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Cambodian lion dancers clinging on amid pandemic
Reuters, Published on 31/01/2022
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodian dragon and lion dancer Gnuon Virak huddles his troupe together in a circle, before they let out a team cheer and get to work rehearsing for their a Lunar New Year performance - their only one of the pandemic-stricken year.
Hong Kong could postpone election ‘due to virus’
Reuters, Published on 29/07/2020
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's government could postpone by a year a vote for seats in the city's legislature scheduled for Sept. 6 amid fears of a resurgence in novel coronavirus cases, public broadcaster RTHK reported on Wednesday.
Thanathorn: Anger unabated 10 years on
Reuters, Published on 19/05/2020
» Thailand marked the 10th anniversary of a bloody army crackdown on protesters on Tuesday, with a banned opposition politician saying anger was unabated, especially after last year's disputed election that kept a coup leader in power.
From tweet to street: New Thai generation joins protest
Reuters, Published on 16/12/2019
» It wasn't only the moves to ban Thailand's most vocal opposition party that brought Gift onto the street for the first time.
Leicester buck foreign trend for 'perfect' Rodgers
Reuters, Published on 27/02/2019
» MANCHESTER: The pending return of Brendan Rodgers to the Premier League as manager of Thai-owned Leicester City would appear to be a rare case of a club making the perfect appointment.
Against stereotype, many US teens embrace gun culture
Reuters, Published on 01/03/2018
» SUNRISE, Florida: Reanna Frauens, a lifelong gun enthusiast and a proud member of the Markham Skeet, Trap & Sporting Clays Club, is about the same age as many of the 17 victims killed by a shooter with an assault rifle at a Florida high school about a dozen miles away.
Saudi Arabia reshuffles military, promotes woman at ministry
Reuters, Published on 27/02/2018
» RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has replaced some of its top military officers in a series of personnel changes that elevate a younger generation, bring a woman into a senior government job and tighten Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's grip on power.
Coughing fit, prankster hinder Theresa May speech
Reuters, Published on 05/10/2017
» MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May's bid to reassert her dwindling authority was marred on Wednesday by a calamitous keynote speech interrupted by repeated coughing fits, a prankster and even letters of her slogan falling off the stage.
Saudi king ousts nephew, names son as crown prince
Reuters, Published on 22/06/2017
» DUBAI - Saudi Arabia's new interior minister, until now a little-known 33-year-old law graduate, replaces his veteran uncle as security chief at a time when the kingdom is confronting threats posed by Sunni Islamic State fighters and Shia militants in the east.
HK No.2 resigns with possible eye on becoming next leader
Reuters, Published on 12/01/2017
» HONG KONG, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's No.2 official nicknamed "the fighter" resigned on Thursday, the government said, in a move widely seen as a prelude to contesting a March election to become the financial hub's next chief executive and first female leader.