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January 2, 2020 11:18 AM

Japan's new Emperor Naruhito hopes for a year without natural disasters

<span style="color: #222222;">Japan's new Emperor Naruhito said in his first New Year speech that he hoped for a year without natural disasters. Naruhito addressed the tens of thousands of well-wishers, many of whom waving Japanese flags and shouting Banzai, mean...

January 2, 2020 9:04 AM

Iraq: Pro-Iran protesters leave US embassy in Baghdad

<span style="color: #222222;">In Iraq, pro-Iran demonstrators left the besieged US embassy in Baghdad yesterday after the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force ordered them to withdraw a day after their dramatic incursion.</span><br />'&...

January 1, 2020 9:40 PM

PM Boris Johnson vows to take UK out of European Union within this month

<span style="color: #222222;">British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed that the first item on his agenda in 2020 is to fulfil the will of the electorate and to conclude the UK's divorce deal with the European Union within this month. In his new year message...

January 1, 2020 9:20 PM

Guinea-Bissau opposition leader wins presidential election

<span style="color: #222222;">In the West African state of Guinea-Bissau, Opposition leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo has won presidential elections, picking up 53.55 per cent of votes. His rival Domingos Simoes Pereira, head of the country's ruling party PAIGC, bagge...

January 1, 2020 7:32 PM

Nine killed and thousands caught in Jakarta flooding

<span style="color: #222222;">In Indonesia, severe flooding hit capital Jakarta, killing at least nine people, displacing thousands and forcing the closure of a domestic airport. Tens of thousands of New Year's revellers in Jakarta were soaked by torrential rains...

January 1, 2020 1:57 PM

North Korea threatens to unveil a new strategic weapon soon

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared an end to moratoriums on nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests with a threat to demonstrate a new strategic weapon soon.<br />''<br />''The announcement was reported by Pyongyang state media t...

January 1, 2020 1:39 PM

Hong Kong readies for New Year democracy rally

<span style="color: #222222;">Hong Kong was readying for a massive pro-democracy rally after seeing in the New Year with an evening of peaceful protests. But, these turned into tear gas-choked clashes between hardcore demonstrators and police.<br />&apos...

January 1, 2020 12:42 PM

Death toll from tribal clashes in Sudan's Darfur rises to 36

In Sudan, 36 people were killed and 60 others injured in sporadic tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs in West Darfur province according to a senior health official.<br />''<br />''Whereas a local organization that helps run refugee camps in the ...

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