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Pritzker prize goes to Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» NEW YORK - Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi, a pioneer of low-cost housing design, won the prestigious Pritzker Prize on Wednesday, considered architecture's Nobel equivalent.
US: 'We're not looking for a trade war'
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» WASHINGTON - US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Wednesday said the United States is not seeking a trade war and the decision to impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports was "thought through."
German govt condemns far-right MPs' Syria visit
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman on Wednesday condemned a visit by politicians of the far-right AfD party to the "inhumane" Syrian regime.
Italy's anti-establishment, far-right leaders vie for power
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» ROME - Italy's anti-establishment Five Star Movement reached out to leftist parties on Wednesday in a bid to end the stalemate from a general election, even as a rightwing alliance lobbied for its right to rule.
German far-right 'terrorists' jailed for refugee attacks
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» DRESDEN: - Eight members of a German far-right group were sentenced to jail Wednesday for terrorism and attempted murder after a series of explosives attacks targeting refugees and anti-fascist activists.
EU's Tusk says 'we don't want to build a wall' with UK
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» LUXEMBOURG - The European Union does not want to "build a wall" with Britain as it leaves the bloc, EU President Donald Tusk said Wednesday as he laid out draft guidelines for negotiations on post-Brexit ties.
ILO finds progress in fixing Thai fishing industry abuses
Associated Press, Published on 07/03/2018
» A survey of working conditions in Thailand's fishing and seafood industry conducted by the UN's International Labour Organisation has found that new regulations resulted in progress in some areas, including less physical violence, but problems such as unfair pay and deception in contracting persist.
UK govt poised to shed light on poisoning of ex-Russian spy
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» LONDON - Britain's Home Secretary says authorities will soon reveal what kind of substance led to the mysterious collapse of a former Russian spy and his daughter, who were found slumped on a public bench in southern England.
Regime sends more forces to Ghouta as UN decries 'apocalypse' in Syria
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» DOUMA (SYRIA) - Syria's regime sent reinforcements to Eastern Ghouta on Wednesday, tightening the noose around the shrinking rebel enclave hours before a top-level UN meeting on the escalating violence.
No plans to derail bills on MPs and senators: NLA president
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 07/03/2018
» National Legislative Assembly (NLA) president Pornpetch Wichitcholchai expects two key organic bills related to elections to sail through the assembly on Thursday.