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Turkey's Erdogan puts conditions on support for Nordic nations' NATO bids
AFP, Published on 21/05/2022
» ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey would not look "positively" on Sweden and Finland's NATO bids unless its terror-related concerns were addressed, despite broad support from other allies including the United States.
Labor heads for victory in Australia
News Agencies, Published on 21/05/2022
» SYDNEY: Australia’s Labor Party is set to take power for the first time since 2013, as voters booted out Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s conservative coalition in a shift likely to bring greater action on climate change and a national body to fight corruption.
Fire guts paint factory in Chon Buri
Online Reporters, Published on 21/05/2022
» Two employees suffered burns, one seriously, when a fire broke out at an industrial paint and thinner factory in Muang district of Chon Buri on Saturday afternoon.
Afghan women TV presenters defy Taliban
AFP, Published on 21/05/2022
» KABUL: Women presenters on Afghanistan’s leading TV channels went on the air Saturday without covering their faces, defying a Taliban order that they conceal their appearance to comply with the group’s austere brand of Islam.
Doubles stars reach Thailand Open final
Published on 21/05/2022
» Thailand's mixed doubles top seeds Sapsiree Taerattanachai and Dechapol Puavaranukroh have made it through to Sunday’s final of the Thailand Open badminton tournament after a gruelling three-set match.
Ukraine warns only talks can end war
AFP, Published on 21/05/2022
» KYIV: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Saturday that only a diplomatic breakthrough rather than an outright military victory could end Russia's war on his country, as Moscow cut gas supplies to Finland.
Two cops sidelined after teens assaulted
Online Reporters, Published on 21/05/2022
» Two police officers in Nakhon Pathom face an investigation after a video showing one of them kicking two handcuffed teenagers, stomping on their heads and beating them with a belt went viral online.
Japan protests Chinese maritime activity
AFP, Published on 21/05/2022
» TOKYO: Japan has lodged an official protest with China after discovering what it claimed were efforts by Beijing to develop gas fields in disputed waters in the East China Sea.
Head of Vietnam stock exchange sacked
Reuters and Bloomberg, Published on 21/05/2022
» HANOI: Vietnam has fired the head of the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, the government said on Saturday, as the country intensifies a long-running crackdown on officials it accuses of graft.
Monkeypox: A rare virus on the rise
New York Times, Published on 21/05/2022
» The rare monkeypox virus, usually confined mostly to Central and West Africa, has spread in unusual ways this year and among populations that have not been vulnerable in the past.