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40 years on, survivors recall horror of Lebanon's Sabra and Shatila massacre
Forty years after Christian militiamen massacred Palestinian refugees and Lebanese nationals in the country's Sabra and Shatila refugee camps, the horrors of the tragedy remain seared into survivors' memories. From September 16 to 18, 1982, Christian militiamen allied with Israel massacred between 800 and 2,000 Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatila camps on Beirut's outskirts.
One dead, two wounded in shooting at Thai military facility
A gunman killed one person and wounded two others in a shooting at a military facility in Bangkok on Wednesday, Thai police told AFP. Deputy national police spokesman Kissana Phathanacharoen said a suspect had been detained after the incident at the Army Training Command Department, part of a large complex of military buildings in the north of the capital.
French court to rule on deadly 2009 Yemenia Airways crash
A French court on Wednesday will issue its verdict on involuntary homicide charges against Yemenia Airways over a 2009 crash that killed 152 people -- but miraculously left a 12-year-old girl alive. Yemenia is charged with involuntary homicide and injuries.
Seeds of change for Dijon mustard amid shortage
France's favourite condiment, Dijon mustard, is hard to find these days, with signs on supermarket shelves warning the lucky few who spot jars that they can only take one home. Canada supplies around 80 percent of the mustard seeds used by French makers of the spicy condiment, the rest coming mostly from Burgundy, the region that surrounds Dijon.
How the tide turned on data centres in Europe
Every time we make a call on Zoom, upload a document to the cloud or stream a video, our computers connect to vast warehouses filled with servers to store or access data. "There's a complete lack of transparency... about what data is actually being stored in these data centres," he said, calling it a "veil of shadow".
Asian stocks slump at open, tracking US losses after inflation report
Asian markets opened lower on Wednesday, tracking losses in the United States and Europe after traders responded negatively to higher-than-expected US inflation data, raising fears of a prolonged period of interest rate hikes.
EU court decides record antitrust fine against Google
The European Union's second-highest court will rule Wednesday whether Brussels went too far in handing Google a 4.3-billion-euro fine over its Android operating system for mobile phones. Both sides can turn to the EU's highest court, the European Court of Justice, for a final say on the 4.3-billion-euro fine, which was the equivalent of $5 billion when levied.
Energy crisis to dominate EU chief's annual speech
Europe's fears of a long winter with scarce energy supplies because of Russia's war in Ukraine are expected to top an annual speech by EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday. That meeting could also sign off on the proposals made by von der Leyen in her speech on Wednesday, some of which were to be negotiated further over the rest of this month. rmb/arp/rox/smw
20 popular dog cartoon characters from TV cartoons and comics
Who are your favourite DOG CARTOON CHARACTERS? Check out this article to know more about the top 20 cartoon dogs of all time and the TV films they are in.
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