A plan to house 1,250 asylum seekers on the outskirts of Piddington prompted a symbolic independence vote, highlighting a growing dilemma for the government.
Local residents unveiled a “Principality of Piddington” sign in the village of Piddington, Oxfordshire, England, after they voted to become independent in a symbolic “referendum.”
After trading his military uniform for civilian clothes, Myanmar’s strongman president, U Min Aung Hlaing, is in Malaysia, his ninth stop on a search for international legitimacy.