Thai PM Prayuth lags rivals in opinion polls ahead of May election

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is still lagging behind the main opposition party, latest opinion polls showed, ahead of the Southeast Asian country’s general election next month. The May 14 election will be a battle between parties aligned with the conservative pro-military establishment and the billionaire Shinawatra family-backed Pheu Thai party, led …

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Africa needs more help with climate change, debt and food crises

By Joe Bavier WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Africa is struggling with the triple shock of rising debt burdens, an ongoing food crisis and climate change fallout and needs more help from international institutions and wealthy nations to cope, African finance ministers said on Saturday. Developing African economies were only beginning to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic …

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Eleven killed in Russian strike, rescue teams sift through wreckage

By Kai Pfaffenbach SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russian missiles hit residential buildings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk on Friday, killing 11 people, wounding 21 and reducing parts of apartment blocks to a tangled mess of metal and concrete. Eleven people were killed and 21 wounded, Ukrainian public braodcaster Suspilne reported on Saturday, citing regional …

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Factbox-The struggle for power in Sudan

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The following outlines the struggle for power in recent years in Sudan, where clashes erupted on Saturday between the military and the country’s main paramilitary force: WHO HAS BEEN IN CHARGE IN SUDAN? Sudan began its halting transition towards democracy after military generals ousted long-ruling autocrat Omar al-Bashir amid a popular uprising …

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US Secretary of State Blinken calls for immediate end to violence in Sudan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday he was deeply concerned about reports of escalating violence between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the country’s main paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, and called for an immediate end to hostilities. Blinken described the situation in Khartoum as “fragile.” “We are in …

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GSK’s antibiotic drug to treat uncomplicated UTIs meets main goals

(Reuters) – British drugmaker GSK said on Saturday its oral antibiotic drug to treat uncomplicated urinary tract infections (uUTI) in female adults and adolescents met the main goals in late-stage trials. The drug, gepotidacin, in phase III trials, met its primary goals of being on a par or better than nitrofurantoin, the current standard of …

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Angry Birds maker Rovio confirms talks with Sega over tender offer

(Reuters) – Rovio Entertainment, the company behind the mobile game Angry Birds, confirmed on Saturday that it is in talks with Japan’s Sega Sammy Holdings Inc over a possible tender offer. Rovio announced the start of a strategic review and preliminary non-binding discussions regarding a potential tender offer for its shares in February, a statement …

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