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Wed, 24 Aug 2022 07:30:13 GMT
Court suspends Thai PM Prayut from office
The court agreed unanimously to hear a case brought by opposition parties who argue Prayut has reached the end of his eight-year term limit as prime minister. Judges also agreed by five votes to four to suspend Prayut from office until the case is ...

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 07:02:11 GMT
Sri Lanka widens import ban as economic crisis persists
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who replaced Gotabaya Rajapaksa after his ouster in July, slapped a ban on goods including home appliances, tools and sports gear. The South Asian island nation of 22 million people has been suffering dire shortages ...

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 06:50:11 GMT
Thai court to rule on embattled PM's fate
The kingdom's 2017 constitution bars the prime minister from serving more than eight years in total, and opposition parties say Prayut, who took power in a 2014 coup, has reached the limit. If the court agrees to hear the case, Prayut could be susp...

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 06:36:12 GMT
Hubble-bubble trouble: Hookah ban leaves Malians divided
His is a common reaction. An unexpected ban on hookah smoking in this West African country has stirred surprise as well as division, leaving devotees dismayed but health advocates delighted. Bars where small groups of smokers -- primarily young m...

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 06:30:20 GMT
For Russian re-enactors, battle with West is more than history
"This land is Russian, always has been, and always will be!" It was on this spot near Lake Peipus on Russia's border with Estonia that eight centuries ago Nevsky repelled a force of Teutonic Knights who wanted to convert Russia to Catholicism. Kno...

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 06:10:16 GMT
An overview of NASA's Artemis 1 mission to the Moon
The meticulously choreographed uncrewed flight should yield spectacular images as well as valuable scientific data. Blastoff The giant Space Launch System rocket will make its maiden flight from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida....

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 06:08:25 GMT
All systems go for Artemis 1 mission to Moon
The goal is to return humans to the Moon for the first time since the last Apollo mission in 1972 -- and eventually to Mars. The 322-foot (98-meter) Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is scheduled to blast off at 8:33 am (1233 GMT) from the Kennedy S...

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 05:46:12 GMT
China warns of 'severe' threat to harvest from worst heatwave on record
The world's second-largest economy has been hit by record temperatures, flash floods and droughts this summer -- phenomena that scientists have warned are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change. Southern China has recorded its lon...

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 05:24:12 GMT
China probes state property firm execs for 'serious violations'
The probes are another blow to a key sector, which is already struggling with slowing sales, angry customers and heavily indebted developers. Authorities said in separate notices on Tuesday that they were investigating Zhuang Yuekai, chairman of C&...

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 04:52:13 GMT
Whistle blows in Germany for world's first hydrogen train fleet
A fleet of 14 trains provided by French industrial giant Alstom to the German state Lower Saxony will replace the diesel locomotives on the 100 kilometres (60 miles) of track connecting the cities of Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervoerde and Buxtehude...

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 04:44:13 GMT
Cost of living crisis dominates UK leadership campaign
But the two candidates vying to succeed Boris Johnson as Conservative party leader and UK prime minister have differing approaches to the problem. - Cost of living - UK inflation is currently at 10.1 percent -- the highest level in 40 years -- wi...

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 04:34:13 GMT
Angolans head to the polls in tightest ever race
A struggling economy, the high cost of living, soaring poverty compounded by the Covid pandemic, drought in southern parts of the country and the death of a former strongman president all loom large. The ruling People's Movement for the Liberation ...

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 04:22:18 GMT
Boiling heat and no water: taps run dry in southern Iraq
For everything from drinking to bathing and washing dishes and clothes, Ajil and his eight children wait at their home in Al-Aghawat for trucked-in water from the Diwaniyah provincial authorities once or twice a week. In burning summer temperatures...

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 03:34:15 GMT
Sweltering Saudis escape to mountainous 'City of Fog'
Sitting with friends on a picnic blanket, under light rain and a thick, swirling mist in Al-Namas, Abdullah Al-Enizi wears a body-warmer over his traditional white robes to guard against the chill. The retreat, 2,800 metres (9,200 feet) above sea l...

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 03:28:11 GMT
Asian markets drop as investors eye US Fed outlook
The single currency tumbled to $0.9901 -- a new 20-year low -- but later clawed back losses as the greenback was hit by poor US economic data. The dollar had strengthened this week ahead of a speech Friday by US Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell,...



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