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Challenge to Indonesia vote makes big claims, weak on proof
Associated Press, Published on 29/05/2019
» JAKARTA: The court challenge to Indonesia's presidential election from the losing candidate claims that the police, intelligence agency and other state institutions were biased in favour of the incumbent, but its evidence for “massive” fraud is mainly printouts of news articles.
Putin: N.Korea ready to denuclearise if it gets guarantees
Associated Press, Published on 25/04/2019
» VLADIVOSTOK, Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin said after his summit with Kim Jong Un Thursday that the North Korean leader is ready to proceed toward denuclearisation -- but needs solid security guarantees to do so.
George HW Bush dies at age 94
Associated Press, Published on 01/12/2018
» HOUSTON: George HW Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term, has died. He was 94.
Ex-S.Korean premier Kim Jong-pil, spy agency founder, dies
Associated Press, Published on 23/06/2018
» SEOUL: Kim Jong-pil, the founder of South Korea's spy agency whose political skills helped him also serve twice as prime minister, first under his dictator boss and later under a man his agency kidnapped, has died. He was 92.
Kim 'agrees to Trump's summit terms'
Associated Press, Published on 28/05/2018
» SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Sunday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un committed in their surprise meeting to sitting down with President Donald Trump and to a "complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula."
Putin sworn in for fourth term
Associated Press, Published on 07/05/2018
» MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin took the oath of office Monday for his fourth term as Russian president, promising to pursue an economic agenda that would boost living standards across the country.
Another former Korean leader charged with corruption
Associated Press, Published on 09/04/2018
» SEOUL: South Korean prosecutors formally charged jailed ex-President Lee Myung-bak with a range of corruption charges on Monday, making him the country's fourth leader to face a criminal trial in about three decades.
Russia votes to hand Putin 4th presidential term
Associated Press, Published on 18/03/2018
» YEKATERINBURG, Russia: Vladimir Putin's victory in Russia's presidential election Sunday isn't in doubt. The only real question is whether voters will turn out in big enough numbers to hand him a convincing mandate for his fourth term -- and many Russians are facing intense pressure to do so.
'Uncertainty is over' as Germany's Merkel sworn in
Associated Press, Published on 14/03/2018
» BERLIN: Germany's president told the country's new government that it faces huge expectations from the country's allies, particularly in Europe.
Russian opposition leader arrested amid election protests
Associated Press, Published on 29/01/2018
» MOSCOW: Protesters gathered across Russia on Sunday to support opposition leader Alexei Navalny's call to boycott the March presidential election, and Navalny himself was arrested while walking to the Moscow demonstration.