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June 12, 2017 12:59 AM

French President Macron's party set for giant majority: Pollsters

French President Emmanuel Macron's party is set for a giant majority in parliament, opinion pollsters said today after a first round of voting.<br/>&apos;<br/>According to two pollsters, his Republic On the Move (LREM) party and its ally Modem were set to win well over 400 seats in ...

June 12, 2017 12:59 AM

British PM appoints Damian Green as her first secretary of state

British Prime Minister Theresa May today appointed her close ally Damian Green as her first secretary of state while Priti Patel remained the senior-most Indian-origin Cabinet minister. The PM unveiled her new Cabinet after shock election results forced her to form a minority government.<br/>&...

June 12, 2017 12:58 AM

Maharashtra govt announces loan waiver for farmers

The Maharashtra government announced a loan waiver for farmers and decided to form a committee to decide the criteria of debt relief, after which cultivators called off their protests. <br/><br/>Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in his tweeter messages on Sunday said that the state govern...

June 12, 2017 12:57 AM

State visit invitation to US President still stands: British PM office

The British prime minister's office says the state visit invitation to US President Donald Trump still stands, after a newspaper reported that Trump wants to postpone the trip.<br/><br/>The Guardian reported today that Trump told Prime Minister Theresa May that he doesn't want ...

June 12, 2017 12:57 AM

Qatar says Gulf citizens can stay despite crisis

Qatar moved today to avoid an escalation of its feud with Gulf neighbours by telling their citizens they are welcome to stay, while boasting of "business as usual" for vital gas exports. <br/><br/>The decision will come as a relief to the more than 11,000 people from Saudi Arab...

June 11, 2017 7:52 PM

Myanmar: Search crews recovers half number of bodies from plane crash

Search crews in Myanmar have recovered the bodies of nearly half of those who died in last week's military plane crash. Navy ships and fishing vessels have been battling strong monsoon swells to find victims, with the army saying they had recovered 59 by today afternoon. <br/><br/>I...

June 11, 2017 7:52 PM

US and Russia call for dialogue over Qatar-GCC dispute

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have called for dialogue over the Qatar-GCC dispute. In a statement yesterday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said the two leaders spoke on the phone and discussed the consequences of the decision by a number of Arab countr...

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