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Tue, 06 Dec 2022 07:54:17 GMT
Greek police accused of brutality after another boy shot
The shooting is is the latest in a long line of controversial incidents and comes a year after another Roma youth was killed near the port of Piraeus, also after a police chase. As the 16-year-old boy fought for his life in hospital following the s...

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 07:54:17 GMT
Students protest campus lockdown as China eases Covid curbs
Millions of people around China still face restrictions, despite some cities rolling back mass testing and curbs on movement following nationwide anti-lockdown protests last week. Analysts at Japanese firm Nomura on Monday calculated that 53 cities...

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 06:58:12 GMT
Indonesia parliament approves ban on extra-marital sex
After the new criminal code was endorsed by all nine parties in a sweeping overhaul of the legal code, deputy house speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad banged the gavel to signal the text was approved and shouted "legal". A revision of Indonesia's criminal c...

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 06:38:14 GMT
Tweet sparks Musk fever in EU's poorest corner
The Tesla, SpaceX and now Twitter boss -- who is not immune to bouts of online whimsy -- recently commented on an image of the towering Belogradchik Rocks in northwestern Bulgaria under menacing clouds. "Pretty sure that was in Elden Ring," Musk tw...

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 06:26:14 GMT
Philippine lawmakers propose $4.9 bn sovereign wealth fund chaired by Marcos
Congressmen Sandro Marcos and Martin Romualdez -- the president's son and cousin respectively -- are among the six authors of the bill filed to the House of Representatives and will be examined by two committees before being debated in the house. T...

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 05:58:11 GMT
Court fight as parents reject 'vaccinated blood' for sick N.Zealand baby
The New Zealand health authority took the bid for emergency custody to the High Court in Auckland in a case that has sparked local protest and underscored the potency of vaccine misinformation. The four-month-old -- whose name has been suppressed b...

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 05:40:17 GMT
Energy crisis fuels renewables boom: IEA
Total renewables capacity worldwide is set to almost double in the next five years and overtake coal as the largest source of electricity generation by 2025, the IEA said in a report. The 2,400-gigawatt growth between 2022-2027 is almost a third hi...

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 05:32:16 GMT
Georgia runoff Senate vote a new test for Biden
Democratic senator Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger Herschel Walker, who is backed by former president Donald Trump, will clash in a hotly contested runoff after neither of the African American candidates earned more than 50 percent in ...

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 05:20:20 GMT
Indonesian parliament approves legislation to outlaw extra-marital sex
After the controversial new criminal code received the majority of votes from lawmakers during the plenary session, deputy house speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad banged the gavel to signal the text was approved and shouted "legal". Rights groups had prote...

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 05:08:32 GMT
Former Chinese leader Hu in first public appearance since dramatic Congress exit
In October, Hu was lifted out of his chair and led out of the closing ceremony of the Party Congress, a highly unusual incident that disrupted the carefully choreographed event at which Xi Jinping was handed a historic third term as leader. Chines...

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 04:56:13 GMT
Stoked: England skipper hails 'special' win in Pakistan
With just minutes to spare in dying light after five days of enthralling cricket, England finally halted a heroic last stand by Pakistan's tailenders to win the first Test by 74 runs. It was only the third time England have won a Test in Pakistan, ...

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 04:54:10 GMT
Brady's Bucs stun Saints with last-gasp TD
Brady authored the 44th fourth-quarter comeback win of his career, the most in NFL history as he broke a tie with Peyton Manning. Struggling offensively in the first three quarters, Tampa Bay turned it on in the fourth as Brady connected on 15 of 2...

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 04:14:13 GMT
Tatum leads Celtics to impressive road win over Raptors
Trailing 62-56 at halftime, the Celtics out-scored the Raptors 35-18 in the third period to take a nine-point lead, pushing their advantage to as many as 13 in the fourth as they improved their league-best record to 20-5. The Celtics lead the Easte...

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 04:14:12 GMT
Emmy-winning 'Cheers' star Kirstie Alley dies at 71
"We are sad to inform you that our incredible, fierce and loving mother has passed away after a battle with cancer, only recently discovered," her children Lillie Price Stevenson and William True Stevenson said in a statement on Twitter. "Our mothe...

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 04:04:20 GMT
The end is nigh? Climate, nuclear crises spark fears of worst
When the world rang in 2022, few would have expected the year to feature the US president speaking of the risk of doomsday, following Russia's threats to go nuclear in its invasion of Ukraine. "We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Ken...



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