM backed for first time by far-right
AFP, Published on 17/10/2022
» STOCKHOLM: Sweden's parliament on Monday narrowly elected conservative leader Ulf Kristersson as prime minister, leading the country's first government to be shored up by the far-right Sweden Democrats.
Xi’s fiery Taiwan rhetoric raises risk of war in his third term
Bloomberg, Published on 17/10/2022
» President Xi Jinping proclaimed on Sunday that Taiwan’s status should be “settled by Chinese people”. Yet he faces a tricky balancing act managing public opinion among China’s 1.4 billion people on an issue that looks set to dominate his third term.
Anantara Chiang Mai boasts historic building and a new rooftop bar
Guru, Suthivas Tanphaibul, Published on 17/10/2022
» Anantara Chiang Mai adds a luxury touch to the banks of the Ping River. Even though it has been around for 18 years, the property, formerly known as Chedi Chiang Mai, champions the time with contemporary, minimalist splendour designed by the late architect Kerry Hill. The riverfront sanctuary connects you to the true roots of the locality that was once the wood trading hub of the British Empire, whether it is the impressive teakwood exterior or the conservative colonial house that has been renovated to house a top-notch restaurant and bar, not to mention the giant tree on the lawn that has been providing shade for almost 200 years.