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Trump to make first post-presidency speech at conservative conference
AFP, Published on 28/02/2021
» ORLANDO - Donald Trump returns to the political spotlight Sunday, determined to regain control of a Republican Party that is out of power and pondering whether the flawed former president can win again in 2024.
Kremlin critic Navalny begins serving time for parole violation
AFP, Published on 28/02/2021
» MOSCOW - Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been transferred to a penal colony east of Moscow to serve a term for violating parole, a public commission that monitors detainees' rights said Sunday.
Rubber bullets, tear gas fired as rally turns violent
Online Reporters, Published on 28/02/2021
» A rally by pro-democracy protesters outside the 1st Infantry Regiment in Bangkok turned violent on Sunday as police fired rubber bullets, water cannon and tear gas at demonstrators trying to approach the barracks.
6 dead as Myanmar junta intensifies crackdown on anti-coup protests
AFP, Published on 28/02/2021
» Myanmar security forces shot dead at least six protesters Sunday in the bloodiest action so far to smother opposition to the military coup four weeks ago.
Outrage grows after brutal murder of elderly Thai man in San Francisco
New York Times, Published on 28/02/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO: Weary of being cooped inside during the pandemic, Vicha Ratanapakdee was impatient for his regular morning walk. He washed his face, put on a baseball cap and face mask and told his wife he would have the coffee she had prepared for him when he returned. Then, on a brisk and misty Northern California winter morning last month, he stepped outside.
920kg ganja seized on Mekong bank
Pattanapong Sripiachai, Published on 28/02/2021
» NAKHON PHANOM: Border patrol police (BPP) seized 920 kilogrammes of dried marijuana smuggled across the Mekong river from Laos in this northeastern province in the small hours on Sunday.
Containers piled outside barracks to block protesters
Online Reporters, Published on 28/02/2021
» Police have piled shipping containers outside the 1st Infantry Regiment in Bangkok to block pro-democracy protesters from approaching the barracks on Sunday in their latest rally against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
Thousands protest over Argentina 'VIP vaccinations' scandal
AFP, Published on 28/02/2021
» BUENOS AIRES - Thousands of people demonstrated in cities across Argentina on Saturday to protest the "VIP vaccinations" scandal that forced the health minister to resign.
Dozens of Hong Kong dissidents charged with security crime
AFP, Published on 28/02/2021
» HONG KONG: Dozens of Hong Kong dissidents were charged with subversion on Sunday in the largest use yet by police of Beijing's sweeping new national security law, as authorities seek to cripple the finance hub's democracy movement.
Bangladesh police fire rubber bullets, tear gas at new opposition protests
AFP, Published on 28/02/2021
» DHAKA: Dozens were injured on Sunday as Bangladeshi police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at opposition activists to prevent new protests over the death of a writer in jail, police and a party official said.