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Thai court to decide suspended prime minister's fate
Thai court to decide suspended prime minister's fate
by  AFP

A Thai court is set to rule Friday on whether suspended prime minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha should be reinstated, or thrown out of office permanently, with a verdict in his favour likely to trigger protests. Under the 2017 Thai constitution, a prime minister cannot serve more than eight years in office, but Prayut's supporters and critics disagree as to when his term began.

US senator Sanders urges respect for Brazil presidential vote
US senator Sanders urges respect for Brazil presidential vote
by  AFP

US senator Bernie Sanders on Thursday urged Brazilians of all stripes to respect the outcome of presidential elections and reject political violence, in a message tweeted by fellow leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. "It is one where both the winners and the losers of elections must respect the results and where political violence or the threat of political violence is always unacceptable."

No timeframe for fixing Nord Stream pipelines: operator
No timeframe for fixing Nord Stream pipelines: operator
by  AFP

Nord Stream's operator said Thursday it was unable to immediately assess damage to pipelines linking Russia to Europe, threatening an indeterminate outage -- after Sweden detected a fourth leak and NATO decried "acts of sabotage". Nord Stream's operator said it "intends to start assessing the damage to the pipeline as soon as it receives necessary official permits".

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