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Trump hates bad press covfefe. What?
Reuters, Published on 01/06/2017
» WASHINGTON - A midnight tweet by Donald Trump unleashed a wave of sometimes mocking speculation by internet users wondering what the U.S. president meant by writing "covfefe" in an apparently unfinished Twitter post that lingered online for hours.
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Court rejects challenge to Pita's derailed PM nomination
Reuters, Published on 16/08/2023
» The Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a request from the election winning Move Forward Party to review a parliamentary decision that blocked its prime ministerial candidate from being re-nominated.
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Philippines Senate backs bill to raise sexual consent age from 12 to 16
Reuters, Published on 28/09/2021
» MANILA: A bill to raise the minimum age of sexual consent in the Philippines from 12 to 16 has moved closer towards becoming law, after senators approved it in its final reading.
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Philippines' Duterte accused of stifling scrutiny in senate probes
Reuters, Published on 14/09/2021
» MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered members of his cabinet to get his consent before appearing at senate investigations, fuelling accusations from activists and some politicians of an attempt to stifle scrutiny.
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Senate backs amendment allowing early-stage abortions
Reuters, Published on 26/01/2021
» Senators have voted in favour of allowing abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy while retaining penalties for later terminations, a move that pro-choice activists said fell short of protecting the rights of the mother.
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Dozens killed in stampede at funeral of Iranian commander
Reuters, Published on 07/01/2020
» DUBAI/BAGHDAD: Dozens of people were killed in a stampede as crowds of mourners packed streets for the funeral of a slain military Iranian commander in his hometown of Kerman on Tuesday, forcing his burial to be postponed, state-affiliated media reported.
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"I'll be PM of change", says Thanathorn ahead of vote
Reuters, Published on 05/06/2019
» Future Forward leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit called for change on Wednesday, as both houses of parliament convened for the first time since a 2014 coup to vote for either him or the chief of the ruling junta to be leader.
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Facebook losing the war on Myanmar hate speech
Reuters, Published on 16/08/2018
» YANGON: In April, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told US senators that the social media site was hiring dozens more Burmese speakers to review hate speech posted in Myanmar. The situation was dire.
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Ex-CIA chief confirmed as Trump's state secretary
Reuters, Published on 27/04/2018
» WASHINGTON: The US Senate confirmed Mike Pompeo as President Donald Trump's secretary of state on Thursday, putting the former CIA director in a pivotal role to handle US foreign policy challenges such as North Korea and Iran.
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Haspel may pledge not to restart detention programmes
Reuters, Published on 28/04/2018
» WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump's choice for CIA chief is privately assuring senators that she will not reinstitute a detention and interrogation programme and will make the pledge publicly at her May 9 confirmation hearing, two sources said on Friday.
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