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Greek football league suspended after gun controversy
AFP, Published on 12/03/2018
» ATHENS - Greece's top-flight football championship was suspended indefinitely Monday, a minister said, hours after the owner of the PAOK team invaded the pitch with a gun strapped to his belt.
Givenchy, tower of French fashion, dies at 91
Reuters, Published on 12/03/2018
» PARIS: French fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy, an aristocrat who founded the house of Givenchy in the 1950s, becoming famous for dressing the likes of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Grace Kelly, has died at the age of 91, the Givenchy label said on Monday.
Greek football league suspended after gun controversy
AFP, Published on 12/03/2018
» ATHENS - Greece's top-flight football championship was suspended indefinitely Monday, a minister said, hours after the owner of the PAOK team invaded the pitch with a gun strapped to his belt.
Bangladeshi plane crashes in Nepal, killing at least 50
Published on 12/03/2018
» KATHMANDU: A Bangladeshi airliner crashed on Monday after making an unexpected turn in cloudy weather as it came in to land at the airport in Nepal's capital, killing at least 50 people, officials said.
Parliament seeks to triple relocation budget
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 12/03/2018
» Parliament has almost tripled the budget request for its relocation project to 8.6 billion baht from 3 billion baht previously, citing IT and utility costs.
UK's May gathers security team, weighs spy poisoning response
AFP, Published on 12/03/2018
» LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May gathered her national security team Monday amid growing speculation she was planning to blame Moscow for the nerve agent poisoning of a former Russian double agent.
New Singapore ‘smart’ bus stop promises a cooler wait
Published on 12/03/2018
» SINGAPORE: A “smart bus stop” offering cooler air and a closed circuit television to track commuter movements for suspicious activities was rolled out on Monday in front Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station, near Plaza Singapura.
Syrian forces advance against Ghouta rebels
AFP, Published on 12/03/2018
» DOUMA (SYRIA) - Syrian regime forces advanced against rebels in Eastern Ghouta and pounded two towns with air strikes on Monday, as they moved closer to retaking the opposition enclave on the edge of Damascus.
Slovak interior minister quits after journalist murder
AFP, Published on 12/03/2018
» BRATISLAVA - Slovak Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Robert Kalinak announced his resignation Monday following tensions sparked by the murder of an investigative journalist probing links between the government and the mafia.
Indonesia university revokes niqab ban after criticism
AFP, Published on 12/03/2018
» JAKARTA: An Indonesian university whose ban on niqab face veils made global headlines has reversed the policy following criticism that it trampled on personal choice.