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Germany hands back looted artefacts to Nigeria
AFP, Published on 20/12/2022
» ABUJA - Germany handed back more than 20 looted artefacts to Nigeria on Tuesday, saying it was to "right a wrong" more than 100 years after they were stolen by British colonial troops.
Motor racing-F1 drivers barred from political statements unless approved
Reuters, Published on 20/12/2022
» LONDON: Formula One drivers will need prior written permission from the sport's governing body to make 'political statements' from next season following an update of the International Sporting Code.
Turkey fumes at Sweden in NATO membership dispute
AFP, Published on 20/12/2022
» ISTANBUL - Turkey on Tuesday lashed out at Sweden's refusal to extradite a top reporter that Ankara has demanded in exchange for its ratification of Stockholm's NATO membership bid.
Princess Diana's former butler paid damages over phone hacking
AFP, Published on 20/12/2022
» LONDON - Princess Diana's former butler was on Tuesday given a public apology and paid substantial damages by the publisher of the Daily Mirror newspaper over phone hacking and the "repeated invasion of his privacy".
All 33 hostage takers killed in Pakistan siege
AFP, Published on 20/12/2022
» All 33 suspected militant prisoners who took hostages after seizing control of a Pakistan police station were killed in a clearance operation on Tuesday in which two special forces troops also died, the defence minister said.
Ukraine's Zelensky visits frontline city of Bakhmut
AFP, Published on 20/12/2022
» KRAMATORSK (UKRAINE) - President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday visited the eastern frontline city of Bakhmut, now the epicentre of fighting in Russia's nearly 10-month invasion of Ukraine.
Royal note of thanks for princess's medical carers
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 20/12/2022
» Their Majesties the King and Queen have thanked medical workers involved in the care and treatment of Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendiradebyavati, according to a Facebook post by Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.
Senator sparks handbag spat with student activist
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 20/12/2022
» A senator has called on the National Security Council (NSC) to look into the finances of anti-government protest leader Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul, after a photo of her flaunting a brand-name handbag worth more than 200,000 baht was posted on her Facebook page and was widely circulated on social media.
Putin says situation in annexed regions 'extremely difficult'
AFP, Published on 20/12/2022
» MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday the situation in four territories of Ukraine that Russia claims to have annexed but does not control militarily was "extremely difficult".
Endless cycle of destruction and repair for Ukraine's energy workers
AFP, Published on 20/12/2022
» KRAMATORSK (UKRAINE) - It has become a daily struggle for Ukrainian technicians: mending pipes damaged by Russian airstrikes in a desperate bid to keep the energy grid working in freezing temperatures, even as attacks continue.