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Man with 39 wives dies in India
Reuters, Published on 14/06/2021
» NEW DELHI: A 76-year-old man who had 39 wives and 94 children and was said to be the head of the world's largest family has died in northeast India, the chief minister of his home state said.
Global crackdown on organised crime after high-tech sting
Reuters, Published on 08/06/2021
» CANBERRA: US and Australian agencies hacked into an app used by criminals and read millions of encrypted messages, leading to hundreds of arrests of suspected organised crime figures in 18 countries, Australian officials said on Tuesday.
British royals silent amid crisis over Meghan's claim of racist remark
Reuters, Published on 09/03/2021
» LONDON: Britain's monarchy maintained its silence on Tuesday after Meghan and Prince Harry accused a family member of making a racist remark about their son and said she had been alienated to the point of contemplating suicide.
Singer-activist Ammy confesses to burning king’s portrait
Reuters, Published on 03/03/2021
» An anti-government activist arrested for burning a portrait of His Majesty the King has confessed to the incendiary act.
UN experts alarmed by rise in royal insult cases
Reuters, Published on 08/02/2021
» United Nations human rights experts on Monday spoke out against Thailand's increasing use of a law forbidding criticism of its royal family, singling out a 43-year sentence for an elderly woman convicted under the law.
Cambodia begins Covid-19 vaccinations with shots for PM's sons, ministers
Reuters, Published on 10/02/2021
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia launched its coronavirus inoculation drive on Wednesday, using 600,000 vaccine doses donated by China, with the sons of long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen and government ministers among the first recipients.
Anger over arrests in Myanmar at anti-coup protests
Reuters, Published on 13/02/2021
» YANGON: Opponents of Myanmar's military coup sustained mass protests for an eighth straight day on Saturday as continuing arrests of junta critics added to anger over the detention of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Traffickers demand payments for Rohingya stranded at sea
Reuters, Published on 16/06/2020
» COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh/BANGKOK: People traffickers holding hundreds of Rohingya refugees at sea are demanding payments from their families before they will release them from boats off the shores of Southeast Asia, relatives and rights groups say.
S. Korea logs 5 new Covid cases, plans to reopen schools
Reuters, Published on 17/05/2020
» SEOUL: South Korea on Sunday reported five new domestic cases of coronavirus, all linked to a cluster of cases centred around bars and nightclubs in the capital which has raised fears in the country of a fresh wave of contagion.
Hungry times at Kanchanaburi elephant camp amid pandemic
Reuters, Published on 06/04/2020
» KANCHANABURI: The mahouts at an elephant camp in this western province have resorted to swimming in a nearby lake to gather weeds for fodder, as a nationwide lockdown has left them without tourist dollars needed to pay for the fruit their animals like.