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UN satellite analysis tracks Ukraine cultural damage
AFP, Published on 26/10/2022
» GENEVA - The United Nations is using before-and-after satellite imagery to monitor the cultural destruction inflicted by Russia's war in Ukraine, announcing Wednesday it will launch its tracking platform publicly within days.
'Monsters': Ukrainian women recount agony in Russian prisons
AFP, Published on 26/10/2022
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - When Ukrainian medic Tetyana Vasylchenko was released from Russian captivity and, on the bus back to freedom, handed a Ukrainian flag, she finally broke down.
Ethiopia peace talks enter day two in South Africa
AFP, Published on 26/10/2022
» PRETORIA - The first formal peace talks between the warring sides in the brutal two-year conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region entered day two in South Africa on Wednesday.
Painter Pierre Soulages, French master of black, dies at 102
AFP, Published on 26/10/2022
» PARIS - French abstract artist Pierre Soulages, who has died aged 102, was the Henry Ford of painting: for him there was just one colour, black, and he spent a lifetime exploring the light within it.
Putin oversees nuclear response drills
AFP, Published on 26/10/2022
» MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday surveyed drills carried out by his nuclear-capable forces as Moscow pressed unfounded claims to India and China that Ukraine was developing a "dirty bomb".
Telenor calls for clarity on telecom merger conditions
Published on 26/10/2022
» OSLO: Norway's Telenor called on Wednesday for clarification from Thailand's telecommunications regulator on conditions imposed on a merger deal between its DTAC and rival True Corporation.
Hong Kong-based professional services firms ramp up in Singapore
Published on 26/10/2022
» HONG KONG: Professional services companies are expanding their presence in Singapore as they seek to gain a bigger share of the growing Southeast Asian market, with some eyeing the medical tourism sector.
Climate crisis: Transition of global economy way off track
AFP, Published on 26/10/2022
» PARIS: Across virtually every sector, the greening of the global economy is unfolding far too slowly to stave off climate catastrophe, according to a sobering report Wednesday from a consortium of research organisations.
Vietnam may widen dong trading band again to conserve FX reserves
Published on 26/10/2022
» HANOI: Vietnam is preparing to loosen its tight leash on the dong currency, including possibly widening its trading band with the US dollar again, in order to conserve its shrinking currency reserves, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.
21 provinces still partly flooded, but water receding
Online Reporters, Published on 26/10/2022
» Floods are still afflicting 21 provinces - mostly in the Northeast and the Central Plain - but the water is receding, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.