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Corruption blamed for China’s football woes
Published on 10/01/2024
» China’s government has blamed corruption for the dismal track record of its men’s football team in a documentary featuring confessions of bribe-taking.
Turkey's parliament set to debate Sweden NATO bid
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» ISTANBUL - The Turkish parliament was Tuesday set to resume debate on approving Sweden's bid to join NATO, a thorny issue that was further complicated after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan linked it to Ankara's request for F-16 fighter jets from its ally the United States.
Serbian opposition marches in support of arrested protesters
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» BELGRADE - Thousands gathered in front of a Belgrade police station on Monday evening in support of those arrested the previous day during protests against what they say was electoral fraud in Serbia's recent parliamentary and local elections.
Protesters set up roadblocks over alleged electoral fraud
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» BELGRADE - Demonstrators set up roadblocks in the Serbian capital Belgrade Monday, to protest what they say was electoral fraud in Serbia's recent parliamentary and local elections.
Charter-drafting panel idea taking shape
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 23/12/2023
» The new constitution drafting assembly will comprise 77 provincial representatives and 23 others who are experts and representatives from various groups, says the head of a sub-committee on rewriting the constitution.
A match not made in heaven
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/12/2023
» Political watchers saw it coming: Korn Chatikavanij bowing out of the Chartpattanakla Party and drawing to a close one of the most spectacular political mismatches in recent years.
Serbian ruling party hails election win amid calls for protest
AFP, Published on 18/12/2023
» BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic looked poised to tighten his grip on power Monday after his party secured a parliamentary majority with a dominating victory at the polls, even as the opposition called for protests.
Georgia 'will fail outside EU', says ex-leader
AFP, Published on 15/12/2023
» TBILISI - Georgia's imprisoned opposition leader and former president Mikheil Saakashvili has warned that Tbilisi's failure to secure European Union membership would put at risk its very existence as an independent nation.
Serbia’s strongman seeks final act that will decide his legacy
Reuters, Published on 15/12/2023
» BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic joked earlier this year about how he saw the mood of the country he has led for almost a decade: "People are getting fed up with me."
UK PM Sunak faces leadership test over Rwanda plan
AFP, Published on 12/12/2023
» LONDON - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday sought to avoid a humiliating defeat for his latest plans to send migrants to Rwanda that have split his ruling Conservative party.