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Macau casinos pledge to invest $15 billion
Published on 16/12/2022
» Six Macau casino businesses agreed on Friday to invest a total of 118.8 billion patacas (US$15 billion) after being granted 10-year operating licences, with the...
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Angelina Jolie steps down as UN refugees envoy
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» GENEVA - Angelina Jolie announced Friday that she is stepping down from her role as the UNHCR's special envoy after more than 20 years of working with the United...
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Rebel clashes break out in DR Congo's east
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» GOMA (DR CONGO) - Fighting resumed on Friday in eastern DR Congo between M23 rebels and rival armed groups after 10 days of relative calm, civilian and security...
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Serbia bids to send soldiers back into Kosovo
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» BELGRADE - Serbia on Friday asked NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo to allow the return of Serbian military and police to its former breakaway province, a minister...
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UK working 'flat out' for deal in N.Ireland: Sunak
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» BELFAST - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday his government was working "flat out" to settle post-Brexit trading problems in Northern Ireland...
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Pope to return three Parthenon fragments to Athens
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is to return to Greece three fragments of Athens' Parthenon temple, in what the Vatican called Friday a gesture of friendship.
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Loco for Lorca: UK theatre fuels passion for Spanish
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» LONDON: "That Lorca is completely bonkers," says the actress in Spanish, prompting laughter from a group of British teenagers at London's Cervantes...
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Fifa chief pleased with politics-free play
Published on 16/12/2022
» AL RAYYAN, Qatar: The Qatar World Cup kept political messaging away from football so that fans could enjoy “a little moment of pleasure and joy”, Fifa president...
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'So good to be home:' Griner speaks out after release from Russia
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» WASHINGTON - US basketball star Brittney Griner said Friday in her first remarks since being released from a Russian prison that it was "so good to be home"...
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Iranian protesters in Germany stage hunger strike
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» FRANKFURT (GERMANY) - A group of Iranians reached the final day of a hunger strike on Friday while camped out in tents outside the Islamic republic's consulate...