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Traces of nerve agent found in ex-spy poisoning: media
Associated Press, Published on 11/03/2018
» LONDON: British media says traces of the nerve agent used to attack a Russian ex-spy and his daughter have been found in Salisbury where the two were poisoned.
Cops arrest couple over B1.5m bank account swipe
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 17/03/2018
» A couple have been arrested on suspicion of stealing over 1.5 million baht from a bank account, in violation of the Computer Crime Act.
Taking their cue from Japan, police seek help from public
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 20/03/2018
» Thai police are planning to copy their Japanese counterparts in attempting to reduce street crime by developing a better relationship with the public.
Fund scandal nets top official
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/03/2018
» A senior official at the centre of a large-scale embezzlement scandal involving an Education Ministry foundation aimed at supporting the education of girls from poor families has been sacked after reportedly admitting to her role in the crime.
Police arrest Nigerian, 3 Thais in latest drug bust
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/03/2018
» Police nabbed a Nigerian and three Thai drug suspects, and seized assets worth more than 16 million baht in the latest crackdown on a transnational crime network.
More monks in crosshairs over theft
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/03/2018
» Police are poised to act against state officials and monks in their third crackdown on another 10 temples allegedly involved in siphoning more than 100 million baht from a Buddhism development fund.
Exhilarating escapism, Spielberg-style
Life, Published on 30/03/2018
» A breathless romp through virtual reality, Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One presents a T-Rex-size irony: A film that cautions us against the exhilarating escapism of digital simulacrum that divorces us from reality -- VR, 3D, Facebook, online games, movies -- is first and foremost an exhilarating escapism manufactured upon a massive digital simulacrum. Spielberg, one of the first directors to turn Hollywood into a factory of digital effects, certainly knows this. But with unruffled confidence and youthful velocity, the 71-year-old gambles that the thrills would override the insincerity -- that nobody would mind the self-defeating scruples as long as the breakneck ride keeps us glued.
New brain cells in the old? Study stokes debate
AFP, Published on 06/04/2018
» TAMPA - People as old as 79 may still generate new brain cells, US researchers said Thursday, stoking fresh debate among scientists over whether or when our mental capacity ever stops growing.
Hungarians vote in keenly-watched poll
AFP, Published on 08/04/2018
» BUDAPEST - Hungarians head to the polls Sunday in an election that is being keenly observed across Europe, which will determine whether firebrand nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban will win an expected third term
Police stumped by motives of Germany van attacker
AFP, Published on 08/04/2018
» MUENSTER, GERMANY: German investigators were puzzled Sunday morning by the motives of a man who drove a van into a crowd at an open-air restaurant the day before, killing two people before shooting himself.