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Ethiopia's Tigray war displaced stage demonstrations
AFP, Published on 23/05/2023
» ADDIS ABABA - Thousands of people displaced by the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region staged protests Tuesday demanding to be able to return home and calling for the withdrawal of "invading forces", witnesses and local television said.
EU battles in court to overturn Apple tax bill ruling
AFP, Published on 23/05/2023
» LUXEMBOURG - Apple and Brussels butted heads in a top EU court on Tuesday as the bloc battled to overturn a ruling against its whopping 13-billion euro order on the iPhone-maker to pay Ireland in back taxes.
Italy unveils two-billion-euro package for flooded northeast
AFP, Published on 23/05/2023
» ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday announced a two-billion-euro ($2.2-billion) package to help northeastern areas affected by floods that killed 14 people, displaced thousands and left swathes of farmland submerged.
Spurs-Leicester ticket sales start Thursday
Tor Chittinand, Published on 23/05/2023
» Tickets for an exhibition match between Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City in July will be available starting on Thursday at 1,500 to 5,500 baht each, organisers have announced.
Beer-loving MFP lawmaker takes aim at booze duopoly
Published on 23/05/2023
» A beer-loving MP-elect once arrested for illegal brewing is hoping the Move Forward Party’s election victory can give him a long-awaited shot at breaking up a 470-billion-baht alcohol duopoly of two of the country’s wealthiest families.
Activists seek to bring senators onside
Online Reporters, Published on 23/05/2023
» Pro-democracy activists gathered in front of the Parliament building on Tuesday evening to send a strong message to 250 appointed senators not to vote against the massive electoral mandate delivered by the people.
Fake AI photo of Pentagon blast spooks market
Published on 23/05/2023
» NEW YORK: A faked photograph of an explosion near the Pentagon spread widely on social media on Monday, briefly sending US stocks lower in possibly the first instance of an AI-generated image moving the market.
Cast defend graphic 'The Idol' that shocks Cannes
AFP, Published on 23/05/2023
» CANNES, France: The cast of new HBO series "The Idol" on Tuesday defended its overtly sexual scenes and rejected rumours of onset turmoil, after the show scandalised critics at Cannes.
Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris dead at 93
AFP, Published on 23/05/2023
» LONDON: The artist, presenter and musician Rolf Harris, who was one of the UK's best-loved entertainers before he was convicted of underage-sex crimes in 2014, has died aged 93, officials said on Tuesday.
Erdogan backers bullish in his German stronghold
AFP, Published on 23/05/2023
» ESSEN, Germany: "I voted for Erdogan because he deserves to be re-elected," says Esra Kose, 45, who like the majority of Turkish voters in Germany backs the incumbent president.