Новости за 01.01.2019

LIVERPOOL: Jamie Vardy's 58th-minute strike gave Leicester City a 1-0 win at Everton on Tuesday and condemned the Merseysiders to their fourth defeat in five Premier League games.

HAVANA - Cuba celebrated 60 years of revolution on Tuesday amid economic crises and political reforms, the first such anniversary of the post-Castro era.

PERTH, Australia: Roger Federer took the honours in the much-anticipated mixed doubles clash with fellow great Serena Williams in what the latter described as the "match of her career" at the Hopman Cup in Perth Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES - US Anti-Doping Agency chief Travis Tygart urged the World Anti-Doping Agency to reinstate the ban on Russia, calling the country's return to the sports fold "a total joke".

The Meteorological Department has issued the first storm warning of the year in the southern region, including provinces popular with tourists, while other parts of the country will see cooler temperatures in the days to come.

MOSCOW - Russian rescuers have been forced to temporarily halt the search for dozens of missing people in the rubble of a collapsed high-rise apartment block as the building risked crumbling further, officials said Tuesday, with the incident claiming at least seven lives.

JAKARTA: Over the past couple of months, some uninformed pedestrians passing through Jakarta's Sudirman and Thamrin main roads have been left to wonder what construction workers are so hard at work building, with entrances leading underground.

PARIS: The United States and Israel officially quit of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at the stroke of midnight, the culmination of a process triggered more than a year ago amid concerns that the organization fosters anti-Israel bias.

KHON KAEN: Police are trying to shed light on a man found dead near a railway track with a ticket in his hand.

The Meteorological Department has issued the first storm warning of the year in the southern region, including provinces popular with tourists, while other parts of the country will see cooler temperatures in the days to come.

The first five of the "seven dangerous days" of New Year travel has seen 2,761 road accidents, 314 deaths and 2,848 people injured -- with Chiang Mai posting the highest number of accidents, while Nakhon Ratchasima has suffered the most deaths.

A man who felt slighted by his in-laws shot dead six family members including his two young children at a New Year's Eve party before turning the gun on himself, police said Tuesday.

A man who felt slighted by his in-laws shot dead six family members including his two young children at a New Year's Eve party before turning the gun on himself, police said Tuesday.

Revellers flocked to Pha Taem National Park for a chance to see the first sunrise of the year as Thais welcomed the Year of Pig with merit-making ceremonies.

The coronation ceremony for His Majesty the King will be held during May 4-6, the Royal Household Bureau announced on Tuesday.

Revellers throng Pha Taem National Park in Khong Chiam district of Ubon Ratchathani province, Thailand's easternmost point, to see the first sunrise of the new year. — Nila Singkiree

Investigations were underway in Tokyo after a car plowed into a crowd of New Year revellers just after midnight. — Reuters

TOKYO: A car ploughed into crowds celebrating New Year's Day early on Tuesday in a suspected terror attack, leaving nine people injured, including one who was unconscious.

MANCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) - British counter-terrorism police were investigating a multiple stabbing in which the suspect reportedly shouted "Allah" at a Manchester railway station on New Year's Eve, officials said Tuesday.

SEOUL - North Korea could consider a change of approach if the US maintains its sanctions on the nuclear-armed country, leader Kim Jong Un warned in his New Year speech Tuesday after 12 months of diplomatic rapprochement.

LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May said in her New Year's address Monday that Britain can turn a corner in 2019 and move forward with optimism -- if parliament backs her Brexit deal.

Another year, another promise of an election -- only this time the promise appears to be real. The fourth year and part of the fifth under the military regime were hardly noteworthy. The nation survived but did not prosper, economically or morally. There is almost universal hope in every corner of the country that 2019 will be different.

As Thailand assumes the chair of Asean for the year 2019, we cannot help but look back with pride at the accomplishments of this remarkable and resilient regional grouping ever since its founding in Bangkok over five decades ago. At the same time, it is incumbent upon us to chart the way forward for Asean over the immediate future and into the next half century. Towards this end, Thailand has...

Re: "Drink-drivers wreak havoc" (BP, Dec 31).

An advocacy group is planning to ask the Energy Ministry to revise its Power Development Plan draft, which it says has failed to raise people's awareness on energy saving and may ultimately burden consumers with high electricity charges.