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Early voting kicks off with huge crowds, long queues
Associated Press, Published on 17/03/2019
» Hundreds of thousands of voters crowded into schools, parking lots and temples across Thailand on Sunday, eager to cast an early ballot a week before the country's first election in eight years.
Bale, Gaga, 'Roma' and 'The Americans' win at Golden Globes
Associated Press, Published on 07/01/2019
» NEW YORK: Lady Gaga won for “A Star Is Born,” Christian Bale thanked Satan for inspiration in playing former Vice President Dick Cheney and co-host Sandra Oh took home an award, too, after speaking passionately about “faces of change” at the 76th Golden Globes.
King Power’s Vichai struck gold in business and football
Associated Press, Published on 29/10/2018
» Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died when his helicopter crashed in a car park next to the soccer club's stadium, was known to fans as a smiling, benevolent man who gave away free beers and hot dogs on his birthday and brought his Leicester City Football Club its fairytale English Premier League title in 2016. He was 60.
Sanchez topples Rajoy to become Spanish PM
Associated Press, Published on 01/06/2018
» MADRID: Socialist party leader Pedro Sanchez is set to become Spain's new prime minister after a no-confidence vote in parliament Friday unseated Mariano Rajoy's conservative government.
EPL roundup: Liverpool into Champions League, City reach 100 points
Associated Press, Published on 14/05/2018
» Liverpool qualified for the Champions League at the expense of Chelsea, Swansea were relegated, and champion Manchester City made it to 100 points as the loose ends were tied up on a typically high-scoring final day of the Premier League season on Sunday.
Cambodia makes first arrest using new royal insult law
Associated Press, Published on 13/05/2018
» PHNOM PENH: A 50-year-old teacher has been arrested in Cambodia for allegedly insulting the monarchy in a comment posted on Facebook, police said on Sunday, the first such arrest since the country adopted a royal insult law earlier this year.
Cambodian leader rejects call for talks from opposition
Associated Press, Published on 05/03/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday rejected a request from opposition leader Sam Rainsy for talks about the country's political problems, denigrating his archrival as a traitor and a convict.
California celebrates New Year with marijuana sales
Associated Press, Published on 01/01/2018
» LOS ANGELES: Californians may awaken on New Year's Day to a stronger-than-normal whiff of marijuana as America's cannabis king lights up to celebrate the state's first legal retail pot sales.
Trump, Duterte bond over Asean anniversary dinner
Associated Press, Published on 13/11/2017
» MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has sanctioned a bloody drug war that features extrajudicial killing. He called Barack Obama a "son of a whore." This week, he boasted that he murdered a man with his own hands.
Saudi helicopter crash kills high-ranking prince
Associated Press, Published on 06/11/2017
» DUBAI: A helicopter carrying a high-ranking Saudi prince and other government officials crashed Sunday in the kingdom's south, reportedly killing all eight people aboard.