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Myanmar decries ‘discriminatory measures’ treatment in Asean as Malaysia insists atrocities bar junta’s return
YANGON, May 11 — Myanmar claimed today that “discriminatory measures” are shutting it out of the Asean bloc after a summit last week saw the organisation continue to blacklist the […]
Taiwan says it drove away Chinese research ship conducting ‘illegal’ survey near island
TAIPEI, May 11 — Taiwan’s coast guard said today that it had disrupted “illegal” operations by a Chinese research ship in waters close to the island and driven it away, […]
Ukraine, Russia trade civilian‑attack claims on second day of Trump‑brokered truce
KYIV, May 11 — Ukraine and Russia accused each other of multiple attacks on civilians yesterday, the second day of what was supposed to have been a three-day truce ordered […]
Turkish Airlines A330 evacuated after landing‑gear fire shuts Kathmandu airport, passengers safe
KATHMANDU, May 11 — A tyre of a Turkish Airlines plane caught fire after it landed today in Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu, authorities said, forcing the closure of the airport […]
‘This is not Covid’: No automatic quarantine for Americans repatriated from hantavirus‑struck cruise ship
WASHINGTON, May 11 — American passengers evacuated from a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will not necessarily be quarantined, a top US health official said yesterday. Jay […]
One US evacuee tests mildly positive for hantavirus as another shows symptoms on flight home
WASHINGTON, May 11 — The US Department of Health and Human Services said yesterday that one of the 17 Americans being repatriated from a hantavirus-struck luxury cruise ship has tested […]
Macron: France ‘never envisaged’ sending warships into Hormuz, stresses coordination with Iran
NAIROBI, May 11 — President Emmanuel Macron yesterday said that France had “never envisaged” a naval deployment in the Strait of Hormuz but rather a security mission that would be […]
Netanyahu says Iran war ‘not over’ until uranium removed, pushes plan to ‘wean’ Israel from US aid
WASHINGTON, May 11 — Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium must be “taken out” before the US-Israeli war against Iran can be considered over, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told an […]
Thailand’s Thaksin released from prison as doubts persist over Pheu Thai’s future and conservative resistance
BANGKOK, May 11 — Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released early from prison today, raising the prospect of a return to the spotlight for the political heavyweight. The […]
Repatriation of hantavirus-hit cruise ship accelerates as 94 flown home from Canary Islands, WHO urges 42‑day monitoring
GRANADILLA DE ABONA (Spain), May 11 — A complex day-long operation to repatriate occupants of a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak neared completion late yesterday after 94 […]