May faces pressure to quit
LONDON, Mar 24 (AP): Prime Minister Theresa May faces growing pressure from within her own party either to resign or to set a date for stepping down as a way to build support for her Brexit agreement with the European Union, British media reported on Sunday.Senior Conservative Party figures were...
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Thousands attend NZ vigil to honour attack victims
CHRISTCHURCH, Mar 24 (Agencies): Thousands of people have gathered in the New Zealand city of Christchurch to listen to prayers, songs and speeches at a vigil to remember the 50 people killed in a terrorist attack on two mosques.One of those watching from a wheelchair was 21-year-old Mustafa Boztas, who...
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Venezuelan power struggle creates diplomatic problem
BOGOTA, Mar 24 (AP): When Lorena Delgado approached the Venezuelan consulate in Colombia's capital on a recent afternoon hoping to extend the life of her expiring passport, she found the metal gates to the languishing building shuttered.Days earlier, Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro had severed ties with the neighboring Andean nation...
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Thais vote in election
BANGKOK, Mar 24 (AP): Nearly five years after a coup, Thailand voted on Sunday in a long-delayed election setting a military-backed party against the populist political force the generals overthrew.Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, the blunt-speaking army chief who led the 2014 coup, is hoping to extend his hold on power...
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News in Brief -(25-03-2019)
Another cyclone bears down on Australian coast SYDNEY, Mar 24: Residents of Australia's northwest coast were bracing for a torrid night of fierce winds and heavy rain on Sunday as the country's second major cyclone of the weekend slowly wound toward land. A day after Cyclone Trevor hit a remote...
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