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Thursday, March 6, 2025

France Telecom goes on trial over wave of suicides

AFP | A decade after a wave of suicides at France Telecom in which 35 employees took their own lives, the telecoms giant and its...

Hannan Sarwar: Pakistani-origin teen becomes councillor in UK

News Desk | Hannan Sarwar, 18-year-old has become the youngest Pakistani councillor to be elected from the Wilmslow Town Council, Manchester in Britain's local council...

Assange jailed for 50 weeks for UK bail breach

AFP | WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was sentenced Wednesday to 50 weeks in jail for breaching a British court order seven years ago, when he...

Removing Theresa May won’t solve the Conservative Party’s problems

Andrew Scott Crines | Brexit is in the process of re-defining longstanding assumptions about British politics. Party loyalties are being tested to the extreme and parliamentarians...

Germany’s Bosch powers up hydrogen cells for cars

AFP | The world's biggest auto parts maker Bosch said Monday it would work with a Swedish firm to develop key components for hydrogen fuel...

One dead during Orthodox Easter celebrations in Greece

AFP | Greece's celebration of the Orthodox Easter on Sunday, hailed by the government as a moment of hope for the post-bailout resurrection of the...

Britain’s FM urges caution over Huawei role in 5G network

AFP | British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has urged caution over the role of China's Huawei in the UK, saying the government should think carefully...

Japan’s Abe says no-deal Brexit must be avoided ‘by all means’

AFP | Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday a no-deal Brexit must be avoided "by all means" as Japanese firms have used Britain as...

Crisis-hit Greeks foot steep bills for health and education

AFP | Every month, when his respiratory medicine runs out, Dionysis Assimakopoulos heads to the most unlikely pharmacy in Athens. Amid derelict stadiums dating from...

Footballers in England protest over racism

AFP | Premier League stars led footballers in England and Wales in a 24-hour social media boycott on Friday in a bid to combat racist...

Turks annoyed with Macron interference

AFP | French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday hosted representatives of the Kurdish-led force that defeated Islamic State (IS) extremists in Syria, drawing a sharp...

Notre-Dame’s fire changed many lives in Paris for ever?

AFP | Quasimodo Cafe: Victor Hugo's immortal hero Days after the catastrophic fire at Paris's Notre-Dame, around 30 business owners on Thursday gathered at a cafe...