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Myanmar's civil servant strikes start to bite
AFP, Published on 26/02/2021
» YANGON - Public hospitals are deserted. Government offices left dark. And the trains don't leave the stations.
From protest to ballot box, Chile votes in referendum for change
AFP, Published on 25/10/2020
» SANTIAGO - A year to the day after more than one million people thronged downtown Santiago in the biggest march of Chile's social uprising, Chileans vote Sunday on whether to change the country's dictatorship-era constitution.
Tajikistan vote seen as easy win for strongman
AFP, Published on 11/10/2020
» DUSHANBE (TAJIKISTAN) - Central Asian Tajikistan goes to the polls Sunday in a presidential election expected to make incumbent Emomali Rakhmon the longest-ruling strongman in the former Soviet space.
Furious Lebanese vow new protests over deadly mega-blast
AFP, Published on 09/08/2020
» BEIRUT: Lebanese protesters enraged by official negligence blamed for Beirut's enormous and deadly explosion vowed Sunday to rally again after a night of street clashes in which they stormed several ministries.
A decade on, hero Chilean miners are bitter and divided
AFP, Published on 31/07/2020
» COPIAPó (CHILE) - A decade ago, 33 Chilean miners became a symbol of hope and solidarity after surviving for more than two months trapped deep underground in the Atacama desert.
EU's 'moment of truth' as leaders debate virus rescue
AFP, Published on 17/07/2020
» BRUSSELS - European leaders warned Friday that the future of their union was at stake as they embarked on a summit to thrash out the terms of a huge post-coronavirus economic rescue plan.
Kremlin hails 'triumph' in vote extending Putin's rule
AFP, Published on 02/07/2020
» MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Thursday hailed as a "triumph" overwhelming backing in a national vote on constitutional reforms to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule.
Russians set to back reforms allowing Putin to extend rule
AFP, Published on 01/07/2020
» MOSCOW: Russians are set to approve constitutional reforms on Wednesday denounced by critics as a manoeuvre to allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in the Kremlin for life.
Russia's opposition flounders as Putin changes constitution
AFP, Published on 29/06/2020
» MOSCOW: Russia's opposition is denouncing this week's vote on President Vladimir Putin's constitutional reforms as a joke, pointing out that copies of the amended basic law are already on sale in Moscow bookshops.
US pledges to reduce Iraq troops as tensions ease
AFP, Published on 12/06/2020
» BAGHDAD - The United States said Thursday it would reduce troops in Iraq in the coming months as friction between the two countries eased under a new US-friendly premier in Baghdad.