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Greenland cold-shoulders Trump's reported buyer's wish
AFP, Published on 16/08/2019
» STOCKHOLM: Greenland is not for sale, the mineral-rich island said Friday, after a newspaper reported that US President Donald Trump was asking advisers whether it's possible for the United States to buy the Arctic island.
Sam Rainsy plans return to Cambodia
Kyodo News, Published on 16/08/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s most prominent opposition politician, Sam Rainsy, says he plans to return home on Nov 9 from self-imposed exile, along with other leaders of his party, according to a statement released Friday.
US lawmaker rejects conditions for West Bank visit
AFP, Published on 16/08/2019
» WASHINGTON: Palestinian-American lawmaker Rashida Tlaib on Friday rejected Israel's offer to allow her to visit her grandmother in the West Bank, blasting the "oppressive conditions" set for the visit as humiliating.
Denmark to Trump: Greenland not for sale
Bloomberg News, Published on 16/08/2019
» US President Donald Trump reportedly wants to buy Greenland, the world’s biggest island. Denmark, unsure whether the former real estate developer is joking, isn’t selling.
10 Italian tourists hurt after bus skids off road
Assawin Wongnorkaew, Published on 16/08/2019
» LAMPANG: Ten Italian tourists were injured, one of them seriously, after their bus skidded off a road and turned over on its side in Mae Tha district on Friday.
Macron presses Putin on Ukraine
AFP, Published on 16/08/2019
» PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron hosts his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday for a rare visit, with Paris hoping to nudge Moscow towards steps to help end the conflict in the east of Ukraine.
Consumer body raps restaurant for never-ending promotion
TODAY, Published on 16/08/2019
» A Thai restaurant in Singapore has been rapped for a misleading 'limited period' promotion that lasted two years.
American musician, woman hurt by gas blast
Online Reporters, Published on 16/08/2019
» An American musician and a woman were injured when a cooking gas cylinder exploded at his apartment in Ratchawithi district of Bangkok on Friday afternoon.
Turkish army pension fund to buy British Steel
AFP, Published on 16/08/2019
» ANKARA - The Turkish military pension fund OYAK said Friday it had signed a provisional deal to buy British Steel after the UK steelmaker was forced into liquidation in May.
Thai Life makes acquisition in Myanmar
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/08/2019
» Thai Life Insurance has struck a deal to take a 35% stake in Citizen Business Insurance (CB Insurance), becoming the first Asean insurer to enter Myanmar's insurance field.