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India's massive election faces heatwave challenge
Reuters, Published on 25/05/2024
» NEW DELHI - The world's largest election may become the hottest on Saturday, as Indians participate in the next-to-last phase of voting with temperatures forecast to surge to 47 degrees Celsius (117 degrees Fahrenheit) in the capital New Delhi.
Timeline: Ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra's life in politics
Reuters, Published on 18/02/2024
» Thailand's controversial billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole on Sunday after serving six months in detention.
Australian businessman charged with working for Chinese spies
Reuters, Published on 17/04/2023
» SYDNEY: An Australian businessman has been refused bail after being charged with a foreign interference offence for accepting cash from suspected Chinese intelligence agents, with a Sydney court saying his close ties to China made him a flight risk.
Police consider deportation of Malaysian transgender entrepreneur
Reuters, Published on 22/09/2021
» Authorities are considering whether to deport a transgender businesswoman who was convicted this month of illegal entry and is wanted in Malaysia for insulting Islam, a case that has put a spotlight on Malaysia's approach to gender identity.
Court grants bail to 4 protest leaders held over unrest
Reuters, Published on 15/09/2021
» The Appeal Court granted bail on Wednesday to four leaders of the anti-government protest movement, their lawyer said, after more than a month in pre-trial detention over unrest at recent demonstrations against the prime minister.
Authorities brace for ‘car mob’ rally in Bangkok
Reuters, Published on 10/08/2021
» Authorities have deployed hundreds of police ahead of a planned demonstration on Tuesday involving a convoy of cars congregating in the centre of Bangkok.
'Apple Daily' may be shut on Wednesday
Reuters, Published on 21/06/2021
» HONG KONG: Next Digital's pro-democracy Hong Kong tabloid newspaper "Apple Daily" and its online edition will cease operations by Wednesday as most of its employees have resigned, Cable TV and Oriental Daily said on Monday.
Arnon contracts Covid in custody
Reuters, Published on 06/05/2021
» Arnon Nampa, jailed without bail since February on charges of insulting the monarchy, has contracted the coronavirus in custody, a corrections department official said on Thursday.
Sri Lanka's 'Mrs World' quits amid criminal charges
Reuters, Published on 21/04/2021
» A Mrs World winner facing criminal charges after an on-stage fracas at a Sri Lankan beauty pageant has relinquished her title, organisers said Wednesday.
Prosecutors indict 5 over blocking of Queen's motorcade
Reuters, Published on 31/03/2021
» Five activists were indicted on Wednesday on charges of attempted violence against the queen during a pro-democracy demonstration last year, when a royal motorcade encountered dozens of protesters.