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Slovakia's top court overturns acquittals for journalist's murder
AFP, Published on 15/06/2021
» BRATISLAVA - Slovakia's Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the acquittals of a businessman and his suspected accomplice for the murder of a journalist in a case that triggered mass protests and toppled the country's previous government.
Biden 'ready' for Putin after landing in Geneva
AFP, Published on 15/06/2021
» GENEVA - President Joe Biden landed Tuesday in Geneva on the eve of his first summit with Vladimir Putin, a meeting the White House hopes will set clear "red lines" preventing the combustible US-Russia relationship from further deterioration.
Myanmar's Suu Kyi goes on trial for sedition in junta court
AFP, Published on 15/06/2021
» NAYPYIDAW (MYANMAR) - Deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial for sedition in a junta court Tuesday, more than four months after her government was ousted in a coup that has thrown her country into turmoil.
Hungary passes law banning 'promotion' of homosexuality to minors
AFP, Published on 15/06/2021
» BUDAPEST - Hungary's parliament on Tuesday passed a law banning the "promotion" of homosexuality to minors in what critics have slammed as a crackdown on LGBTQ rights.
France face Germany as Portugal begin title defence on Super Tuesday at Euro 2020
AFP, Published on 15/06/2021
» PARIS: Reigning champions Portugal begin their defence of the trophy against Hungary at Euro 2020 in Budapest on Tuesday as World Cup holders France take on Germany in a hotly-anticipated clash between two of the continent's heavyweights.
11 caught in 3 cases with lots of 'ice', speed pills
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/06/2021
» Eleven drug suspects have been arrested in three separate police operations in which 500 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine and over 4 million speed pills seized.
Astra antibody cocktail fails to prevent symptoms in trial
Reuters, Published on 15/06/2021
» AstraZeneca said on Tuesday a late-stage trial failed to provide evidence that its Covid-19 antibody therapy protected people who had contact with an infected person from the disease, a small setback in its efforts to find alternatives to vaccines.
EU, US agree to five-year truce in Boeing-Airbus dispute
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/06/2021
» The US and the European Union agreed to extend a tariff truce for five years, parking a dispute over aircraft subsidies given to Airbus SE and Boeing Co that saw the allies impose duties on $11.5 billion of each other’s exports.
THAI eyes B25bn loans to finance operations
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/06/2021
» Thai Airways International is seeking new loans to help fund operations after the court approved its plan to restructure at least 170-billion-baht debt.
Malaysia PM says lockdown has helped flatten Covid curve
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/06/2021
» Malaysia’s full lockdown has helped flatten the country’s Covid-19 infection curve and helped it avoid a catastrophe, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said.