Thailand’s election authority on Wednesday launched a bid to knock-out the country’s main anti-army opposition over alleged illegal loans by the party’s leader, a billionaire who has harangued the military-backed government since seizing the political limelight. The Future Forward Party (FFP) rode a youth-propelled wave to become Thailand’s third largest grouping in March elections, scooping […]

Google on Wednesday announced the results of its ‘2019 Year in Search’ with Academic Staff Union of Universities’ (ASUU) strike topping this year’s trending news search. Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Google Communication Officer, said that ASUU strike was followed by `AFCON 2019’, ‘Naira Marley’ and the ‘Women’s World Cup 2019’. Kola-Ogunlade said that the results of […]

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Wednesday said the new pension system planned by President Emmanuel Macron would only apply to those born in 1975 and later. Initial government proposals had suggested it could apply to those born in 1963 or later, subject to negotiations. READ ALSO: Thousands French march against pension reforms Those born […]

A woman was killed and at least 65 people were wounded, including five Georgian soldiers, in a complex attack that hit a medical facility near the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan early on Wednesday, officials said. Bagram District Governor Abdul Shukoor Qudusi said in a statement that the attack happened at around 6 a.m. […]

San Francisco Mayor, London Breed, on Wednesday encouraged local residents to turn in their guns in a move aimed at stemming gun violence. Breed gave the encouragement at a news conference held to announce an upcoming semi-annual gun buyback event later in December. READ ALSO: London Breed, San Francisco’s first black mayor sworn in She […]