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Disease fears mount for Africa cyclone survivors
AFP, Published on 24/03/2019
» BEIRA (MOZAMBIQUE) - Disease is threatening to aggravate the already dire conditions facing millions of survivors following the powerful tropical cyclone which ravaged southern Africa 10 days ago, officials warned on Sunday.
US lawmakers clash while awaiting a briefing on Mueller report
AFP, Published on 24/03/2019
» WASHINGTON - Republican and Democratic lawmakers clashed sharply on Sunday over the meaning of the newly completed report on Russian meddling, even as they waited to be briefed on its scope and contents.
Xi arrives on French Riviera as Macron seeks united EU front on China
AFP, Published on 24/03/2019
» MONACO - Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Monaco on the French Riviera Sunday seeking to press ambitious commercial goals ahead of talks with France's Emmanuel Macron who is trying to forge a united European front to contend with Beijing's advances.
Abhisit resigns but wishes to join coalition
Online Reporters, Published on 24/03/2019
» Abhisit Vejjajiva on late Sunday night resigned as the leader of the Democrat Party to show responsibility for the electoral failure of his party but announced its wish to join a government coalition.
Under threat May holds Brexit crisis talks
AFP, Published on 24/03/2019
» LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May held crisis talks Sunday with Conservative colleagues as she tries to plot a path through a pivotal week in the Brexit process amid reports her leadership is under imminent threat.
Detained jihadists are ticking bomb, Syria Kurds warn
AFP, Published on 24/03/2019
» OMAR OIL FIELD (SYRIA) - Syria's Kurds warned Sunday that despite the demise of the Islamic State's "caliphate", the thousands of foreign jihadists they hold are a time-bomb the world urgently needs to defuse.
PPRP poised to win most votes, Abhisit quits
Online Reporters, Published on 24/03/2019
» The pro-regime Palang Pracharath Party looks set to win the most votes in the general election, followed by Pheu Thai and Future Forward, as vote count reached 92% at 10pm on Sunday.
1,500 ballots from New Zealand invalidated after late arrival
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 24/03/2019
» The Election Commission (EC) said about 1,500 ballots cast in New Zealand were ruled invalid because they arrived at constituencies after polls closed. The EC said it would find those responsible on Monday.
Major parties thank supporters
Online Reporters, Published on 24/03/2019
» Key figures of the main political parties thanked voters for supporting them and promised to continue to work hard on their behalf.
Drunks, elderly damaged ballots, vote-buying occurred
Mongkol Bangprapa and Penchan Charoensutthiphan, Published on 24/03/2019
» Elderly, drunk or mentally ill voters spoiled a small number of ballot papers on Sunday and cases of vote-buying were reported, but only to a limited extent and it was more subtle than in previous polls.