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Mars InSight spacecraft nears Red Planet
AFP, Published on 26/11/2018
» LOS ANGELES: Seven years of work and a journey of nearly seven months were about to be capped by almost seven minutes of terror as NASA ticked off the final hours to the high-drama landing of its $993 million Mars InSight spacecraft on Monday.
Russia-Ukraine tensions soar after confrontation at sea
AFP, Published on 26/11/2018
» KIEV - Kiev and Moscow were facing their worst crisis in years on Monday as Ukraine and its Western allies demanded the release of three ships fired on and seized by Russia near Crimea.
Bangladesh faces refugee anger over term 'Rohingya'
Reuters, Published on 26/11/2018
» COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in camps in Bangladesh began a protest on Monday, demanding that Bangladesh recognise their ethnicity as Rohingya and that officials and aid agencies stop sharing their family information with Myanmar.
Oscar-winning director Bernardo Bertolucci dies at 77
AP, Published on 26/11/2018
» ROME: Italian film-maker Bernardo Bertolucci, who won Oscars with "The Last Emperor'' and whose erotic drama "Last Tango in Paris'' enthralled and shocked the world, died on Monday. He was 77.
Suspended jail term, fine for 'axe aunties' adversary
Online Reporters, Published on 26/11/2018
» The woman whose parked pickup truck blocked a driveway in February, sending the "axe aunties" into a fury, has been sentenced to a 15-day suspended prison term and fined 5,000 baht.
SET index increases 8.67 points, Singapore leads SE Asia gains
Bangkok Post and Reuters, Published on 26/11/2018
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand index increase, while Singapore stocks led the gains in Southeast Asia, as investors braced for a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the end of the week.
UAE pardons Briton sentenced to life for spying
AFP, Published on 26/11/2018
» ABU DHABI - The United Arab Emirates on Monday pardoned British academic Matthew Hedges just days after sentencing him to life in prison for spying in a case that stunned Britain and his family.
May begins Brexit hard sell before parliament vote
AFP, Published on 26/11/2018
» LONDON: Theresa May will convene her cabinet and update parliament on the newly-agreed Brexit deal Monday, as the embattled British prime minister begins the tricky task of selling the plan to a sceptical country.
Cycling billionaire loses face-off with monitor lizard
Online Reporters, Published on 26/11/2018
» Billionaire Areeyachat Apisithamorngul, aka Jaeleng, came off worst in a confrontation with a big monitor lizard during her daily cycling exercise in Lumpini public park on Sunday morning.
UAE pardons Briton sentenced to life for spying
AFP, Published on 26/11/2018
» ABU DHABI - The United Arab Emirates on Monday pardoned a British researcher who was sentenced last week to life in prison for spying in a case that shocked Britain.