Новости за 19.01.2019

Thailand caretaker coach Sirisak Yodyardthai struck an optimistic but cautious tone on the eve of the War Elephants' Asian Cup last 16 round clash with China, but added that his men had what it takes to progress in the quadrennial tournament.

AL-AIN, United Arab Emirates: China coach Marcello Lippi revealed a relaxed approach to penalty shoot-outs on Saturday but declared key man Wu Lei fit to face Thailand in their Asian Cup knockout tie.

WASHINGTON - Thousands of women were gathering Saturday in the US capital and across the country for their annual message opposing Donald Trump and supporting women's rights, but internal divisions appeared to steal some energy from the rallies.

WOLVERHAMPTON, England: Diogo Jota scored a hat-trick — including the last-gasp winner — as Wolverhampton Wanderers withstood a stiff second-half challenge from Leicester City to earn a 4-3 Premier League victory on Saturday at Molineux Stadium.

LAHUELILPAN, Mexico: The death toll from the explosion of a pipeline ruptured by suspected fuel thieves in central Mexico has risen to 66, the governor of the state of Hidalgo said on Saturday.

An activist has urged the Election Commission to investigate the donations to the pro-regime Palang Pracharath Party at its fundraising dinner last month.

TAXIA, China: Inside an ordinary ancestral shrine in a village in southern China, where locals pay respects to their forebears, hang photographs of two unusual figures: Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra.

An activist has urged the Election Commission to probe the donations to Palang Pracharath Party at its fundraising dinner last month.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Five wild elephants, including three calves, were rescued safely from a farm pond in Khon Buri district on Saturday afternoon after getting stuck in the muddy water for hours.

Pro-election activists hastily rescheduled a planned rally on Saturday and moved to another venue after a group that disagrees with their tactics descended on the original site. Both events ended up taking place without incident.

MELBOURNE: World number one Simona Halep set up a headline last 16 showdown with Serena Williams by beating her sister Venus Saturday as Novak Djokovic's relentless drive towards more Australian Open glory cranked up another gear.

PARIS: France's "yellow vests" took to the streets on Saturday for a 10th straight weekend of anti-government protests, defying attempts by President Emmanuel Macron to channel their anger into a series of town hall debates.

Ten thousand Chinese have been invited to feast on sticky rice with mangoes on Sunday at a fair near Bangkok aimed at luring back tourists from China.

KUALA LUMPUR: Ratchanok Intanon won a straight-sets semi-final on Saturday to set up a title clash on Sunday against Carolina Marin of Spain at the Badminton World Federation Malaysia Masters.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is considering imposing night-time curfews on young people under 18 years of age in a bid to protect them from negative influences such as drugs.

SURIN: An outbreak of Chikungunya disease, a virus spread by mosquitoes, has struck three villages in this northeastern province, with 121 people falling ill.

JAKARTA: An Islamic cleric who was the ideological leader of the Bali bombers is being released early from a 15-year prison sentence after Indonesia’s president relented on a condition that he renounce radical beliefs, lawyers confirmed on Saturday.

BURI RAM: Nine people were hurt, two seriously, when a speeding pickup truck crashed into 10 vehicles early Saturday. Police gave chase but have so far failed to catch the driver.

DUBLIN - In a vault under the streets of Dublin a pot of gold owned by anxious investors is growing every day Britain edges closer to leaving the EU without a deal.

SYDNEY - Australian police on Saturday charged a man with the rape and murder of Israeli student Aiia Maasarwe, some three days after her body was found in Melbourne.

DUBLIN: In a vault under the streets of Dublin a pot of gold owned by anxious investors is growing every day Britain edges closer to leaving the EU without a deal.

SYDNEY: Australian police on Saturday charged a man with the rape and murder of Israeli student Aiia Maasarwe, three days after her body was found in Melbourne.

NARATHIWAT: Two monks, including an abbot, have been killed and another injured after a group of 10 men sprayed bullets into their cubicles at a Buddhist temple in Sungai Padi district.

NARATHIWAT: Three monks, including an abbot, have been killed and another injured after a group of 10 men sprayed bullets into their cubicles at a Buddhist temple in Sungai Padi district.

GDANSK (POLAND) - Poles will gather on Saturday in the Baltic port city of Gdansk for the funeral of murdered liberal mayor Pawel Adamowicz, whose public stabbing has raised questions about hate speech in politics in the country.