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Migrants, babies rescued at sea as survivors say six drowned
AFP, Published on 28/08/2019
» ROME - A charity ship rescued some 100 migrants in the Mediterranean Wednesday, including 22 small children who had survived their foundering dinghy being pummelled by a wave fellow occupants said drowned six people.
Wildlife protections tightened as southern Africa protests
AFP, Published on 28/08/2019
» GENEVA - A global wildlife summit has decided to regulate trade in giraffes and tighten protections for endangered animals including elephants, triggering a threat from disgruntled southern African nations to leave an international treaty.
Yemen forces say they retake Aden from southern separatists
AFP, Published on 28/08/2019
» ADEN - Yemen government forces reclaimed the interim capital Aden and its presidential palace on Wednesday, a minister said, pushing back separatists who seized the city and other parts of the south earlier this month.
25 killed as attackers ignite fire in Mexico bar
AFP, Published on 28/08/2019
» COATZACOALCOS (MEXICO) - At least 25 people were killed and 11 badly wounded when gunmen burst into a strip club in eastern Mexico, doused it with gasoline and ignited a raging fire, officials said Wednesday.
Volunteer seen on video beating hospitalised street racer
Gary Boyle, Published on 28/08/2019
» CHON BURI: A local administrator has offered a public apology after a defence volunteer under his supervision repeatedly assaulted an injured street racer on a hospital bed because the speeding motorcyclist had injured his colleague.
Google to move Pixel smartphone production to Vietnam
Published on 28/08/2019
» Alphabet Inc's Google is shifting its Pixel smartphone production to Vietnam from China starting this year as it builds a cheap supply chain in Southeast Asia, the Nikkei business daily reported on Wednesday.
Cambodia designer beats odds to bring Khmer fashion to Europe
Published on 28/08/2019
» Sor San, a disabled designer from Phnom Penh, is introducing ethnic fashion from her country in Berlin this year. She is one of five female designers to showcase her work at a fashion event.
Uttama sees scope for fiscal support, lower interest rates
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/08/2019
» The government is ready to take further action to support an economy growing at its slowest pace in nearly five years, and sees room for further interest-rate cuts, the finance minister said.
UK PM triggers outrage with move to suspend parliament
AFP, Published on 28/08/2019
» LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Wednesday that parliament would be suspended until Oct 14 -- just two weeks before the UK is set to leave the EU -- enraging anti-Brexit MPs.
Thailand to acquire total of 120 US armoured vehicles
Reuters, Published on 28/08/2019
» Thailand's military plans to acquire 120 American-made armoured vehicles by 2020, with the first batch of 10 arriving next month, a Thai defence ministry source told Reuters on Wednesday.