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WORLD

Germany hopes to help climate with discount travel card

AFP, Published on 01/05/2023

» BERLIN - Germany launches on Monday a new flat-rate public transport ticket valid across the country, but the 49-euro ($54) price point has raised doubts about the pass's potential impact.

WORLD

China rehabilitation scheme makes morticians of murderers

AFP, Published on 28/04/2023

» SHENYANG (CHINA) - Once jailed for murder, Cao Yongsheng now makes a living caring for the dead, benefitting from a bold rehabilitation scheme that's giving some of China's most serious criminals a second life as funeral workers.

WORLD

Google, Microsoft top expectations as AI rivalry heats up

AFP, Published on 26/04/2023

» SAN FRANCISCO - Google parent company Alphabet beat market expectations in the first quarter of 2023 with a net profit of $15 billion, the company said on Tuesday, in a sign that the search engine behemoth is regaining its footing.

WORLD

Zelensky presses NATO on membership, long-range weapons

AFP, Published on 20/04/2023

» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday pressed NATO to invite Kyiv to join the alliance and send more fighter jets and long-range weapons, as battles with Russia raged on in the east of the country.

WORLD

Russian strike kills 9 Ukrainian civilians

AFP, Published on 15/04/2023

» SLOVIANSK, Ukraine: Russia has shelled a block of flats in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, killing nine people, authorities said on Saturday, including a two-year-old boy who was rescued from the rubble but died on his way to hospital.

WORLD

Russian strike kills eight, including toddler, in eastern Ukraine

AFP, Published on 15/04/2023

» SLOVIANSK (UKRAINE) - Russia shelled a block of flats in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk on Friday, killing eight people, including a toddler who was pulled out of the rubble but died in an ambulance on the way to hospital, authorities said.

WORLD

Russian strike kills six, including toddler, in eastern Ukraine

AFP, Published on 15/04/2023

» SLOVIANSK (UKRAINE) - Russia shelled a block of flats in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk on Friday, killing six people including a toddler who was pulled out of the rubble but died in an ambulance on the way to hospital, police said.

BUSINESS

Luxury brands court Middle East with Ramadan collections

AFP, Published on 14/04/2023

» PARIS - With flowing kaftans, fluid separates and glamorous maxi dresses, Western luxury fashion brands are increasingly targeting the monied Middle Eastern market with Ramadan capsule collections.

SPORTS

Tickets sell out 'in five minutes' as China football fans relish return

AFP, Published on 14/04/2023

» BEIJING - The new Chinese Super League season kicks off on Saturday after three years of Covid controls with tickets reportedly selling out in just five minutes for the biggest match of the opening weekend.

WORLD

Building fever grips Greece as tourism booms

AFP, Published on 12/04/2023

» PAROS, Greece: It's early morning in the picturesque village of Naoussa on the Greek island of Paros, and jackhammers are already echoing as locals ready for what they hope will be a record tourist season.