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Global measles cases up 300 percent year-on-year: WHO
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» GENEVA - Measles cases rose 300 percent worldwide through the first three months of 2019 compared to the same period last year, the UN said Monday, as concern grows over the impact of anti-vaccination stigma.
7 injured in bizarre expressway car crash
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 16/04/2019
» Seven people were injured in a crash on a Bangkok expressway when a car drove against the traffic flow on Monday.
'Spidercop' praised for saving woman after overdose
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 16/04/2019
» CHACHOENGSAO: A woman lying unconscious in her dormitory room after taking an overdose of pills in an apparent suicide attempt was saved by a police officer who climbed between balconies to her room in Plaeng Yao district on Monday.
Japanese police arrive to investigate phone scam
Kyodo News, Published on 16/04/2019
» TOKYO: Japanese police dispatched investigators to Thailand on Tuesday over a phone scam in which more than 200 people in Japan are believed to have been swindled out of some 200 million yen (about 57 million baht).
Major fire rips through roof of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» PARIS - A major fire broke out at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on Monday afternoon, sending flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the sky, the fire service said.
Venezuelans seeking European asylum in 'record' numbers
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» BRUSSELS - Venezuelans and other Latin Americans are filing a surge in requests for asylum in European countries, which are more accustomed to dealing with migrants from the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa, figures showed Monday.
Finns come to terms with 'new normal' of populism
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» HELSINKI - Populism is the "new normal" in Finland, the country's likely next prime minister Antti Rinne said Monday, as experts warned that Europe's fragmenting political landscape would bring more instability.
Fire ravages Notre-Dame cathedral, spire collapses
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» PARIS: A colossal fire swept through the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on Monday, causing a spire to collapse and raising fears over the future of the nearly millenium old building and its precious artworks.
'Paris is disfigured': Tears and shock as Notre-Dame burns
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» PARIS - Crowds of stunned Parisians and tourists -- some crying, others offering prayers -- watched on in horror in central Paris on Monday evening as flames engulfed the Notre-Dame Cathedral.
Unity govt 'same as a dictatorship,' parties say
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/04/2019
» Political parties have poured cold water on the idea of setting up a national unity government as a way out of a potential deadlock following the March 24 election.