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By Elizabeth Piper KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy marked the anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany in World War Two by saying on Monday he would formalise a day of remembrance in Ukraine on May 8 when other Western countries celebrate Europe’s victory. Speaking to the nation on a hill overlooking Kyiv, Zelenskiy said “the old evil” had returned, this time waged by a “modern Russia” pursuing the […]

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s election commission came under scrutiny on Monday after what a monitoring group said were widespread complaints in early voting, fuelling concern on social media about the competence of a body appointed under military rule. The People’s Network to Monitor Elections, an alliance of non-governmental organisations, said it received about 300 complaints during Sunday’s early voting, including missing names, votes cast by the wrong people, mistakes with […]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Three people died when an Indian Air Force fighter jet crashed through the roof of a house in a village in the northern border state of Rajasthan on Monday, the air force said on Monday. The single-seater MiG-21 crashed after the pilot experienced an onboard emergency and ejected, the Indian Air Force said in a statement. “The aircraft wreckage fell on a house in Bahlol Nagar […]

OSLO (Reuters) -Norway’s King Harald has been hospitalised to receive treatment for an infection, the royal household said in a statement on Monday. The 86-year-old monarch was in a stable condition and will remain in hospital for a few days, it added. The king had been due to attend a ceremony in Oslo on Monday commemorating the end of World War Two. King Harald has been Norway’s ceremonial head of […]

By Jose Devasia KOCHI, India (Reuters) -Rescuers searched on Monday for survivors from an overcrowded tourist boat that capsized on a south Indian waterway with the death of at least 22 people, authorities said. Police said the exact number of people on board the boat that capsized on Sunday evening in an estuary near the town of Tanur, in Kerala state, had yet to be confirmed. Police said they were […]

OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s King Harald has been hospitalised to receive treatment for an infection, the royal household said in a statement on Monday. The 86-year-old monarch was in a stable condition and will remain in hospital for a few days, it added. (Reporting by Terje Solsvik, editing by Essi Lehto, Louise Rasmussen) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s defence minister on Monday told Pakistan’s navy chief that their militaries including their navies should “expand into new fields of cooperation” to bolster the capability of the two neighbours in safeguarding security in the region. Ties between the two militaries stretch back years, with their navies and air forces holding bilateral exercises in each other’s territory. For China, Pakistan and its access to the Arabian Sea […]

By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Istanbul barber Hakim Ekinci, a long-time supporter of Tayyip Erdogan, won’t be voting for the president next Sunday, blaming his economic policies for eroding Turks’ purchasing power and leaving many unable to afford even basic foodstuff. Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted AK Party were able to maintain their voter base, made up mainly of lower-income, conservative Muslim Turks, thanks to strong economic growth in the […]

By Andrius Sytas RIGA (Reuters) – In a Stalinist skyscraper which dominates the skyline of Latvia’s capital, dozens of elderly Russians wait to take a basic Latvian language test as a proof of loyalty to a country where they have lived for decades. Clutching red Russian passports, the participants, mostly women, read their notes for last minute revision, fearing they may be expelled from the Baltic country if they fail. […]