Albanian PM plays for ‘likes’ with social media savvy
by Briseida MEMA Agence France Presse TIRANA, Albania (AFP) -- Armed with quirky web humour and pop references, Albania's spunky…
7 years ago
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Microsoft pledges $500 mn to ease local housing crunch
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Microsoft on Wednesday pledged $500 million for loans and grants aimed at ramping up construction…
7 years ago
Thailand to make it rain as pollution chokes Bangkok
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Thailand is set to deploy rainmaking planes to seed clouds in an effort to tackle the…
7 years ago
Thailand to make it rain as pollution chokes Bangkok
THAILAND, Bangkok (AFP) -- Thailand is set to deploy rainmaking planes to seed clouds in an effort to tackle the…
7 years ago
Australian minister hints Saudi teen likely to get asylum
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Australia gave its strongest hint yet on Wednesday that an 18-year-old Saudi woman in Bangkok would…
7 years ago
Palace: Admin drug war sees no social nor political status
(Eagle News)---The administration's drug war sees no political nor social status, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement on…
7 years ago
Runaway lion, wounded elk find home in Russian shelter
by Marina KORENEVA Agence France-Presse RAPPOLOVO, Rusia (AFP) -- A lion that escaped from an airport, a crocodile found at…
7 years ago
Cash for kids: South Korea seeks to raise falling birthrate
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korea issued a raft of measures Friday to try to reverse one of…
8 years ago
Ice is a lifeline for the world’s coldest region
by Maria ANTONOVA Agence France-Presse OY, Russia (AFP) -- Innokenty Tobonov sinks his harpoon into a long block of ice…
8 years ago
Lost generation? 2008 crisis still weighs on Millennials
by John BIERS Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Marco Saavedra had just graduated from college in…
8 years ago
Myanmar releases 75 more child soldiers: UNICEF
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Myanmar's military has released 75 child soldiers, a UN agency said, its first discharge this year…
8 years ago
Durian dash in Malaysia as bumper crop sends prices tumbling
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysians are dashing to durian stalls across the country to munch on the pungent,…
8 years ago
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