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Red Lobster probes "endless shrimp" losses after bankruptcy filing
Reuters, Published on 21/05/2024
» NEW YORK - Red Lobster, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Florida on Sunday night, is investigating the role its majority owner Thai Union played in the restaurant chain's "endless shrimp" promotion that caused US$11 million in losses, court documents showed.
Turncoat warlord at centre of Myanmar drama
Reuters, Published on 25/04/2024
» Armed soldiers loyal to a turncoat warlord patrol the streets of the border town of Myawaddy, as troops of the ruling Myanmar junta and rebels jostle for control of the outpost that handles more than US$1 billion in border trade every year.
Fragile unity pushes Myanmar junta to the brink
Reuters, Published on 18/04/2024
» MYAWADDY - Myawaddy, a critical trading post in Myanmar that rebel forces seized from the ruling junta last week, offers a glimpse of dynamics playing out across the Southeast Asian country as its vaunted military reels from battlefield losses.
Myanmar rebels 'repel' junta push to take back Myawaddy on Thai border
Reuters, Published on 15/04/2024
» TAK: A resistance group fighting Myanmar's military rule said on Sunday its fighters had repelled an attempt by junta troops to advance on the key town of Myawaddy along the Thai border that was seized by the rebels last week.
Exodus to Thailand continues after fall of Myawaddy
Reuters, Published on 12/04/2024
» TAK - A stream of people, some fearing air strikes, queued at a border crossing to flee Myanmar on Friday, a day after the strategically vital town of Myawaddy near Thailand fell to anti-junta resistance that is gaining strength.
Myanmar troops retreat to Thai border bridge
Reuters, Published on 11/04/2024
» MYAWADDY - Some 200 Myanmar military personnel withdrew to a bridge connecting the border town of Myawaddy to Thailand on Thursday following a days-long assault in the area by anti-junta Karen rebels.
Fight back or flee? Myanmar draft forces hard choices on youth
Reuters, Published on 08/04/2024
» Weeks after Myanmar's military government announced a nationwide draft, two young women from far-flung parts of the Southeast Asian country headed to the jungles to take up arms against the junta.
Michelin plans to invest 300 million euros in Thailand
Reuters, Published on 08/03/2024
» The government said on Friday French tyre maker Michelin planned to invest 300 million euros (11.63 billion baht) in Thailand over the next three years to increase production capacity.
Leicester City crash failure was 'irrecoverable' by pilot
Reuters, Published on 06/09/2023
» LEICESTER - It was not possible for the pilot to recover from the tail rotor failure on the helicopter that crashed and killed Leicester City football club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in 2018, Britain's aviation accident investigator reported on Wednesday.
Myanmar army launches air strikes against rebels near Thai border
Reuters, Published on 11/04/2022
» Myanmar's military conducted air strikes on Sunday targeting ethnic rebels in Karen state, as fresh fighting broke out for control of the town of Lay Kay Kaw near the Thai border, according to a spokesman at the rebel group and media reports.