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Early Renaissance painting found in kitchen fetches €24m
AFP, Published on 27/10/2019
» SENLIS, France: A rare masterpiece by Italian early Renaissance master Cimabue that was discovered in a French kitchen was sold on Sunday for €24 million, about five times the initial estimate.
After Baghdadi raid, Syria villagers tell of quiet neighbour
AFP, Published on 27/10/2019
» BARISHA (SYRIA) - In the middle of the night amid the olive trees of northwest Syria, Abu Ahmad heard soldiers "speaking a foreign language" attack the home next door.
Trump describes daring US raid as like 'a movie'
AFP, Published on 27/10/2019
» WASHINGTON - It started with eight helicopters flying low in the dark across hostile territory. It ended two hours later with one of the most wanted men in the world cornered by US soldiers, then blowing himself up.
Baghdadi 'The Ghost': jihadist chief who oversaw IS rise and fall
AFP, Published on 27/10/2019
» BAGHDAD - Reclusive jihadist supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi oversaw the bloodstained rise and ultimate collapse of his Islamic State group's "caliphate" while keeping such a low profile that he was nicknamed "The Ghost".
Lebanon protesters start forming nationwide human chain
AFP, Published on 27/10/2019
» BEIRUT - Tens of thousands of Lebanese protesters were attempting to form a human chain running across the entire country on Sunday to symbolise newfound national unity.
Facebook's digital currency Libra poses threat to WeChat Pay, Alipay
South China Morning Post, Published on 27/10/2019
» Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has acknowledged that Facebook's proposed cryptocurrency Libra could pose a serious threat to existing digital payment systems, including its own WeChat Pay as well as Alipay from rival Alibaba Group Holding.
Hymns and prayers for Vietnamese feared dead in UK truck tragedy
AFP, Published on 27/10/2019
» NGHE AN (VIETNAM) - A Catholic mass was held Sunday for Vietnamese feared among 39 people found dead in a truck in Britain, as families desperately awaited news about missing relatives who have not been heard from in days.
Police station probed for lack of duty officers at night
Post Reporters, Published on 27/10/2019
» The Pathum Thani police chief has ordered an investigation into a police station in the province after reports that no duty officers were working late at night.
Vietnam police take DNA from relatives of suspected lorry victims
Reuters, Published on 27/10/2019
» CAN LOC, Vietnam: Police in Vietnam took hair and blood samples on Sunday to get DNA from relatives of people feared to be among the 39 who died in the back of a lorry near London last week, their family members said.
Hong Kong protesters in standoff with police after rally tear-gassed
Reuters, Published on 27/10/2019
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong police fired volleys of tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters, many wearing banned face masks, who had converged on the Kowloon harbour-front tourist district on Sunday to denounce perceived police brutality over months of unrest.