YANGON, April 24, (APP/AFP) – Violent storms which saw hailstones the size of golf balls rain down across Myanmar have killed at least eight people in recent days, toppled pagodas and damaged thousands of buildings, officials said Sunday. The freak storms struck across five states on Friday and Saturday after weeks of heatwave temperatures regularly […]
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Eight killed as ‘golf ball’ hailstones, storms lash Myanmar
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Nepal holds memorials for quake victims one year on
KATHMANDU, April 24 (APP/AFP): Nepal will hold memorial services on Sunday to remember thousands of people killed in a devastating earthquake one year ago, as authorities vow to expedite long-delayed reconstruction projects. The 7.8-magnitude quake killed almost 9,000 people and some four million survivors are still living in temporary shelter, according to the International Federation […]
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Serbia PM calls on voters to choose European future
BELGRADE, April 24, (APP/AFP): Serbians vote in a general election Sunday with likely victor Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic calling on them to abandon the country’s “dark” past and embrace a future in the European Union. While Vucic’s nominally conservative Serbian Progressive Party is projected to win about half of the votes, ultra-nationalists are also expected […]
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N. Korea’s Kim hails ‘successful’ submarine missile test
SEOUL, April 24 (APP/AFP): North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un hailed a submarine-launched ballistic missile test as an “eye-opening success”, state media said Sunday, declaring Pyongyang has the ability to strike Seoul and the US whenever it pleases. The US, joined by Britain, said Saturday’s apparent test was a violation of UN Security Council resolutions and […]
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Equatorial Guinea’s iron-fisted leader set for re-election
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, April 24 (APP/AFP): Africa’s longest-serving leader, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, is set for re-election as the tiny nation of Equatorial Guinea goes to the polls Sunday. Initially scheduled to be held in November, the vote was brought forward to April 24 following a presidential decree, with no reason offered for the change. […]
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Austria presidential vote set to punish ruling parties
VIENNA, April 24 (APP/AFP): Austria’s two main centrist ruling parties are set for a bloody nose in Sunday’s presidential election at the hands of the far-right and the Greens two years before a general election. The Social Democrats (SPOe) and the centre-right People’s Party (OeVP) have dominated Austrian politics since 1945 and form the current […]