Yearly Archives: 2024
Cambodian journalist investigating illegal logging shot dead
PHNOM PENH (AFP) - A Cambodian journalist died yesterday after he was shot this week while investigating illegal logging in the country’s northwest, police...
India’s top diplomat to visit Bangladesh
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India’s top diplomat will head to Bangladesh tomorrow after the student-led revolution in August that toppled autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina’s...
Apartment block ‘partially collapsed’ after explosion
THE HAGUE (AFP) - A three-storey apartment block in The Hague partially collapsed yesterday after a fire and explosion, firefighters said, with first responders...
Romania police raid houses linked to vote probe
BUCHAREST (AFP) - Romanian police raided houses yesterday linked to a probe into alleged irregularities in the first-round presidential election win of far-right outsider...
Insurance executive killer may have fled New York
NEW YORK (AFP) - New York police said on Friday they believe the man suspected of gunning down a top health insurance executive may...
Into the depths
PORTOBELO (AFP) - There are probably easier ways to set a world record, but Rudiger Koch has found his method 11 metres under the...
Hawaiian crow that went extinct in the wild decades ago released on Maui
MAKAWAO (AP) - Five Hawaiian crows recently were released on Maui for the first time as part of an ongoing effort to return the...
‘Warhammer’ maker enters London’s top stocks index
LONDON (AFP) - British company Games Workshop, makers of miniature wargames figures, entered London's top-tier FTSE 100 index, the London Stock Exchange announced recently,...
International textile-garment fair in Myanmar attracts large crowd
YANGON (XINHUA) - The 2024 Myanmar International Textile and Machinery Fair, held from December 6 to today in Yangon, brought together international and local...
Nippon Steel eyes US Steel in overseas expansion
KASHIMA (AP) - The signs at Nippon Steel read: “The world through steel”, underlining why Japan’s top steelmaker is pursuing its USD15 billion bid...