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S.Africa not ditching coal 'just like that', Ramaphosa cautions
AFP, Published on 29/01/2023
» JOHANNESBURG - Coal-rich but energy-starved South Africa will not immediately abandon its fossil-fuelled electricity generating plants as it transitions to cleaner forms of power, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Sunday.
Mourners honour British volunteer killed evacuating civilians on Ukraine frontline
AFP, Published on 29/01/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Mourners gathered at a Kyiv church on Sunday to honour Andrew Bagshaw, one of two British volunteers who died as they were evacuating civilians from fierce fighting in Ukraine's Donetsk region.
New Czech president expected to foster EU, Ukraine ties
AFP, Published on 29/01/2023
» PRAGUE: Newly-elected Czech president Petr Pavel, a former NATO general, will promote close ties with the European Union and offer firm support for Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion, analysts said.
Indonesian leprosy survivor crafts new limbs for shunned villagers
AFP, Published on 29/01/2023
» When Ali Saga visited a clinic in Jakarta four decades ago, he watched as patients and health workers scrambled to get away from him.
Blackpink In Your Area Pop-up Store & Exhibition at Iconsiam
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 29/01/2023
» Blinks have until Feb 7 to enjoy Blackpink's biggest pop-up store in Asia at Iconsiam on Charoen Nakhon Road. ‘Blackpink In Your Area Pop-up Store & Exhibition ‘ occupies 1,200sqm in the Iconsiam Attraction Hall on the sixth floor. It's dubbed as a word-first exhbition of Blackpink's official (and adorable) merch, ranging from T-shirts, keychains to photobooks.
At least 51 killed in twin Pakistan transport tragedies
AFP, Published on 29/01/2023
» At least 51 people were killed in two separate transport accidents in western Pakistan on Sunday, when a bus plunged off a bridge and a boat carrying a class of children capsized.
UK PM fires Conservative chairman after tax probe: govt
AFP, Published on 29/01/2023
» LONDON - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday fired Conservative party chairman Nadhim Zahawi after an inquiry into Zahawi's tax affairs found a "serious breach" of ministerial rules, the government said.
French PM says no dice on pension age as strikes loom
AFP, Published on 29/01/2023
» PARIS: France's prime minister on Sunday ruled out backtracking on a plan to raise the retirement age as unions prepared for another day of mass protests against the contested reform.
Swede dies in road accident after first meeting with Thai girlfriend
Post Reporters, Published on 29/01/2023
» ROI ET: A Swedish man died instantly when his motorcycle plunged into a roadside ditch days after his first meeting with the Thai girlfriend he met online.
Chiang Mai ranked safest city in SE Asia
Post Reporters, Published on 29/01/2023
» A website has ranked the northern city of Chiang Mai the safest in Southeast Asia - and No 32 in the entire world - according to a government spokesman.