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Partial results from Thai election show pro-army party with slight, unexpected lead
BANGKOK, March 24 — Partial results from today’s general election in Thailand showed a pro-military party slightly ahead of the populist party leading a “democratic...
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US lawmakers await details of Mueller’s Russia report
WASHINGTON, March 24 — US lawmakers waited today for details of a confidential report into an investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election that has cast a pall over...
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Brexit up in the air as May faces possible plot, parliament tries to grab control
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Israel says Trump to recognise Golan as its territory Monday
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Norway cruise ship towed to port after nearly 500 people rescued
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Thai election exit poll indicates opposition wins most seats, not enough to form govt
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Britain must resolve Brexit but changing PM May wouldn’t help, Hammond says
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Hungary could resume anti-EU campaigns, says PM Orban
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Iraqi parliament sacks local governor after Mosul boat capsize
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Thousands attend NZ vigil, rally to fight racism, remember Christchurch victims
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Mozambique says death toll rises to 446 after cyclone
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Thai king urges support for ‘good people’ to prevent ‘chaos’ hours before polls open
BANGKOK, March 24 — Thailand’s king issued a cryptic statement late yesterday hours before polls open for the country’s first general election since a 2014 coup, quoting his...
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Moroccan police disperse protesting teachers with water cannons
RABAT, March 24 — Baton-wielding riot police used water cannons to disperse teachers protesting in the Moroccan capital last night to demand better conditions. Several thousand...
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Thailand’s turbulent political history
BANGKOK, March 24 — Violent demonstrations, multiple coups and a cryptic election eve message from the king. Thailand’s unpredictable political history has few rivals. The...
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Britain’s May reportedly on the brink amid Brexit crisis
LONDON, March 24 — Prime Minister Theresa May is making a last-ditch bid this weekend to win support among British MPs for her EU divorce deal ahead of another pivotal week in...
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Spain’s Socialists lead, short of majority, predicts poll
MADRID, March 24 — Spain’s Socialists led in a poll published today in daily El Pais, but fell short of a majority with its main ally ahead of a general election next month....
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NZ to hold national remembrance for Christchurch next Friday
CHRISTCHURCH, March 24 — New Zealand will hold a national remembrance service on March 29 for the victims of the Christchurch mosque massacre and their families, the prime...
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Earthquake of 5.8 magnitude strikes Sulawesi
JAKARTA, March 24 — A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi today, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck 125km southeast of the city of...
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Thai voters go to polls as coup-leader, ‘democratic front’ face off
BANGKOK, March 24 — Thai voters went to the polls today in a long-delayed election following a 2014 coup, in a race that pits a military junta chief seeking to retain power...
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Traffic-choked Jakarta to inaugurate mass rapid transit system
JAKARTA, March 24 — Indonesia’s capital will inaugurate its first mass rapid transit system today, a US$1.1 billion (RM4.5 billion) project seen as crucial to tackling some...
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More than NZ$10.8m donated to help families in mosque shooting
CHRISTCHURCH, March 24 — More than NZ$10.8 million (RM30.2 million) in public donations has been received so far to help families of the 50 people killed in New Zealand's mosque...
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Twin cyclones batter Australia
CAIRNS, March 24 — A “very destructive” category 4 cyclone slammed into Australia’s remote northern coast yesterday, while a second, equally powerful storm bore down on...
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More than 100 killed in Mali massacre as UN visits
BAMAKO, March 24 — Dogon hunters killed more than 100 people in an attack on a Fulani village in central Mali yesterday, local officials said, as a UN delegation visited the...
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US airlines visit Boeing as FAA awaits 737 MAX upgrades
CHICAGO, March 24 — Teams from the three US airlines that own 737 MAX jets headed to Boeing Co’s factory in Renton, Washington, to review a software upgrade yesterday, as US...
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Norway rescuers airlift passengers off cruise ship in storm
OSLO, March 24 — Rescuers were working into the night yesterday to airlift 1,300 passengers and crew off a cruise ship after it got into difficulty in rough seas off the...
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WikiLeaks probe: Supporters say Manning in ‘solitary confinement’
WASHINGTON, March 24 — Chelsea Manning, the anti-secrecy campaigner who was jailed for refusing to testify to a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks, has been held in solitary...
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Man charged with attempted murder over Canada priest attack
MONTREAL, March 24 — A man who allegedly stabbed a priest in front of his congregation live on television during mass at Canada’s biggest church was charged yesterday with...
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Disneyland Paris ‘attack’ false alarm sparks stampede
PARIS, March 24 — Crowds of holidaymakers stampeded for safety in Disneyland Paris yesterday when they mistook the din from a broken lift or escalator for the sound of weapons,...
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Cruise ship adrift off Norway to evacuate 1,300 passengers
OSLO, March 23 — A cruise ship has suffered engine failure in windy conditions off the west coast of Norway and its 1,300 passengers will be evacuated, Norwegian police said...
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Trump-Russia report main findings awaited, US lawmakers seek quick public release
WASHINGTON, March 23 — The top US law enforcement official could release as early as today the main findings in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s confidential report on his...