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UN cybercrime pact to be signed in Hanoi raises hopes, concerns
Reuters, Published on 22/10/2025
» HANOI — A landmark UN cybercrime agreement aimed at curbing offences that cost the global economy trillions of US dollars annually is set to be signed by representatives from dozens of states in Hanoi this weekend, despite criticism over human rights risks.
20m join co-payment scheme
News, Published on 21/10/2025
» The Finance Ministry will consider opening a new round of registration for the "Khon La Khrueng Plus" co-payment scheme, after the first day of registration saw all 20 million available slots filled.
Southern scars
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/10/2025
» Re: "Beneath Tak Bai's calm, scars remain", (Opinion, Oct 15). The Bangkok Post deserves praise for having columnist Kong Rithdee remind the nation of the scars and injustices experienced in the South during the Thaksin regime under Gen Pisal Wattanawongkrit, the Fourth Army regional commander in 2004. He also wrote about notorious cases of impunity and the rise of southern youth in joining secessionist groups.
500 US troops deploy in Chicago ahead of court hearing
AFP, Published on 09/10/2025
» CHICAGO - Five hundred US troops deployed in the Chicago area on Thursday as part of President Donald Trump's hardline immigration crackdown, despite strenuous objections of local leaders seeking a judge's order to block the mobilisation.
Trump calls for jailing of Illinois Democrats as troops arrive
AFP, Published on 09/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has called for the Democratic governor of Illinois and mayor of Chicago to be jailed for resisting his mass deportation campaign, a day after armed troops from Texas arrived in the state.
UN rights council launches probe into violations in Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 06/10/2025
» GENEVA - The UN Human Rights Council decided on Monday to launch a probe into serious rights violations in Afghanistan, amid growing alarm over the Taliban's measures targeting women and girls.
DR Congo ex-president Kabila sentenced to death in absentia for 'treason'
AFP, Published on 01/10/2025
» KINSHASA - A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday sentenced ex-president Joseph Kabila to death in absentia for "treason".
UN identifies 158 firms linked to Israeli settlements
AFP, Published on 26/09/2025
» GENEVA - The United Nations on Friday released a long-awaited update of its database of companies with activities in Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories, listing 158 firms from 11 countries.
Here's what you can and can't dump
Sports, Published on 24/09/2025
» We all get a little panicky when we're faced with a rule that we should fully understand and follow. Our brains short circuit and can't seem to function properly. When a golf ball is in a yellow-marked water hazard, in other words when the water is in front of you and that you have no alternative but to cross. You have two primary options after taking a one-stroke penalty: replay from the last spot you hit from or drop a ball behind the hazard along a line from the hole through to where the ball last crossed the hazard's margin.
Chinese Covid whistleblower sentenced to 4 more years in jail
Published on 21/09/2025
» A Chinese journalist jailed for four years after documenting the early phases of the Covid-19 outbreak from the pandemic's epicentre was sentenced on Friday to four more years in prison, Reporters Without Borders said.