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Thu, 04 Mar 2021 09:52:16 GMT'Everything will be ok': Myanmar mourns teen killed protesting
Kyal Sin always let her clothes do the talking -- at one Myanmar anti-coup rally, she taped a sign onto the back of her black jacket: "We need democracy. Justice for Myanmar. Respect our votes."
Weeks later, when the 19-year-old was gunned down Wed...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:48:13 GMTPakistan Super League cricket suspended over coronavirus cases
The Pakistan Super League was suspended on Thursday after seven players tested positive for the coronavirus, the country's cricket board said.
The Twenty20 competition, which started on February 20, was put on hold "with immediate effect", a Pakist...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:42:14 GMTUK and others agree to fast-track adapted Covid vaccines
Modified vaccines designed to protect against emerging coronavirus variants will get fast-track approval under a pact announced on Thursday by medicines regulators in Britain and four other countries.
The agreement will avert the need for lengthy c...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:40:17 GMTAustralia minister 'sorry' for calling alleged rape victim a 'lying cow'
Australia's scandal-hit government on Thursday apologised for calling an alleged rape victim a "lying cow," sparking fresh claims of a "toxic" culture in the country's corridors of power.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Defence Minister Linda Re...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:26:11 GMTAfter Sarkozy, ex-French PM Balladur in dock for corruption
A French court is set to hand down a verdict on former prime minister Edouard Balladur on Thursday over a decades-old campaign financing scandal, days after ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of corruption.
Balladur, 91, is accused of us...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:02:14 GMTReality TV pioneer 'The Real World' reunites original cast
Widely considered the first major reality television program, MTV's "The Real World" is set to return nearly 30 years after its debut -- with seven members of the original cast appearing in the same New York loft where they first gathered in 1992.
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Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:56:13 GMTFemale doctor killed in eastern Afghanistan after murder of media workers
A female doctor was killed in a bomb blast in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad in what appeared to be another targeted hit, officials said Thursday, just days after three women media workers were gunned down in the area.
Journalists, religious...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:51:28 GMTMyanmar pro-democracy protesters return after ‘bloodiest day’ since coup
Defiant anti-coup protesters returned to cities and towns across Myanmar on Thursday after dozens of people were killed in the deadliest day of the junta's crackdown, with global powers condemning the "brutal violence".
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:44:12 GMTNew Zealand arrests two over mosque attacks anniversary threat
New Zealand police arrested two people Thursday over online threats against two Christchurch mosques targeted in a white supremacist attack two years ago that claimed the lives of 51 Muslims.
Police in the South Island city announced the pair's arr...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:36:14 GMTGreece assesses damage from 6.3 magnitude quake
Engineers in central Greece on Thursday were assessing the damage from a strong 6.3 magnitude quake that injured at least 11 people, damaged scores of buildings and spread panic.
The recovery work began as scores of people from the villages of Dama...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:26:13 GMTAustralian teen dies after box jellyfish sting
An Australian teenager has died after a suspected box jellyfish sting, authorities said Thursday, in a rare case believed to be the country's first such death in 15 years.
Health officials said the 17-year-old was stung while swimming at Bamaga, a ...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:22:14 GMTLufthansa posts record annual loss, sees long recovery
German flag carrier Lufthansa said Thursday it lost a record 6.7 billion euros ($8.1 billion) in 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic wiped out demand for travel and left aircraft grounded.
Europe's biggest airline said it expects to book an operating...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:10:15 GMTClimate disasters prompt Australia's first platypus refuge
The world's first dedicated platypus refuge will be established to rescue the unique Australian animals from climate change-fuelled crises, as bushfires and drought increasingly threaten their habitat.
Taronga Zoo announced it will build the facili...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:08:10 GMTSeven injured in 'suspected terrorist' stabbings in Sweden
Swedish police are investigating a possible terror incident after a man stabbed and injured at least seven people in the city of Vetlanda.
A police statement early Thursday revised the number of injured in the attack to seven from eight but did not...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:01:40 GMTSpaceX unmanned rocket makes soft landing before exploding on ground
Third time's a charm? Not so for SpaceX, whose unmanned rocket exploded on the ground Wednesday after carrying out what had seemed to be a successful flight and landing – fresh on the heels of two fiery crashes.