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At least, 30 children and teachers were killed on Thursday during a mass shooting in a nursery school in Thailand. The incident, which occurred in Na Klang district in Nong Bua Lamphu province of the Asian country, also left about 12 persons injured. The 34-year-old suspect, identified as Panya Kamrab, was reportedly discharged from […]
Tottenham’s fitness coach Gian Piero Ventrone has died aged 61. Ventrone, nicknamed ‘The Marine’ in Italy because of his rigorous training regimes, arrived at Spurs with Antonio Conte in November 2021. Spurs confirmed his passing on Thursday and said “he will be greatly missed by everyone”. He is reported to have died due […]
North Korea on Saturday test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles, its neighbors said, the fourth round this week of weapons launches that prompted quick, strong condemnation from its rivals. In an unusually strong rebuke of North Korea’s weapons programs, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said North Korea’s “obsession” with nuclear weapons is deepening […]
Burkina Faso’s junta chief and new self-proclaimed leader, Ibrahim Traore, met with cabinet officials on Sunday following the military coup. Former junta leader Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba also offered his resignation following talks with the new leader. “We really need to change the pace. We need to change the pace. We need […]
Classes were suspended and moved online Monday at Iran’s leading technology university in Tehran after clashes erupted overnight between students and security forces, local media said. “Sharif University of Technology announced that due to recent events and the need to protect students … all classes will be held virtually from Monday,” Mehr news agency […]
A Spanish court has ordered Colombian music superstar Shakira to stand trial in a tax fraud case at a date yet to be determined, court documents showed on Tuesday. Prosecutors in Barcelona said in July they would seek a prison sentence of more than eight years against the singer and a fine of nearly […]
Edward Snowden, a former US intelligence contractor, has been granted Russian citizenship. According to the BBC, Snowden was granted Russian citizenship by President Vladimir Putin on Monday. Also, in what appeared to be a Twitter post on the latest development, Snowden shared a picture of himself and his family, adding that he and […]
. The death toll has risen to 13 people, including seven children, after a shooting at a school in the city of Izhevsk in central Russia, investigators said Monday. The attack was the latest in a series of school shootings that have shaken Russia in recent years and came with the country on […]
The British pound reached an all-time low against the US dollar on Monday. The development is coming less than a week since the pound plummeted to $1.13 — its lowest level since 1985 — before regaining ground. The pound dropped 3.6 per cent on Friday when Kwasi Kwarteng, UK’s finance minister, unveiled historic […]
More than 1,337 people have been arrested at demonstrations across Russia against President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a partial mobilisation of civilians to fight in Ukraine, a police monitoring group said Wednesday. The OVD-Info monitoring group counted at least 1,337 people detained at rallies in 38 different cities across the country after […]
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