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Canada close to universal marijuana legalisation
AFP, Published on 08/06/2018
» OTTAWA: Canada's Senate passed a law Thursday legalising recreational marijuana, moving it closer to becoming the first member of the Group of Seven nations to legalise the production, sale and consumption of the drug.
90 dead, toll rising in Indonesia moonshine crisis
AFP, Published on 11/04/2018
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's deadliest bootleg liquor crisis in memory has killed at least 90 people, authorities said Tuesday, prompting one region to declare a state of emergency.
At least 50 Indonesians dead in April from bootleg liquor
Associated Press, Published on 09/04/2018
» JAKARTA: More than 50 people have died in little more than a week after drinking bootleg liquor in western Indonesia, including in the capital, Jakarta, officials said Monday.
Hungary's Orbanomics leaves some of poorest behind
News, Gergely Szakacs, Published on 03/04/2018
» The pre-election fanfare over Hungary's stellar growth and surging wages hardly registers with Laszlo Reisch, an employee in a government works programme who is stuck on the wrong side of a growing social divide.
Not you too
News, Postbag, Published on 24/03/2018
» Re: "Don't dress sexy, dept tells women", (BP, March 22).
Survey ranks Singapore among least exciting cities
Published on 01/02/2018
» Singapore, which has tried to shed its straitlaced image in the past decade or so through the hosting of the Formula 1 Grand Prix and building of the integrated resorts, for example, has been ranked one of the least exciting cities in the world, according to an online survey by an international travel magazine.
SET ends higher, Philippine stocks fall
Published on 24/01/2018
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand continued its rally on Wednesday, while the Philippine stock market fell sharply from a record finish as shares slipped across the board.
Sri Lanka lifts ban on women buying alcohol
Published on 13/01/2018
» COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has lifted a 38-year ban on women buying alcohol and working in places where alcoholic drinks are produced and sold.
Over-charged utilities
News, Postbag, Published on 30/12/2017
» Prices for solar-generated electricity provided by commercial firms are falling dramatically. A Mexican solar power company just won a bid to produce electricity for a wholesale cost of US$17.70 (580 baht) per megawatt hour. The next two lowest bids were by Saudi Arabian and Italian firms.
US markets power ahead while SET gains momentum
Business, Published on 23/12/2017
» Recap: The US stock market continued its upward trend, supported by sound economic figures including forecast-beating exports for November. Market sentiment heading into the Christmas holiday was also positive after the US Congress averted a government shutdown by approving a short-term budget until Jan 19.