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Maduro announces 30 days of electricity rationing in Venezuela
AFP, Published on 01/04/2019
» CARACAS - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro announced 30 days of electricity rationing on Sunday, after his government said it was reducing the length of the workday and keeping schools closed due to devastating blackouts plaguing the country.
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Vietnam woman in N.Korean murder case gets 40 months
Published on 01/04/2019
» SHAH ALAM, Malaysia: A Malaysian court on Monday sentenced a Vietnamese defendant accused of murdering Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader, to 40 months in prison after she pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.
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British MPs seek new path for Brexit after deal rejected again
AFP, Published on 01/04/2019
» LONDON: British MPs will attempt to chart a new Brexit path on Monday after rejecting Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal for a third time, leaving her strategy in tatters and the country in limbo.
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Reiwa: A new era name for Japan ahead of abdication
AFP, Published on 01/04/2019
» TOKYO - "Reiwa": Japan on Monday revealed the name of the era that will define the new emperor's reign when he ascends the Chrysanthemum Throne next month following a historic abdication.
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Vietnam woman in Kim assassination to walk free next month
AFP, Published on 01/04/2019
» SHAH ALAM, Malaysia: A Vietnamese woman accused of assassinating the North Korean leader's half-brother will walk free in May after pleading guilty to a lesser charge, her lawyer said.
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Kremlin hawks keep watch over Putin's seat of power
AFP, Published on 01/04/2019
» MOSCOW - Alpha soars between the Kremlin's golden domes, sowing panic among crows perched in nearby trees. The goshawk is one of a dozen birds of prey protecting President Vladimir Putin's seat of power in Moscow.
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China lists fentanyl as controlled substance in US gesture
AFP, Published on 01/04/2019
» BEIJING: China announced Monday it would add fentanyl analogues to its controlled substance list from May 1 following US pleas for Beijing to crack down on a drug fuelling a deadly opioid crisis.
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Grammy-nominated US rapper Nipsey Hussle shot dead
AFP, Published on 01/04/2019
» LOS ANGELES: Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle was shot dead in the US city of Los Angeles Sunday, sparking an outpouring of grief from fellow celebrities as the city's mayor blamed "senseless gun violence."
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Emperor burger: Tokyo chef whips up B28,500 monster for new monarch
AFP, Published on 01/04/2019
» TOKYO: A Tokyo restaurant is honouring the crowning of the new Japanese emperor next month with a football-sized wagyu beef hamburger served between gold-dusted buns -- at an eye-watering cost of 100,000 yen (28,500 baht).
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Pheu Thai demands EC explain its list-MP calculations
Published on 01/04/2019
» Pheu Thai Party secretary-general Phumtham Wechayachai on Monday demanded the Election Commission reveal its formula for deciding on the distribution of party-list MPs, to clear up doubts about the process.
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