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One dead, dozens unaccounted for in Florida apartment block collapse
AFP, Published on 24/06/2021
» MIAMI: A 12-story oceanfront apartment block in Florida partially collapsed early Thursday, killing at least one person and leaving dozens more unaccounted for as teams of rescuers combed the rubble for possible victims.
US former police officer to be sentenced for George Floyd murder
AFP, Published on 24/06/2021
» MINNEAPOLIS - Former policeman Derek Chauvin faces up to 30 years in prison when he is sentenced Friday for the murder of African American George Floyd, a killing that sparked America's biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades.
Canada shaken by new discovery of hundreds of graves near indigenous school
AFP, Published on 24/06/2021
» MONTREAL: Hundreds of unmarked graves have been found near a former Catholic boarding school for indigenous children in western Canada, less than a month after the discovery of the remains of 215 children in a mass grave near another school shocked the nation.
Hungary PM digs in on LGBT law at EU summit
AFP, Published on 24/06/2021
» BRUSSELS - Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban strongly defended a new law in his country banning LGBT content in schools as he arrived at an EU summit dominated by growing controversy over the issue.
US panel approves five antitrust bills
Reuters, Published on 24/06/2021
» WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee approved five antitrust bills, three of them aimed at Big Tech, and will take up the last and most aggressive proposed legislation on Thursday, a bill that could require platforms to sell off lines of business.
Singapore accelerating vaccinations
Reuters, Published on 24/06/2021
» SINGAPORE: The city-state said on Thursday it expects to almost double the number of doses of coronavirus vaccines it administers each day to 80,000 from this weekend and might later ease restrictions on gatherings and travel for those inoculated.
One dead after Florida apartment block partially collapses
AFP, Published on 24/06/2021
» MIAMI - A 12-story oceanfront apartment block in Florida partially collapsed early Thursday, killing at least one person and sparking a major emergency response with dozens of rescuers combing the rubble for survivors.
Democracy protesters rally despite Covid warnings
AFP, Published on 24/06/2021
» Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters rallied in Bangkok on Thursday to call for the government's resignation, defying warnings from authorities about the kingdom's soaring coronavirus cases.
13 held for running football betting website
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/06/2021
» PATHUM THANI: Police have arrested 13 people during a raid on two houses in Thanyaburi district for allegedly operating a football betting website with over 120 million baht in monthly circulation.
Ethiopia strike on Tigray market targeted rebels: army
AFP, Published on 24/06/2021
» ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia's army spokesman said Thursday that a military airstrike on a market in the country's war-torn Tigray region targeted rebels, not civilians, rejecting accounts that dozens of innocent people were killed.