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Spain wildfire out of control amid Europe heatwave
AFP, Published on 27/06/2019
» TORRE DEL ESPANOL (SPAIN) - A Spanish forest fire raged out of control on Thursday amid a European heatwave, devouring land as hundreds of firefighters battled through the night, local authorities said.
Tunisia president in 'critical condition', attacks rock capital
AFP, Published on 27/06/2019
» TUNIS: Double suicide attacks shook Tunisia's capital Thursday, even as the country was plunged into uncertainty with the hospitalisation of President Beji Caid Essebsi who was said to be in "critical condition".
Tunisia's President Essebsi in 'critical condition'
AFP, Published on 27/06/2019
» TUNIS: Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi was in "critical condition" Thursday after being taken to hospital with a serious illness, a key adviser said.
Toyota to invest $2bn in Indonesia
Reuters, Published on 27/06/2019
» JAKARTA: Toyota Motor Corp plans to invest $2 billion to develop electric vehicles (EV) in Indonesia over the next four years, starting with hybrid vehicles, Indonesia's coordinating ministry for maritime affairs said.
Sweltering Europe braces for peak of record heatwave
AFP, Published on 27/06/2019
» PARIS - Europeans braced Thursday for the expected peak of a sweltering heatwave that has sent temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius, with schools in France closing and wildfires in Spain spinning out of control.
Marxist Minds: At Party School, China grooms future leaders
AFP, Published on 27/06/2019
» BEIJING - In a secretive school in China's capital rows of students face a giant video projection of Xi Jinping, making careful notes on the lecture on their leader's guiding principles.
Ford to cut 12,000 jobs in Europe
Associated Press, Published on 27/06/2019
» FRANKFURT: Ford Motor Co says it is shedding 12,000 jobs in Europe as it streamlines its operations in the region to increase profitability.
Stateless student overcomes hardship to attend school
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 27/06/2019
» KANCHANABURI: Thanongsak, a teenage Karen youth, gets up at 5am and has to wade across a creek to catch a bus and travel 30 kilometres along a bumpy mountain road to school - but never misses a class.
Saha scales back as baht goes up
Online Reporters, Published on 27/06/2019
» Consumer spending remains far from improved in the first half of the year as the gloomy export outlook weighs on economic growth.
Prawit keen to continue loan-shark purge
Published on 27/06/2019
» LOP BURI: Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon says he will carry on cracking down on illegal loan-sharking if he stays on in the next government.