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Man pleads guilty to charge relating to footballer Sala's death
AFP, Published on 18/10/2021
» CARDIFF (UNITED KINGDOM) - A 66-year-old man has pleaded guilty to a charge in relation to the death of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala in a light-aircraft crash in 2019, a British court heard on Monday.
Tributes pour in for Colin Powell, dead at 84
AFP, Published on 18/10/2021
» WASHINGTON: Colin Powell, a US war hero and the first Black secretary of state who saw his legacy tarnished when he made the case for war in Iraq in 2003, has died from complications from Covid-19. He was 84.
UK MPs to pay tribute to slain colleague in parliament
AFP, Published on 18/10/2021
» LONDON - British lawmakers will pay tribute in parliament on Monday to their murdered colleague David Amess, as counter-terrorism police probed whether a suspect arrested was motivated by Islamist extremism.
Colin Powell dies of Covid-19 complications: family
AFP, Published on 18/10/2021
» Colin Powell, a US war hero and the first Black secretary of state who saw his legacy tarnished when he made the case for war in Iraq in 2003, has died from complications from Covid-19. He was 84.
Explainer - What is the 'metaverse'?
Published on 18/10/2021
» LONDON: Facebook said on Monday that it will hire 10,000 people in Europe to help it build a "metaverse".
Book slammed for glorifying foreign invasion of China 'snapped up by readers' in Hong Kong
Published on 18/10/2021
» HONG KONG: A book pro-Beijing media and lawmakers have attacked for saying it was right for foreign powers to take military action against China during the early 1900s has been snapped up by readers, according to employees of a retail bookstore chain in Hong Kong.
Small fire on storage floor of Siriraj Hospital doused
Online Reporters, Published on 18/10/2021
» A small fire that broke out in a building at Siriraj Hospital on Monday was quickly put out by firefighters.
Activists unfurl Tibet flag at Beijing Olympics flame ceremony
AFP, Published on 18/10/2021
» OLYMPIA, Greece: Activists grabbed the spotlight at the flame-lighting ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Greece on Monday by unfurling a Tibetan flag and a banner that said "no genocide" at the Games.
Serious-offence probe into mishandling of 'Boss' case
King-oua Laohong, Published on 18/10/2021
» A seven-member committee has been set up to conduct a serious disciplinary investigation of former deputy attorney general Nate Naksuk's decision to drop a charge of reckless driving causing death against Red Bull scion Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya.
Thailand to cease Sinovac vaccine use when stocks end this month
Published on 18/10/2021
» Thailand will stop using the Covid-19 vaccine of China's Sinovac when its current stock finishes, a senior Public Health Ministry official said on Monday, having used the shot extensively in combination with Western-developed vaccines.