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Namibian court overturns anti-gay laws
Published on 22/06/2024
» WINDHOEK, Namibia - The High Court in Namibia has declared two colonial-era laws that criminalised same-sex acts between men unconstitutional, in a landmark win for the LGBTQ community in the southern African country.
The bigger game: Israel and Saudi Arabia vs Iran
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 22/06/2024
» Gaza, IDF, Hamas, Mr Netanyahu, famine, terrorism, genocide, and on and on: the loud, incessant clatter of local issues and tactical moves almost drowns out the low, grinding noise as the Middle East shifts inexorably into a new strategic alignment. But it's happening, and it's still about oil, sort of.
Opposition questions B3-billion PR budget
Published on 21/06/2024
» The opposition Move Forward Party has attacked the government’s public relations budgets totalling nearly 3 billion baht, saying there are numerous overlapping PR projects and many do not appear to benefit the public.
PM tells feuding cops to get over it
Published on 21/06/2024
» Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol has been reinstated as national police chief following the completion of an investigation into a much-publicised internal conflict, according to Wissanu Krea-ngam, a legal adviser to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.
Thailand's Brics move is misguided
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 21/06/2024
» There are two main explanations behind Thailand's application to join the Brics group, initially comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
Singapore says banks pose highest laundering risk
Published on 20/06/2024
» SINGAPORE - The banking sector in Singapore, including wealth management, poses the highest money laundering risk in the city-state, the government said in a risk assessment report published on Thursday.
Police chief Torsak reinstated, says Wissanu
Online Reporters, Published on 20/06/2024
» Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol has been reinstated as national police chief following the completion of an investigation into a much-publicised conflict, according to Wissanu Krea-ngam, an advisor to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.
Dignity still elusive for LGBTQ people
Oped, Published on 20/06/2024
» Finally, Thailand has made history by being the first Asean country to legalise same-sex marriage, after the Senate, a very conservative Upper House, appointed by the 2014 Thai coup-maker, approved the marriage equality bill.
Central bank renews case to limit digital wallet scheme
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/06/2024
» The Bank of Thailand (BoT) remains firm in its opposition to a government plan to give 500 billion baht in cash to almost all its adult citizens to revitalise consumption activity, saying the prudent thing would be to limit assistance to the needy.
Second chance beckons for South Africa?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 18/06/2024
» Cyril Ramaphosa is the president of South Africa again, but everything else is different. He got his job back in a vote late on Friday, but only because at the last moment he managed to cobble together a coalition that has a majority in parliament. It's so new that the coalition partners still haven't agreed on who does what in the new government.