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Low turnout expected as France votes in local polls
AFP, Published on 28/06/2020
» PARIS - French people went to the polls wearing face masks Sunday in the final round of municipal elections expected to yield a rebuke for President Emmanuel Macron's party.
Police told to hurry up and find 'Boss'
Gary Boyle, Published on 28/06/2020
» Pressure is mounting on the police in the hunt for Red Bull scion Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya, who is wanted over a 2012 hit-and-run case.
Polish populists tested as country votes
AFP, Published on 28/06/2020
» WARSAW - The future of Poland's populist right-wing government hung in the balance Sunday as Poles voted in round one of a tight presidential race that was delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Global infections top 10 million: Virus update
AFP, Published on 28/06/2020
» Global infections from the novel coronavirus on Sunday surpassed 10 million as the rate of new cases surges.
Hey, You! Rolling Stones warn Trump of legal action over song use
AFP, Published on 28/06/2020
» LONDON: British rock legends The Rolling Stones have threatened legal action against Donald Trump for the US president's use of their song "You Can't Always Get What You Want" at campaign rallies.
Malawi opposition leader sworn in as president after vote re-run
AFP, Published on 28/06/2020
» LILONGWE (MALAWI) - Malawi's opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera was sworn in Sunday as the southern African country's new president after winning the re-run of a hotly disputed election.
Thousands in western Myanmar flee as army plans operations: monitors
Reuters, Published on 28/06/2020
» Thousands of villagers have fled their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after a local administrator warned dozens of village leaders that the army planned “clearance operations” against insurgents, a lawmaker and a humanitarian group said.
China puts half a million in lockdown to fight new cluster
AFP, Published on 28/06/2020
» China imposed a strict lockdown on nearly half a million people in a province surrounding the capital to contain a fresh coronavirus cluster on Sunday, as authorities warned the outbreak was still "severe and complicated".
Man arrested for killing wild elephant in national park
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 28/06/2020
» PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: A villager has been arrested for shooting to death a wild elephant in the Kui Buri National Park in Kui Buri district of this lower central province.
Hong Kongers march in silent protest against national security laws
Reuters, Published on 28/06/2020
» HONG KONG: Hundreds of Hong Kongers marched silently through the city's streets on Sunday in protest against the looming national security legislation to be implemented by the mainland Chinese government.