Views: 5 Russian fined in Pattaya for driving car lit up like Christmas tree. Pattaya police fined a Russian tourist 500 baht (S$19.80) for driving a car decorated with colourful Christmas lights on a street of the resort city in Chonburi province on Dec 17. Mr Invanov (full name withheld), 25, was stopped by local […]
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Views: 10 30 Unique Ways Christmas Is Celebrated Around the World Christmas is one of the most globally celebrated holidays in the world. But not everybody celebrates the same way—or even on the same day. Beyond the familiar traditions like Santa Claus, a fir tree, caroling and gift-giving, a number of countries—including the U.S.—bring their own unique twists, both old
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Views: 3 Russian parliament removes Taliban from ‘terrorist list’ The lower house of Russia’s parliament on Tuesday approved a bill that would set the stage for Moscow to remove the designation of the Taliban in Afghanistan as a terrorist group. Under the bill passed by the State Duma in the second and third readings, the
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Views: 8 Japanese carmakers Honda, Nissan in preliminary merger talks Japanese auto giants Honda and Nissan are in preliminary merger talks to help them compete against Tesla and Chinese electric vehicle makers, media reports said Wednesday. Separately Bloomberg reported that Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn — officially known as Hon Hai Precision Industry — has approached
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Views: 10 Keely Hodgkinson crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2024 after Olympic glory Keely Hodgkinson was crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year at an awards ceremony in Salford on Tuesday night, at the end of a stunning year which saw her become the Olympic 800m champion in Paris. Hodgkinson stormed clear in the final to finally
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Views: 10 Hunter dies after bear shot out of tree lands on him A bizarre hunting accident ended in the deaths of both a bear and a father in Virginia. A group of hunters were reportedly tracking a bear in Lunenburg County, between Richmond and Danville, Virginia, on December 9 when the animal ran up into a tree to escape its pursuers.
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Views: 8 Syria ex-rebel military chief says armed wing will be dissolved The military chief of Syria’s victorious Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham said on Tuesday it would be “the first” to dissolve its armed wing and integrate into the armed forces. “In any state, all military units must be integrated into this institution,” Murhaf
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Views: 9 Russia detains suspect over killing of general in Moscow bomb blast A Russian intelligence agency says it has detained a suspect in the killing of a senior general in Moscow. The suspect was described as an Uzbek citizen recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services. Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, did not name the
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Views: 8 Russia moves to drop Afghanistan’s Taliban from ‘terror’ list Russia’s parliament has approved a bill that could pave the way for Moscow to lift its designation of Afghanistan’s Taliban as a banned “terrorist” organisation. The State Duma passed a bill outlining a mechanism for groups to be legally removed from the list –
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Views: 9 South Korean president reportedly skips summons over martial law inquiry South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol failed to appear before the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) Wednesday, ignoring a summons for questioning over his brief imposition of martial law. Yoon defied the summons issued by a joint investigation team comprising the CIO,
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