Russia announces it will continue to maintain troops in Venezuela

A Russian-made Venezuelan military Su-30 fighter jet participates in an exercise in Apure state in 2015. Photo:Reuters

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Russia "does not change the balance of forces in the region, does not threaten anyone like the US is doing" and that Moscow "does not plan to establish a military base in Venezuela". "They are implementing agreements in the field of military-technical cooperation (between Russia and Venezuela). They will stay as long as necessary. Russia does not violate anything, including international agreements or Venezuelan law," Ms. Zakharova said.

BBC agrees to compensate Ukrainian President for publishing false news

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. Photo: dailymail.co.uk

The BBC has agreed to pay damages to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko over a story that falsely claimed Kiev paid $400,000 to secure a meeting with US President Donald Trump. The BBC apologized to Poroshenko on March 28 and said it would pay the Ukrainian leader damages and legal costs. The British broadcaster also said it would issue a joint statement with Kiev in an open court.

President Poroshenko, who is seeking another term in office in elections this weekend, has filed a lawsuit against the BBC over a May 2018 report that Kiev paid the US president's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen "an undisclosed sum of at least $400,000" to arrange a meeting at the White House in June 2017.

President Trump threatens to close the border

US President Donald Trump. Photo: AFP

US President Donald Trump on March 28 warned of closing the southern border with Mexico, complaining that Mexico and several other Central American countries have not done enough to stop the wave of immigrants pouring into the US.

The US leader's warning came after a sharp increase in the number of illegal immigrant families apprehended at the border. US Customs and Border Protection Director Kevin McAleenan postponed his planned appearance before Congress on March 27 to travel to the southern border. Mr. McAleenan said that the US Border Patrol apprehended more than 55,000 family members of illegal immigrants in March, up 500% compared to 2018.

Thailand Election Commission unexpectedly announces election results

On the afternoon of March 28, the Thai Election Commission unexpectedly announced the vote counting results of the general election on March 24. According to the Thai Election Commission (EC), the Palang Pracha Rath Party won 8,433,060 votes, the Pheu Thai Party won 7,920,561 votes, the Future Forward Party won 6,265,918 votes, the Democrat Party won 3,947,702, and the Pride of Thailand (BJT) Party won 3,732,940. The voter turnout was 74.69%, the defective ballot rate was 5.57%, equivalent to the 2011 election. The "No" vote rate was 1.58%.

Thus, the Palang Pracha Rath party, which supports incumbent Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, won the most votes while Pheu Thai, which won the most seats in the lower house by constituency, came in second. These votes will be used to calculate the number of seats in the lower house according to the nomination list that each party will win. Currently, Palang Pracha Rath has 97 seats in the lower house by constituency and Pheu Thai has 138 seats.

UK finds 'threat' from Huawei mobile network equipment

Huawei headquarters in Dongguan city, Guangdong province (China). Photo: Reuters

In a report released on March 28, the UK government's Huawei National Security Review Commission (HCSEC) concluded that the company had made "no progress" in resolving persistent technical issues in software development, which "increased the threat to UK network operators," according to Reuters.

HCSEC also underestimated Huawei’s software capabilities and cybersecurity measures. Among a series of “major technical errors,” HCSEC mentioned the eNodeB mobile data transceiver, which helps provide connectivity between carriers and mobile phones.

BBC agrees to compensate Ukrainian President for publishing false news

Thursday, March 28, 2019 21:05

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The BBC has agreed to pay damages to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko over a false report that Kiev paid $400,000 to secure a meeting with US President Donald Trump.

In a statement on March 28, the BBC apologized to President Poroshenko and said it agreed to pay damages to the Ukrainian leader as well as legal costs. The British media also said it would issue a joint statement with Kiev in a public court.

President Poroshenko, who is seeking another term in office in elections this weekend, has filed a lawsuit against the BBC over a May 2018 report that Kiev paid the US president's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen "an undisclosed sum of at least $400,000" to arrange a meeting at the White House in June 2017.