Thailand receives the first Chinese visitors under a new visa-free policy to boost tourism | AP News

Thailand receives the first Chinese visitors under a new visa-free policy to boost tourism | AP News

BANGKOK (AP) — Top Thai officials welcomed hundreds of Chinese tourists at Bangkok’s international airport on Monday, the first day of a new visa-free entry program that officials say will boost the country’s tourism industry that was badly damaged by the coronavirus pandemic.Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin handed out gifts and posed for pictures as his

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Mali’s military government postpones a presidential election intended to restore civilian rule | AP News

Mali’s military government postpones a presidential election intended to restore civilian rule | AP News

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s military government has postponed a presidential election that was expected to return the West African nation to democracy following a 2020 coup, a government spokesperson said Monday.The presidential election scheduled for February 2024 is being delayed for “technical reasons” to allow the transitional government to review its election data and

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Lecturers and staff at some UK universities stage a fresh round of strikes at the start of new term | AP News

Lecturers and staff at some UK universities stage a fresh round of strikes at the start of new term | AP News

LONDON (AP) — Lecturers and other staff at some 40 U.K. universities staged a new round of strike action on Monday in a long-running dispute over pay and work conditions, disrupting college students as many turned up at campus for “freshers’ week,” or their first week at university. The University and College Union, which represents

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AP: Na Zapadu se strahuje od oživljavanja rata na Kosovu

AP: Na Zapadu se strahuje od oživljavanja rata na Kosovu

Politika | 25.09.2023 | access_time 16:05 Nedeljni sukob na severu Kosova bio je jedan od najgorih od kada je Kosovo proglasilo nezavisnost od Srbije 2008, ocenjuje danas agencija AP dodajući da na Zapadu vlada strah od oživljavanja rata na Kosovu.Tenzije između Srbije i Kosova ponovo su se rasplamsale tokom vikenda kada se tridesetak teško naoružanih

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Vučević: Kurti isključivi krivac za dešavanja na Kosovu, očekujemo aktivniju ulogu KFOR

Vučević: Kurti isključivi krivac za dešavanja na Kosovu, očekujemo aktivniju ulogu KFOR

Ministar odbrane Miloš Vučević izjavio je danas da Srbija očekuje “daleko aktivniju” ulogu misije KFOR u zaštiti Srba na Kosovu i Metohiji “a ne da se dozvoljava lov na Srbe do istrebljenja poslednjeg od njih”.Komentarišući jučerašnje sukobe u selu Banjska na severu Kosova, u kojima je ubijen jedan kosovski policajac i najmanje troje Srba sa

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