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Tanzania swears in first female president after Magufuli's sudden death
AFP, Published on 19/03/2021
» DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzania's Samia Suluhu Hassan was on Friday sworn in as the country's first female president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an illness shrouded in mystery.
Section-by-section fixes doable: Chuan
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 19/03/2021
» Legislators can still table a motion seeking to amend the constitution section-by-section after the controversial charter amendment bill was voted down in its third and final reading on Wednesday night, parliament president Chuan Leekpai said on Thursday.
Hopewell litigants invited to appeal
News, Published on 19/03/2021
» The Administrative Court on Thursday recommended that concerned parties seek a retrial of the 2019 ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court in the "Hopewell saga" following this week's landmark ruling by the Constitutional Court.
The anatomy of waning youth protests
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 19/03/2021
» By all accounts, Thailand's youth protest movement over the past year has lost steam. Its key leaders have been charged on anti-monarchy grounds and jailed without bail, while the rank-and-file are demoralised, still on the move but in thin numbers. On the other side, the incumbent centres of power have reasserted control and put down what at its peak was the most vociferous and vigorous anti-establishment movement Thailand had seen in decades.
Sinking of bill bodes ill
Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/03/2021
» Following the fierce showdown between the opposition bloc and the governing coalition, which had the backing of the pro-military Senate, parliament on Wednesday night sank the charter amendment bill -- a move that bodes ill for the country's return to democracy.
Tanzania's Hassan to make history as first female president
AFP, Published on 18/03/2021
» DAR ES SALAAM - Samia Suluhu Hassan is a soft-spoken, Muslim woman thrust from the obscure role of vice president to become Tanzania's first female leader after John Magufuli's sudden death.
Joint sitting rejects charter change bill
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/03/2021
» A charter amendment bill was rejected by the parliament in its third and final reading late on Wednesday night, failing to get the support of a majority of parliament members and at least one-third of senators as the constitution required.
Hopewell saga bombshell
News, Published on 18/03/2021
» The government is expected to refuse to compensate Hopewell (Thailand) over the cancellation of a large-scale transport project about two decades ago.
Tanzania President Magufuli dies of 'heart condition'
AFP, Published on 18/03/2021
» DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzanian President John Magufuli died Wednesday aged 61 from a heart condition, his vice president said, after more than five years of divisive, authoritarian rule capped by his refusal to take Covid-19 seriously.
Eight dead in US spa shootings
AFP, Published on 17/03/2021
» WASHINGTON - Eight people were killed in shootings at three different spas in the US state of Georgia Tuesday and a 21-year-old male suspect was in custody, police and local media reported, though it was unclear if the attacks were related.