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Britain's May to miss Davos to focus on Brexit: Downing St
AFP, Published on 17/01/2019
» LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May will miss next week's annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos to focus on Brexit negotiations, sending ministers in her place, Downing Street said on Thursday.
Trump to roll out long-awaited missile defense review
AFP, Published on 17/01/2019
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will unveil a review of US missile defense capabilities Thursday that aims to counter threats from North Korea and Iran while adapting to ever more sophisticated weapon systems being developed by Russia and China.
Serena in charge as Djokovic races past Tsonga at Open
AFP, Published on 17/01/2019
» MELBOURNE - Serena Williams stepped up her drive for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam Thursday by swatting aside Eugenie Bouchard, as world number one Novak Djokovic won an emotional 2008 Australian Open final rematch with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Vonn begins World Cup win record chase, Shiffrin focus on Super G
AFP, Published on 17/01/2019
» CORTINA D'AMPEZZO (ITALY) - Lindsey Vonn begins her final season in Cortina D'Ampezzo on Friday, ready to take in the "beautiful" scene from the top of the Olympia delle Tofane course as she prepares her onslaught on the alpine skiing World Cup win record.
Kobsak says he's ready to quit
Online Reporters, Published on 17/01/2019
» Prime Minister’s Office Minister Kobsak Pootrakool, one of the four ministers who are executives of pro-regime Palang Pracharath Party, says he is ready to resign as minister.
Big whale found dead on Songkhla shore
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 17/01/2019
» SONGKHLA: An Omura's whale weighing between 800 and 1,000 kilogrammes was found dead ashore.
Siemens, Alstom raise doubts about mega merger
AFP, Published on 17/01/2019
» MUNICH (GERMANY) - Confidence that the politically sensitive merger of their rail businesses would be waved through by the European Commission was ebbing at both Siemens and Alstom Thursday.
Shift → alternate: Winter destinations
Christopher Lombardi, Special publications, Published on 17/01/2019
» Every January, crowds pack the main square in San Sebastian, Spain where the stroke of midnight marks the start of La Tamborrada, a 24-hour spectacle of quirky costumes and mass synchronised drumming. This cacophonous orgy of public percussion involves teeming troupes of drummers dressed as cooks and soldiers marching throughout the city, culminating the following midnight at the historic Konstituzio Plaza. (20 January)
UK PM May seeks Brexit fix in talks with rivals
AFP, Published on 17/01/2019
» LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May scrambled to put together a new Brexit strategy on Thursday with cross-party talks after MPs sparked political turmoil by rejecting her previous agreement with the EU.
Reward for Japanese woman's killer may be raised to B2m
Online Reporters, Published on 17/01/2019
» The cash reward for evidence leading to the arrest of the person who murdered a Japanese woman in Sukhothai province in 2007 is expected to be increased from 1.6 million baht to 2 million baht.