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The general's watches
Oped, Editorial, Published on 27/04/2024
» The latest assets declaration report of former deputy prime minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon -- an ex-junta "big brother" -- released by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) reminds us of his notorious watch saga and how the anti-graft agency failed the public in clearing the controversy.
Chinese migrants 'trafficked' to Oklahoma, official says
South China Morning Post, Published on 11/01/2024
» Undocumented Chinese nationals recruited on international websites to cross into the United States are becoming victims of labour and sex trafficking, often on illicit marijuana farms run by Mexican and Chinese syndicates in Oklahoma, the state's top law enforcement official said on Wednesday.
Talking democracy
Oped, Postbag, Published on 28/12/2023
» Re: "Democracy risks", (PostBag, Dec 19) and "Thailand's semi-democracy faces risk", (Opinion, Dec 15).
Tips for PM
Oped, Postbag, Published on 19/12/2023
» Re: "PM 'heavy-hearted' about 2024 prospects", (BP, Dec 14).
Hunter Biden indicted on tax evasion charges
AFP, Published on 08/12/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Hunter Biden was indicted late Thursday on multiple counts of tax evasion, the second time this year President Joe Biden's troubled son has been charged by a special counsel investigating his personal and business dealings.
Republican Mike Pence drops out of US presidential race
AFP, Published on 29/10/2023
» LAS VEGAS - Former US vice president Mike Pence dropped out of the 2024 presidential race on Saturday, saying it was not "his time" -- and underlining his scandal-embroiled previous boss Donald Trump's total dominance of the Republican Party.
Republican-led US House rejects Trump ally for speaker
AFP, Published on 18/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - US lawmakers rejected hard-line conservative Jim Jordan's bid for speaker of the House of Representatives in the first round of voting Tuesday, entrenching a stalemate that has paralyzed Washington for two weeks.
Republican-led US House rejects Trump ally for speaker
AFP, Published on 18/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - US lawmakers rejected hard-line conservative Jim Jordan's bid for speaker of the House of Representatives in the first round of voting Tuesday, entrenching a stalemate that has paralyzed Washington for two weeks.
In a climate of fear, Ecuadorans elect a new president
AFP, Published on 16/10/2023
» QUITO - Polls closed in Ecuador Sunday with no reports of violence as both presidential candidates cast their votes in bulletproof vests just weeks after a rival was murdered.
US House speaker ejected in brutal, historic rebellion
AFP, Published on 04/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - Kevin McCarthy was axed Tuesday as speaker of the US House of Representatives in a brutal, historic rebellion by far-right Republicans furious at his cooperation with Democrats.