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Trump ally Bannon surrenders to face Capitol riot probe charges
AFP, Published on 15/11/2021
» WASHINGTON - A defiant Steve Bannon, former president Donald Trump's long-time advisor, turned himself into the FBI Monday to face charges of contempt of Congress after refusing to testify on the January 6 Capitol assault.
Philippines starts to reopen schools after 20-month Covid closure
Reuters, Published on 15/11/2021
» MANILA: Thousands of children in the Philippines returned to school on Monday for the first time in nearly two years, kicking off a pilot scheme to resume face-to-face learning after the pandemic disrupted the education of 27 million students.
Austria locks down unvaccinated as Europe fights fresh wave
AFP, Published on 15/11/2021
» VIENNA: Austria became the first EU country on Monday to impose a lockdown on the unvaccinated and the first to start inoculating children as young as five, as the virus strengthens its grip on the continent.
Four held over Liverpool taxi 'terrorist' blast
AFP, Published on 15/11/2021
» LIVERPOOL: Police in northwest England on Monday said they were treating a deadly blast outside a hospital in Liverpool as a "terrorist incident" involving a homemade bomb that was reportedly foiled by a quick-thinking taxi driver.
Protest leader 'Rung' detained after bail denied in crop top case
Online Reporters, Published on 15/11/2021
» The Criminal Court on Monday denied bail for Panusaya "Rung" Sithijirawattanakul on a lese majeste case involving her crop top outfit.
US journalist detained in Myanmar released
AFP, Published on 15/11/2021
» YANGON: A US journalist imprisoned in Myanmar since May was released and deported on Monday, a day before he was due to face terror and sedition charges that could have jailed him for life.
Indonesia's 2022 coal use for power generation set to rise 3%
Published on 15/11/2021
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's coal consumption for power generation is likely to rise by 3.1% next year compared to 2021, the head of the country's state utility said on Monday, amid calls to pare back use of the fossil fuel.
Singapore to ease entry curbs to arrivals from 5 more countries
Published on 15/11/2021
» SINGAPORE: Singapore will allow vaccinated arrivals from five more countries, including Indonesia and India, to access the country without quarantine via its travel lanes from Nov 29, its transport minister said on Monday.
Thai Airways makes net profit of B51bn for first 9 months
Published on 15/11/2021
» Struggling Thai Airways International (THAI) generated a net profit of 51.1 billion baht in the first nine months of the year, according to Piyasvasti Amranand, a member of a THAI panel overseeing a court-monitored debt rehabilitation plan.
Belarus says working to return migrants as EU readies sanctions
AFP, Published on 15/11/2021
» MOSCOW: President Alexander Lukashenko said Monday that Belarus was working to repatriate the migrants that have amassed on its border with Poland, appearing to move to defuse the crisis ahead of an EU meeting over new sanctions on Minsk.