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Firefighting plane pilots die in Greece crash as wildfires rage
AFP, Published on 25/07/2023
» RHODES (GREECE) - Two pilots died when their water-bombing plane crashed while battling a blaze on the Greek island of Evia on Tuesday, as wildfires flared across the Mediterranean.
LeBron James' son stable after suffering cardiac arrest in practice
AFP, Published on 25/07/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Bronny James, the eldest son of NBA superstar LeBron James, is in a stable condition after suffering a cardiac arrest during a practice with his college basketball team, the James family said on Tuesday.
Fond farewell as first France-born panda heads to China
AFP, Published on 25/07/2023
» SAINT-AIGNAN (FRANCE) - The first giant panda to have been born in France received an emotional send-off on Tuesday as he left his French zoo ahead of the long haul flight back to his ancestral China.
‘Verified human’: Worldcoin users queue for iris scans
Published on 25/07/2023
» People around the world are getting their eyeballs scanned in exchange for a digital ID and the promise of free cryptocurrency, shrugging off concerns among privacy campaigners and data regulators.
Indonesia says Taliban reps visited ‘informally’
Published on 25/07/2023
» JAKARTA: Representatives of Afghanistan’s Taliban government travelled to Indonesia earlier this month on an unofficial visit, the foreign ministry in Jakarta said on Tuesday, despite Kabul saying they held meetings with politicians in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation.
IMF: US on 'very narrow path' to avoid recession
AFP, Published on 25/07/2023
» WASHINGTON: The US economy is on a "very narrow path" to avoiding a recession, the International Monetary Fund's chief economist says, while warning of risks to China's strong post-pandemic recovery.
IMF warns of slowing global growth ahead
AFP, Published on 25/07/2023
» WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund has slightly upgraded its outlook for global growth this year on the back of resilient service sector activity in the first quarter and a strong labour market, the lender said Tuesday.
Hot oceans fuelling weather disasters
Published on 25/07/2023
» Heat searing enough to knock out mobile phones. Wildfire smoke that turns the skies an apocalyptic orange. Flash floods submerging towns in upstate New York and Vermont in the United States.
Wagner mercenaries stay in Africa despite Russia mutiny
AFP, Published on 25/07/2023
» PARIS: Ever since Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin staged a mutiny in Russia last month, questions have been raised over the future of his group in Africa, the cradle of its wealth and notoriety.
Paedophile nabbed in Thailand gets 30 years in UK
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/07/2023
» A former children’s entertainer extradited from Thailand to the United Kingdom was jailed on Monday for 30 years for multiple sex offences involving children.