Vote counting in Ukraine's presidential election is underway. Volodymyr Zelenskiy is leading the other candidates but a run-off election is a near certainty sometime later this month.
Officials from the Department of Rural Development under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation inspected work progress on rural water supply projects in hilly areas in Ngaphe Township, Magway Region this morning.
Emperor Akihito is set to abdicate in exactly one month, bringing the current Heisei era to a close. He is expected to carry out his duties as the symbol of the state until the day of his abdication on April 30.
Police in Japan say they will come down hard on cocaine after officers opened a record number of criminal investigations last year into the use, or trafficking, of the drug.
