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Dutch 'Bible Belt' targeted in Covid vaccine drive
AFP, Published on 23/11/2021
» URK (NETHERLANDS) - From his surgery in the remote Dutch fishing village of Urk, family doctor Wilco Bloed is trying to win over coronavirus vaccine hold-outs who believe that God is on their side.
UN to evacuate families from Ethiopia as rebels claim advance on capital
AFP, Published on 23/11/2021
» ADDIS ABABA - The United Nations has ordered the immediate evacuation of family members of international staff in Ethiopia, according to an internal document seen by AFP on Tuesday, as Tigrayan rebels claim to be edging closer to the capital Addis Ababa.
New unrest rocks French Caribbean over Covid measures
AFP, Published on 23/11/2021
» POINTE-à-PITRE - Protesters in French overseas territories in the Caribbean opposing measures to limit the spread of Covid-19 clashed again with security forces on Tuesday as the Paris government vowed to restore order.
Biden taps US oil reserves to tame prices, buoy presidency
AFP, Published on 23/11/2021
» WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden reached for the US strategic oil reserves Tuesday in an attempt to flatten fuel price rises pummeling Americans at Thanksgiving -- and hoping to reignite his own political fortunes.
US warship transits Taiwan Strait after Biden-Xi summit
Reuters, Published on 23/11/2021
» A US warship sailed through the strait separating Taiwan and China on Tuesday, the navy said, the first such passage since leaders from the two rival superpowers held a video summit.
UK apology over Gulf War 'human shields' flight
AFP, Published on 23/11/2021
» LONDON: The UK government on Tuesday apologised for not warning British Airways that Iraq was about to invade Kuwait before one of its flights was caught up in a hostage drama in 1990.
Rare Einstein manuscript set to fetch millions
AFP, Published on 23/11/2021
» PARIS - Albert Einstein's handwritten notes for the theory of relativity are being auctioned in Paris on Tuesday, expected to fetch millions of euros.
Chinese loan shark busted after raking in B40m
Post Reporters, Published on 23/11/2021
» A Chinese man has been arrested in Bangkok for allegedly running an illegal online lending business that generated over 40 million baht in three months by charging exorbitant interest rates.
Thai workers set off for Israeli farms
Post Reporters, Published on 23/11/2021
» A hundred and twenty Thai workers left for Israel on Tuesday to work in its agricultural sector under the Thailand-Israel Cooperation on the Placement of Workers agreement.
Minister Chaiwut denies True-DTAC merger would create monopoly
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 23/11/2021
» Digital Economy and Society (DES) Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn believes a merger between major mobile operators Total Access Communication Plc (DTAC) and True Corporation Plc is "normal" and dismissed speculation that it would result in a monopoly.