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Netanyahu confidant agrees to testify against him: reports
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» JERUSALEM - One of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's closest confidants has agreed to testify against him in a graft probe, Israeli media reported Wednesday, in a fresh threat to his long tenure in power.
South Africa hikes sales tax in 'tough' post-Zuma budget
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» CAPE TOWN - South Africans were hit by the first sales tax increase since apartheid when the finance minister delivered a tough budget on Wednesday, dampening optimism spurred by the country's new reformist president.
Choi Soon-sil: friend and downfall of a president
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» SEOUL - The daughter of a shadowy religious figure, Choi Soon-sil has been at the side of now-ousted South Korean president Park Geun-hye for decades, bound to the politician by her father.
Secret confidante of S.Korea's Park jailed for 20 years over scandal
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» SEOUL - The secret confidante of ousted South Korean president Park Geun-hye was convicted Tuesday and jailed for 20 years for her key role in the scandal that brought down the former head of state.
Philippines 'concerned' as US tags Duterte a threat to democracy
Reuters, Published on 21/02/2018
» MANILA: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is not an autocrat and is taking seriously a report by the US intelligence community that names the firebrand leader among the threats to democracy in Southeast Asia, his spokesman said on Wednesday.
Closure
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 21/02/2018
» The Bangkok governor has promised to close down three illegal markets operating at the Seri Villa housing estate where two angry women attacked a market-goer's parked pickup truck blocking their driveway.
Driveway aunties' rage attack leads to markets' closure
Online Reporters, Published on 21/02/2018
» The Bangkok governor has promised to close down three illegal markets operating at the Seri Villa housing estate where two angry aunties attacked a market-goer's parked pickup truck blocking their driveway.
Unwanted advice
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 21/02/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha lashed out at a key member of the government's anti-corruption drive Tuesday who had urged him to take action over the luxury watch scandal involving Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon.
PM gets tough on embezzlers
News, Wassana Nanuam & King-oua Laohong, Published on 21/02/2018
» Anyone found guilty of being involved in embezzling state funds earmarked for the underprivileged will be prosecuted, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has said.
Big Tu: hero to zero
News, Postbag, Published on 21/02/2018
» The government is cracking at the seams, and the down curve is inevitable.