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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Mancini hints he will stay Italy boss despite World Cup disaster

 

Italy’s coach Roberto Mancini reacts during the 2022 World Cup qualifying play-off football match between Italy and North Macedonia, on March 24, 2022 at the Renzo-Barbera stadium in Palermo. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

MILAN (AFP) – Roberto Mancini dropped a big hint on Monday he will stay on as Italy coach despite the Azzurri failing to qualify for the World Cup for a second successive time. More details in Tuesday’s Borneo Bulletin

 

Palestinian president urges end of Israeli occupation

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas speaks as he meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Sunday, March 27, 2022, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

RAMALLAH (XINHUA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday told visiting United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories must end through a political solution. More details in Tuesday’s Borneo Bulletin

Last EU train out of Russia arrives in Helsinki

 

Passengers disembark from the last Allegro train from St Petersburg, Russia, at the central railway station in Helsinki, Finland on March 27, 2022. – The service of the Allegro train, one of the few remaining routes from Russia to the EU between Helsinki and St Petersburg, will be temporarily discontinued from March 28, 2022. (Photo by Alessandro RAMPAZZO / AFP)

HELSINKI (AFP) – Just after 7pm on Sunday, the Allegro express train from St Petersburg pulled into the Finnish capital, marking the closure of the last rail link between Russia and the European Union (EU). More details in Tuesday’s Borneo Bulletin

Cambodian leader says officials must master mobile Internet

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA (AP) – Cambodia’s long-ruling Prime Minister Hun Sen declared on Monday that he would not appoint anyone to be a provincial governor who is not knowledgeable in the use of social media and smartphones. More details in Tuesday’s Borneo Bulletin

N Korea seeks to build up attack capability

 

FILE – In this photo distributed by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, walks around what it says a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on the launcher, at an undisclosed location in North Korea on March 24, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: “KCNA” which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

SEOUL (AP) – North Korea said on Monday leader Kim Jong-Un has vowed to develop more powerful means of attack, days after the country’s first intercontinental ballistic missile launch (ICBM) in more than four years. More details in Tuesday’s Borneo Bulletin

 

Apple’s feel-good ‘CODA’ triumphs

 

APTOPIX 94th Academy Awards

LOS ANGELES (AP)  After a movie year often light on crowds, the Academy Awards named an unabashed crowd-pleaser, the deaf family drama CODA, best picture on Sunday, handing Hollywood’s top award to a streaming service for the first time in a ceremony that saw the greatest drama when Will Smith strode onstage and slapped Chris Rock. More details in Tuesday’s Borneo Bulletin

Workers strike across India for labour rights

 

Activists and supporters of the Left Front, Indian National Congress and various trade unions walk in support of a nationwide two-day strike in Kolkata, India, Monday, March 28, 2022. Banner in Bengla reads, “Save the country, save the people of the country, support the all India strike”. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

NEW DELHI (AP) – Millions of workers began a nationwide two-day strike across India on Monday to express their anger at the government’s economic policies and press their demands for improved rights for industrial workers, employees and farmers. More details in Tuesday’s Borneo Bulletin

 

Children’s vaccination programme is not mandatory

 

The Ministry of Health (MoH) does not have a specific target for the vaccination of children in the five to 11 age group as it will be done voluntarily. This was said by Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar during the special press conference on Monday. More details in Tuesday’s Borneo Bulletin

Back to the classroom

 

Face-to-face learning at public, private and international schools will resume next week, said Minister of Education Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Hamzah bin Haji Sulaiman at a press conference yesterday. More details in Tuesday’s Borneo Bulletin

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