UK Parliament Rejects May’s Deal amid Protests over Delay

A pro-Brexit banner at the ‘March to Leave’ demonstration in London, Britain, March 29, 2019.  Photo courtesy Telesur LONDON, March 30 (NNN-TELESUR) – The British Parliament rejected Friday Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit Withdrawal Agreement with 344 lawmakers voting against it while 286 voted in favor of it. May needed…

Thai Election: The wait continues as formation of government remains uncertain

By Linda Khoo  BANGKOK, March 29 (NNN-BERNAMA) — More than 38.2 million Thais have exercised their rights in the country’s long-awaited General Election on Sunday but the pathway to government formation remains uncertain following the inconclusive results.  It is a waiting game for Thais to know who will form the next government and the next…

Turkey’s first national satellite observes Antarctica

Satellite Rasat shoots images of Horseshoe Island in coldest continent. Photo courtesy of Anadolu Agency. ANKARA, March 29 (NNN-BERNAMA-ANADOLU) — Turkey’s first national satellite Rasat observed Antarctica’s Horseshoe Island hosting Turkey’s scientific research camp in the frozen continent.  Space Technologies Institute of Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK…

Venezuela bars Guaido from public office for 15 years

ANKARA, March 29 (NNN-BERNAMA-ANADOLU) — The Venezuelan government said Thursday that it has barred opposition leader Juan Guaido from holding public office for 15 years, reported Anadolu Agency, quoting local reports. The National Assembly leader was accused of having inconsistencies in his personal financial disclosures and a spending record higher than…

American navy ship arrives in Kuching for Pacific Partnership Exercise

KUCHING, Malaysia, March 28 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The United States Navy expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Fall River arrived at the Kuching Port here today to participate in a two-week joint exercise with the Malaysian Armed Forces. The exercise under the Pacific Partnership Exercise is an annual event undertaken by the…

No more approvals for EIA on Ramsar sites, says Malaysian government

KUCHING, Malaysia – One of the remaining seven Ramsar sites of Malaysia, the Kuching Wetlands National Park. Photo courtesy of BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The government will no longer consider approval for Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) on all Ramsar sites to ensure the sustainability of these wetlands,…

No rush to form next government, says Thai’s pro-Junta Palang Pracharat party

Bangkok, Thailand — A man looks at a board with profiles of the candidates of the parties, inside a polling station during the recent Thai general election. Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Courtesy of SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire/dpa By Linda Khoo BANGKOK, March 28 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The pro-junta Palang Pracharat Party claimed…

Malaysia considers tightening social visit pass rules to check prostitution

GEORGE TOWN, March 28 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Immigration Department may tighten the procedure for the issuing of the social visit pass in an effort to prevent foreign tourists from engaging in prostitution in the country, Immigration director-general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud said here today. The tightening of the procedure is one…

Boeing announces update for 737 MAX Software

Rescuers work at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flight crash near Bishoftu, or Debre WASHINGTON, March 28 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Following two air disasters months apart, Boeing announced an update for the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) of 737 MAX type planes.  The update was made for providing additional layers…

Fitch: Peru maintained sovereign ratings

LIMA, Peru, March 28 (NNN-ANDINA) – Peru and Colombia were able to absorb the shock while maintaining their sovereign ratings, as the end of the commodity super-cycle —characterized by sharp falls in metals and energy prices from 2014— affected the countries in the Andean region to varying degrees, Fitch Ratings…