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Mon, 09 May 2022 09:00:21 GMT
Sri Lanka imposes curfew in capital after 20 injured in clashes
Months of blackouts and dire shortages of food, fuel and medicines have caused widespread suffering across the South Asian island and weeks of overwhelmingly peaceful anti-government protests. At least 20 people were injured in the violence in cent...

Mon, 09 May 2022 08:58:14 GMT
Western multinationals congratulate Hong Kong's new leader
Lee, 64, a former security chief who oversaw the crackdown on Hong Kong's democracy movement, was anointed the business hub's new leader on Sunday in a near-unanimous vote by a small committee of Beijing loyalists. He was the sole candidate in the ...

Mon, 09 May 2022 08:56:15 GMT
Marcos Jr eyes victory as Philippines votes for new president
Nearly 40 years after the patriarch was deposed by a popular revolt and the family chased into exile, Ferdinand Marcos Jr looks set to complete their remarkable comeback from pariahs to the peak of political power. Ten candidates are vying to succe...

Mon, 09 May 2022 08:24:18 GMT
Fisherman's bad catch hints at ferocity of Ukraine battle
The 32-year-old lowers a net down a rope from a railroad bridge overlooking the Kazeniy Torets River and hopes the thuds rolling in from the horizon will not scare his dinner away. "They get frightened when there is shelling. It has to be silent wh...

Mon, 09 May 2022 07:32:16 GMT
'Our real Victory Day': Ukrainians shun Soviet WWII anniversary
His father was a soldier in the Moscow's Red Army, fought in Europe during World War II and was held captive in a Nazi prisoner of war camp. But this year, his pride has turned to indignation and anger, with the anniversary blackened by Russia's fu...

Mon, 09 May 2022 06:52:15 GMT
Downtown Beijing goes quiet as zero-Covid policy smothers capital
Beijing residents fear they may soon find themselves in the grip of the same draconian measures that have trapped most of Shanghai's 25 million people at home for several weeks. Officials there have said the eastern powerhouse is winning its battle...

Mon, 09 May 2022 06:00:14 GMT
Todd Boehly: Can he mimic Dodger title revamp at Chelsea
The 46-year-old from Virginia, who grew up a fan of Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles, was a key member of the ownership group that bought the Los Angeles Dodgers from Frank McCourt in 2012 for $2 billion -- then a record for a North America...

Mon, 09 May 2022 05:36:22 GMT
For Ukraine doctors, treating injured Russians a necessary evil
This young doctor says he "practically lives" at the military hospital in Zaporizhzhia, a large city in southern Ukraine which lies just a few dozen kilometres from the front. At night, the distant thud of shelling can sometimes be heard here. S...

Mon, 09 May 2022 05:36:15 GMT
Decades on, 'France's George Floyd' gets screen treatment
On the night of December 6, 1986, two police officers beat to death the 22-year-old French-Algerian on the sidelines of a student protest in Paris. He had not been involved in the demonstration, and his killing became a turning point -- triggering ...

Mon, 09 May 2022 05:30:18 GMT
Western multinationals congratulate Hong Kong's new leader
Lee, 64, a former security chief who oversaw the crackdown on Hong Kong's democracy movement, was anointed the business hub's new leader on Sunday in a near unanimous vote by a small committee of Beijing loyalists. He was the sole candidate in the ...

Mon, 09 May 2022 05:04:10 GMT
China's April exports slump to lowest in two years as virus bites
The data shows the extent of growing damage to the world's second largest economy as millions are confined to their homes -- particularly in key business hub Shanghai -- to stamp out its worst Covid resurgence since the early days of the pandemic. ...

Mon, 09 May 2022 04:48:11 GMT
Downtown Beijing goes quiet as zero-Covid policy smothers capital
Beijing residents fear they may soon find themselves in the grip of the same draconian measures that have trapped most of Shanghai's 25 million people at home for several weeks. Officials there have said the eastern powerhouse city is winning its b...

Mon, 09 May 2022 03:26:15 GMT
Yazidis displaced anew by north Iraq violence
"Last time we were displaced because we were afraid of the Islamic State" jihadist group, said Kalo, 37, from the non-Arab, Kurdish-speaking minority. The Yazidis are a monotheistic, esoteric community who were massacred by IS when the extremists s...

Mon, 09 May 2022 03:24:10 GMT
Asian stocks tumble on global anxieties over inflation
Global markets have taken a beating over a series of crises including surging inflation, rising interest rates, China's economic slowdown and the war in Ukraine. Wall Street on Friday saw a brief lift in equities after the US Labor Department repor...

Mon, 09 May 2022 03:10:13 GMT
Jetliner aborts landing in Mexico to avoid another plane
Video circulating on social media showed the near-miss involving two Airbus jets belonging to low-cost Mexican carrier Volaris Saturday night at Benito Juarez Airport, the busiest in Latin America. The airline did not disclose the flight numbers, e...



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