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Perth-London direct flight a milestone
Bloomberg News and AFP, Published on 24/03/2018
» Qantas Airways is starting direct flights between Australia and London this weekend, marking a major milestone by reducing to 17 hours a trip that once took 12 days.
Koreas begin summit preparations
The Associated Press, Published on 24/03/2018
» SEOUL: The two Koreas will hold high-level talks on Thursday to prepare for an April summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, South Korea said Saturday.
Organisers hope to draw half a million to gun control rally
Associated Press, Published on 24/03/2018
» WASHINGTON: Thousands are gathering in Washington on Saturday for a protest that organisers claim will be a defining moment in the long-simmering national debate over gun-control legislation.
French officer who swapped himself for hostage dies
Associated Press, Published on 24/03/2018
» TREBES, France: A French police officer who offered himself up to an extremist gunman in exchange for a hostage has died of his injuries, the interior minister said Saturday.
Hero French policeman fighting for life after jihadist shooting spree
AFP, Published on 24/03/2018
» TRèBES (FRANCE) - A heroic policeman who swapped himself for a hostage was fighting for his life Saturday after being shot by a gunman who killed three people in a shooting spree French President Emmanuel Macron branded "an Islamist terrorist attack".
N.Korea agrees to talks with South next week
AFP, Published on 24/03/2018
» SEOUL: North Korea on Saturday agreed to hold high-level talks next week with Seoul to discuss logistics for a rare inter-Korean summit, the South's Unification Ministry said.
NLA lambastes ministry's pet tax proposal
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 24/03/2018
» A National Legislative Assembly (NLA) committee on social issues has slammed a proposal to tax pet owners, saying forced registration of animals would be a better approach to reducing the number of strays.
Graft feared at welfare agency in North
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 24/03/2018
» Irregularities have been found at a state-run agency that provides assistance to people in Chiang Mai's San Kamphaeng district, the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) said, in the latest case of alleged embezzlement of state funds destined for the underprivileged.
City pollution at 'national disaster' level
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/03/2018
» Bangkok must upgrade its ultra-fine dust pollution problem to "national disaster" level in order to strengthen protections against its far-reaching health impacts, ranging from heart and brain disorders to cancer.
UK judge approves warrant to search Cambridge Analytica offices
AFP, Published on 24/03/2018
» LONDON - A British judge on Friday approved a warrant to search the London offices of Cambridge Analytica, the scandal-hit communications firm at the heart of the Facebook data privacy storm.