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Trump-backed candidate slightly ahead

TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 01 (BBC): Early results from the general election in Honduras show Nasry Asfura, leader of the right-wing National Party, has a very narrow lead.With more than 40per cent of the votes counted, the conservative candidate was just ahead of former TV host and Vice-President Salvador Nasralla, according to...

Asia floods toll tops 1,000

PADANG, Dec 01 (AFP): The toll in deadly flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1,000 on Monday as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel to help survivors.Separate weather systems brought torrential, extended rainfall to the entire island of Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia's...

Cameroonian opposition figure Ekane dies in detention, lawyer says

YAOUNDE, Dec 01 (Reuters): Cameroonian opposition leader Anicet Ekane, who supported a bid for president by a rival to the country's long-serving leader in October, died in detention on Monday, his lawyer and family said, a development that may worsen political tensions. Ekane, 74, leader of the African Movement for...

US lawmakers demand answers

WASHINGTON, Dec 01 (BBC): US lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration for answers about military strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug boats, after a report alleged that a follow-up strike was ordered to kill survivors of an initial attack.Republican-led committees overseeing the Pentagon have vowed to conduct "vigorous oversight" into the...

Experts work on UN climate report amid US pushback

PARIS, Dec 01 (AFP): Some 600 experts began to work Monday on the next major UN climate report, as the international consensus on global warming is challenged by US President Donald Trump, who deems the science a "hoax".French Ecological Transition Minister Monique Barbut, whose country is hosting the five-day meeting...

Hong Kong nabs suspects as fire toll hits 151

HONG KONG, Dec 01 (AFP): Authorities said Monday they have made a total 13 arrests over Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades after the blaze killed 151 people last week, a toll that could further rise.The arrests were made on suspicion of manslaughter as investigators work to piece together what...

Charles-Diana's rare wedding champagne bottle to be auctioned

COPENHAGEN, Dec 01 (AFP): One of 12 bottles of champagne from the wedding of King Charles III and Princess Diana will go under the hammer this month in Denmark.The bottles were created and labelled to mark the British royal wedding watched by hundreds of millions around the world in 1981....

Starmer announces fresh social security reforms

LONDON, Dec 01 (AFP): Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer will on Monday announce a fresh bid to reform the country's social security system after rebel MPs in his own party blocked reforms proposed last summer.His speech, extracts of which have been released by his office, comes after last week's budget...

Pastor and new bride abducted in latest Nigeria attacks

MINNA, Dec 01 (BBC): Gunmen have abducted at least 20 people, including a pastor and a new bride, in two separate attacks in the latest Nigerian kidnappings.Attackers stormed the newly established Cherubim and Seraphim Church on Sunday in the central Kogi state, firing shots and forcing congregants to flee in...