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Mahathir calls for China’s help with fiscal problems

BEIJING, Aug 20 (AFP): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad called on China's top leadership to help with his country's fiscal problems Monday, as he seeks to revise major Beijing-backed projects signed under his country's scandal-plagued former regime.The 93-year-old leader, who returned for a second stint as premier following a shock...

Erdogan casts Turkey currency crisis in religious, patriotic terms

ISTANBUL, Aug 20 (Reuters): President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday an attack on Turkey's economy was no different from a strike against its flag or the Islamic call to prayer, responding to a recent currency sell-off in stark religious and nationalist terms ahead of a major Muslim holiday.In a pre-recorded...

Trudeau to run again in 2019

MONTREAL, Aug 20 (AFP): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Sunday he will run for re-election in 2019 legislative polls.The Liberal Party leader was officially nominated by his party in the central Montreal district of Papineau, a centrist stronghold he has represented since 2008. He was re-elected in 2011 and...

Taliban kidnap dozens of bus passengers despite truce

KABUL, Aug 20 (AFP): Taliban insurgents kidnapped dozens of passengers after stopping three buses in northern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said, a day after the government announced a ceasefire with the Islamist militants.Esmatullah Muradi, a spokesman for the governor of Kunduz province, said the kidnapping happened when three buses were...

Iran urges EU to speed up efforts to save nuclear deal

ANKARA, Aug 20 (Reuters): Iran urged Europe on Monday to speed up efforts to salvage a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and major powers that US President Donald Trump abandoned in May, saying French oil group Total has formally pulled out a major gas project. Efforts by the remaining signatories...

News in Brief (21-08-2018)

Thailand's Queen Mother admitted to hospitalBANGKOK, Aug 20: Thailand's 86-year-old Queen Mother Sirikit is being treated for influenza at a Bangkok hospital, the Royal Household Bureau said in a statement on Monday in a rare statement on her health. Sirikit, who was queen consort to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej,...