23 dead while collecting pensions

KYIV, Sept 09 (BBC): 23 people have been killed in a Russian air strike on a village in eastern Ukraine, local Ukrainian officials say.The victims were ordinary people collecting their pensions in the Donetsk settlement of Yarova, said President Volodymr Zelensky. Donetsk regional leader Vadym Filashkin said emergency services were...

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France in fresh political crisis

PARIS, Sept 09 (BBC): France has been plunged into a new political crisis with the defeat of Prime Minister François Bayrou at a confidence vote in the National Assembly.The defeat - by 364 votes to 194 - means that Bayrou will on Tuesday present his government's resignation to President Emmanuel...

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Ex-PM Thaksin must serve one yr in jail

BANGKOK, Sept 09 (Reuters): Thailand's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve one year in jail because his detention in a VIP wing of a hospital in lieu of prison was unlawful, in another major blow for a powerful family that has dominated politics for...

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