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War of words escalates in Nigeria as rescheduled vote looms
AFP, Published on 19/02/2019
» ABUJA - Nigeria's main opposition on Tuesday accused President Muhammadu Buhari of paying "lip service" to democracy, as a war of words escalated before rescheduled elections this weekend.
Huawei's founder denies presence of hardware 'backdoors'
AFP, Published on 19/02/2019
» BEIJING: The founder of Chinese telecom giant Huawei has hit back at US efforts to blacklist the company and denied there are any "backdoors" in its technology to spy for Beijing.
US-backed Syrian forces seek to evacuate civilians from IS holdout
AFP, Published on 19/02/2019
» NEAR BAGHOUZ (SYRIA) - US-backed forces Tuesday said they were trying to evacuate civilians from the Islamic State group's last dreg of territory in Syria and warned jihadists to surrender or face death.
Fashion mourns death of the Kaiser Karl Lagerfeld
AFP, Published on 19/02/2019
» PARIS - Superstar designer Karl Lagerfeld died at the age of 85 on Tuesday, his fashion label Chanel confirmed.
'European' Lagerfeld saw 1920s Germany as 'spiritual homeland'
AFP, Published on 19/02/2019
» BERLIN - German designer Karl Lagerfeld, based in Paris from the 1950s until his death Tuesday, described himself as a "European", hailing the interwar Germany he never knew as a "spiritual homeland" that was destroyed under Nazism.
Karl Lagerfeld, fashion's quick-witted king
AFP, Published on 19/02/2019
» PARIS - They called him the "Kaiser", and for decades Karl Lagerfeld, who has died aged 85, reigned imperially over the fashion world.
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld dead: Chanel
AFP, Published on 19/02/2019
» PARIS - Superstar designer Karl Lagerfeld has died at the age of 85, his fashion label Chanel confirmed on Tuesday.
Two Italians injured, one badly, as tourist elephant goes beserk
Online Reporters, Published on 19/02/2019
» Two Italian tourists and a mahout were hurt, one serious, when a bull elephant giving rides at a tourist attraction in Phangnga suddenly went berserk, throwing three men off its back and then goring one tourist with its tusk.
Vietnam confirms first African swine fever cases
Reuters, Published on 19/02/2019
» HANOI: African swine fever has been detected on three farms in Vietnam, authorities said on Tuesday, the first confirmed cases of the highly contagious disease in the Southeast Asia country.
Thai Raksa Chart bigwigs back on campaign trail
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Pikool Kaewhawong and Piyaratch Chongcharoen, Published on 19/02/2019
» Key members of Thai Raksa Chart (TRC) have ended their self-imposed break from political activities and hit the campaign trail on Tuesday to help local candidates woo voters.