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Pita hopeful amid Move Forward’s battle for survival
Published on 26/07/2024
» Pita Limjaroenrat, chief adviser to the Move Forward Party, is hopeful that it will survive an upcoming dissolution case, but warns that a separate investigation could leave the main opposition party decimated.
Remembering a Southeast Asianist
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 26/07/2024
» It is not often these days to find scholars of Southeast Asia with exceptional breadth and depth, prescience, and commitment who stick to their creed until the end. In the pantheon of such rare scholars, Benedict O'Gorman Anderson, who died in 2015, would have led the way. James C Scott would be right beside him in a distinctly different fashion.
Climate protest causes 140 flight cancellations in Frankfurt
Published on 25/07/2024
» BERLIN - Frankfurt airport, Germany’s busiest, has resumed operations after suspending flights on Thursday morning when several climate activists blocked runways by gluing themselves to the tarmac.
N. Korean trash balloons target Seoul presidential complex
Published on 24/07/2024
» SEOUL - North Korean balloons carrying trash have landed near the South Korean presidential office, the Presidential Security Service said on Wednesday.
Mallorcans live in camps as tourists snap up housing
Published on 23/07/2024
» PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain - Pilar Hernando lives in a caravan on the outskirts of Palma de Mallorca and showers in the local sports centre.
Thousands protest in Spain's Mallorca against mass tourism
Published on 22/07/2024
» PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain: Thousands of anti-tourism activists protested in Spain's Palma de Mallorca on Sunday in the latest demonstration against a key industry for the Iberian nation.
Anutin 'puzzled' by cannabis U-turn
News, Published on 19/07/2024
» Bhumjaithai (BJT) leader Anutin Charnvirakul admitted to having personally spoken to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin about the party's concerns over the Ministry of Public Health's plan to re-list cannabis as a narcotic.
Mongkolkit in hot water for no show
Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 19/07/2024
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has accused former Thai Civilized Party leader Mongkolkit Suksintharanon of an ethics violation for skipping a parliament meeting to take a group of technical college students to a film in 2021.
Our UN obligations on disappearances
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 15/07/2024
» Enforced disappearance is the technical term for a heinous crime whereby a person or persons are deprived of their liberty, such as detention in an unknown place ("incommunicado"). This is accompanied by a cover-up by the state.
Kenyan president sacks cabinet after tax protests
Published on 11/07/2024
» NAIROBI - Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday fired his entire cabinet apart from the foreign minister, bowing to pressure from nationwide protests that have created the biggest crisis of his two-year presidency.