BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s royalty made an unprecedented move into politics on Friday when the sister of King Maha Vajiralongkorn was declared a prime ministerial candidate in a March 24 general election, registration papers showed. The nomination of Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi, 67, the elder sister of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, promised to upend Thailand’s […]

MEDAN, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian police found 193 Bangladeshis locked up in a shop house after human traffickers had lured them with the promise of getting them to Malaysia, an immigration official said on Thursday. The men entered Indonesia as tourists via Bali and the city of Yogyakarta with the intention of going to Malaysia […]

GENOA, Italy (Reuters) – Egle Possetti has to avert her eyes when she drives past the remains of the road bridge in Genoa as she cannot bear looking at the place where her sister was killed along with her family. A 200-metre-long section of the Morandi bridge, part of a motorway linking the Italian port […]

MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – European and Latin American leaders will gather on Thursday in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo to discuss a plan to solve the deepening crisis in Venezuela, but will steer clear of direct intervention. The EU-backed group, known as the International Contact Group on Venezuela, will hold its inaugural meeting on Thursday, laying […]

President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address was not a great speech – he can no more deliver a great speech than his bargain-basement aides can craft one – but it was greatly revealing. What it showed is how little his views have in common with what used to be known as American conservatism. […]

Police at Central Washington University gave the all-clear on campus Wednesday night following a report of an active shooter in the Lind Hall area. The warning was issued at about 5:30 p.m. PT, and no further details were available. The campus is located in Ellensburg, Wash. Special agents with the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives […]

A former B.C. elementary school teacher has had his credentials permanently revoked after exchanging inappropriate messages with a series of former students. The ban was imposed last month, according to a consent resolution agreement from the B.C. Teacher Regulation Branch (TRB). According to the document, Bryan Edmund Cederholm has held B.C. teacher’s certification since July […]

The B.C. Trucking Association says a multi-day highway closure in the Okanagan is having an impact on the bottom line and increased costs could be passed on to consumers. President Dave Earle said the Highway 97 closure north of Summerland, prompted by a landslide on Saturday morning, is causing significant disruptions for the trucking industry. […]

Battlefords RCMP said a small amount of cash was stolen from a store by two masked suspects. The armed robbery was reported to police Feb. 5 shortly after 9 p.m. CT. Two suspects entered the business in the 300-block of 22nd Street West in Battleford, Sask. RCMP said one of them produced a handgun and […]

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