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Jail, B43m assets seizure for red-shirt leader's wife
Post Reporters, Published on 17/09/2019
» The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions has handed down a two-month jail sentence and ordered the confiscation of 42.8 million baht in undeclared assets belonging to the wife of red-shirt key figure Arisman Pongruangrong.
Earth to warm more quickly, new climate models show
AFP, Published on 17/09/2019
» PARIS: Greenhouse gases thrust into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels are warming Earth's surface more quickly than previously understood, according to new climate models set to replace those used in current UN projections, scientists said Tuesday.
Telecom tycoon quits over insider trading
Published on 17/09/2019
» Telecom tycoon Pete Bodharamik has tendered his resignation as chief executive and director of telecom operator Jasmine International Plc (JAS) and its affiliated Mono Technology Plc in the wake of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) decision to impose a civil sanction against him for insider trading.
Women arrested with 2.5m speed pills in Chiang Mai
Published on 17/09/2019
» CHIANG MAI: Two women from the same village were arrested while travelling with 2.5 million speed pills on their pickup truck in Fang district early on Tuesday morning.
20 dead as truck falls off south Philippines cliff
Associated Press, Published on 17/09/2019
» MANILA: Philippine police say 20 villagers were killed and several others injured when the truck they were riding in lost control and fell off a cliff in a remote mountain village in the country's south.
Taxi drivers demand B8.5bn compensation over Grab
Gary Boyle, Published on 17/09/2019
» Representatives of taxi drivers rallied at the Transport Ministry on Tuesday, demanding 8.5 billion baht in compensation from the government if the GrabTaxi service is legalised -- and threatening to sue the prime minister and the transport minister if they didn't get it.
Apple slams EU as court battle begins
AFP, Published on 17/09/2019
» LUXEMBOURG: Apple went on the offensive against Brussels in an EU court on Tuesday, fighting the European Commission's landmark order that the iPhone-maker reimburse Ireland 13 billion euros ($14 billion) in back taxes.
Blast outside rally in central Afghanistan kills at least 24
AFP, Published on 17/09/2019
» KABUL, Afghanistan: A suicide bomber killed at least 24 people outside a campaign rally for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Tuesday, less than two weeks ahead of elections which the Taliban have vowed to disrupt.
South Korea latest Asian nation hit by African swine fever
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/09/2019
» SEOUL: South Korea, Asia’s fourth-biggest pork consumer, confirmed its first case of African swine fever at a farm near the border with the North, becoming the latest country in the region to be hit by the deadly hog disease.
Panda Lin Hui acting normally after Xuang Xuang's death
Published on 17/09/2019
» CHIANG MAI: It is life as normal for giant panda Lin Hui, who has exhibited no change of behaviour since the death of her mate Xung Xuang at Chiang Mai zoo on Monday.