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More Brussels talks as time runs out for Brexit deal
AFP, Published on 27/09/2019
» BRUSSELS: Hopes for a negotiated Brexit deal were fading Friday as EU negotiator Michel Barnier separately met senior British and Irish ministers for another round of inconclusive talks.
Trump reels as Democrats move quickly on impeachment
AFP, Published on 27/09/2019
» WASHINGTON - Democrats vowed Friday to move quickly on the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump, saying the evidence of abuse of power from his Ukraine phone call and attempts to cover up wrongdoing were already clear.
Former abbot's assistant arrested for fraud
Post Reporters, Published on 27/09/2019
» A former abbot's assistant was arrested on several charges on Friday including fraud and forgery for allegedly stealing money from senior monks via the e-banking system, according to the Crime Suppression Division (CSD).
Googlers tease Prayut on Facebook show
Post Reporters, Published on 27/09/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has come in for some teasing on the government’s Facebook Live channel after declaring that he relies on Google but only a few Thais use the search engine.
Urgent action called for over hornbill hunting
Post Reporters, Published on 27/09/2019
» Thailand now has only 100 helmeted hornbills (Rhinoplax vigil), a protected species, due to illegal hunting, and urgent intervention is needed, the Wildlife Conservation Office (WCO) said on Friday.
Lunlabelle party-house group released on bail
Online Reporters, Published on 27/09/2019
» Four men and two women who attended a party in Nonthaburi and were arrested following the death of the product presenter Thitima “Lunlabelle” Noraphanpipat have been released on bail.
Hun Sen critics charged with plotting 'armed rebellion'
The Associated Press, Published on 27/09/2019
» PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian court has charged seven top opposition politicians with plotting armed rebellion for planning to return from self-imposed exile to seek a change in government through mass peaceful protests.
Egypt leader shrugs off call for fresh protests
AFP, Published on 27/09/2019
» CAIRO - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Friday dismissed a call for a second weekend of protests as "no reason for concern", with hundreds already arrested in an intensifying crackdown on a rare show of discontent on the streets.
Over half of Europe's endemic trees risk extinction
AFP, Published on 27/09/2019
» GENEVA: More than half of Europe's endemic tree species, including the horse-chestnut, risk extinction, conservationists warned Friday, blaming invasive species, unsustainable logging and urban development for their decline.
Rwanda welcomes African refugees from Libya
AFP, Published on 27/09/2019
» KIGALI: A group of 66 African refugees and asylum-seekers have arrived in Kigali from Libya, the UN said, the first in what could be thousands of people being helped to flee the conflict-torn country.