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Tension on Taiwan, trade hangs over new Biden-Xi phone call
AFP, Published on 28/07/2022
» WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping were set to talk Thursday, amid questions over whether their long distance exchanges can defuse mounting tensions around Taiwan and trade.
Second monkeypox case found, this time in Bangkok
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/07/2022
» The Public Health Ministry reported Thailand's second monkeypox case on Thursday, a man living with 10 other people in Bangkok.
US GDP data due with all eyes on possible recession
AFP, Published on 28/07/2022
» WASHINGTON: The United States is set to release key data on economic growth Thursday and global investors are watching closely as the world's largest economy flirts with recession -- while President Joe Biden walks a political tightrope.
Man in Phuket tests negative for monkeypox
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 28/07/2022
» PHUKET: A Thai man has tested negative for monkeypox after developing symptoms similar to the disease, a senior provincial public health official said on Thursday.
Hundreds of aftershocks shake Philippines
Gary Boyle, Published on 28/07/2022
» Anxious residents slept outside after hundreds of aftershocks rattled the earthquake-hit northern Philippines, locals said Thursday.
Easy targets: Drug mules fill women's jails in Hong Kong
AFP, Published on 28/07/2022
» HONG KONG: Zoila Lecarnaque Saavedra sealed her fate when she agreed to transport a package from Peru to Hong Kong -- a decision that landed her more than eight years in prison.
Hundreds of aftershocks shake earthquake-hit northern Philippines
AFP, Published on 28/07/2022
» MANILA: Anxious residents slept outside after hundreds of aftershocks rattled the earthquake-hit northern Philippines, locals said Thursday, as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr flew to the region to inspect the damage.
Macron hosts Saudi crown prince despite rights outrage
AFP, Published on 28/07/2022
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for talks in Paris on Thursday, defying criticism that the invitation is deeply inappropriate barely four years after the murder by Saudi agents of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Commonwealth Games set for glitzy launch in Birmingham
AFP, Published on 28/07/2022
» BIRMINGHAM (UNITED KINGDOM) - More than 5,000 athletes are primed for action in the English city of Birmingham from Friday at a Commonwealth Games lacking several track and field stars but still boasting elite performers.
Pro-Sadr protesters storm Iraqi parliament in fortified Green Zone
AFP, Published on 28/07/2022
» BAGHDAD - Hundreds of supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr danced and sang in parliament Wednesday after storming Baghdad's high-security Green Zone in protest at a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister.