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Humza Yousaf confirmed as new Scottish leader
AFP, Published on 28/03/2023
» EDINBURGH - Scotland's parliament on Tuesday confirmed Humza Yousaf will replace Nicola Sturgeon as first minister, the devolved nation's youngest and the first Muslim leader of a government in western Europe.
Russia says Ukraine using long-range US artillery
AFP, Published on 28/03/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Moscow announced Tuesday it had for the first time downed a long-range rocket supplied to Ukraine by the United States, weapons Kyiv said were key to an anticipated counter-attack against Russian forces.
Suu Kyi's party dissolved
Published on 28/03/2023
» Myanmar’s election commission announced on Tuesday that the National League for Democracy (NLD) party would be dissolved for failing to re-register under a tough new military-drafted electoral law.
At least 39 migrants die in Mexico fire
AFP, Published on 28/03/2023
» CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico: A fire started by migrants protesting against their expected deportation killed at least 39 people at a Mexican immigration detention centre near the US border, authorities said on Tuesday.
City Hall revives Songkran events
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 28/03/2023
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will organise a major event to celebrate Songkran next month after a three-year pause due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt said on Tuesday.
Knife attacker kills two at Lisbon Islamic centre
AFP, Published on 28/03/2023
» LISBON: A knife-armed attacker killed two women on Tuesday at an Islamic centre in the Portuguese capital Lisbon before being shot and wounded by police, authorities said.
Pirates board Danish ship in Gulf of Guinea
AFP, Published on 28/03/2023
» COPENHAGEN: A Danish-owned Liberian-flagged oil tanker was boarded by pirates over the weekend in the Gulf of Guinea, the owner said Tuesday, adding that contact with the 16 crew members had been lost.
Amlo bigwig files suit over ‘bribe’ claim
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/03/2023
» A senior official at the Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) has filed a defamation complaint against activist lawyer Atchariya Reuangrattanapong, who linked him to a 6-million-baht bribe.
Bomb threats shut dozens of Bulgarian schools
AFP, Published on 28/03/2023
» SOFIA: Several dozen schools across Bulgaria were ordered shut on Monday and Tuesday after receiving emailed bomb threats with suspected links to Russia, police said.
Final approval for EU fossil fuel car ban
AFP, Published on 28/03/2023
» BRUSSELS: The 27 EU member states gave final approval on Tuesday to a ban on sales of new fossil fuel cars by 2035, after Germany dropped a last-minute blocking effort.