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Long-time Trump lawyer set to plead guilty, endangering president
AFP, Published on 22/08/2018
» NEW YORK - Donald Trump's longtime attack-dog lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen was set to plead guilty to a ream of charges Tuesday, including fraud linked to the president's election campaign.
Promises, promises
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 19/08/2018
» The general prime minister is off to the South this week. The trip to Chumphon has been planned for a while, so the irony is coincidental.
Trump battles furor over Stormy Daniels hush payment
AFP, Published on 05/05/2018
» WASHINGTON - An angry Donald Trump dismissed a growing storm over a hush money payment to an adult movie star as "crap" Friday, as it threatened to become a second front in the president's deepening legal troubles.
Trump confirms 'reimbursement' under porn star deal
AFP, Published on 03/05/2018
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed a "reimbursement" as part of a hush agreement with porn star Stormy Daniels over allegations of a decade-old affair, but he said campaign money wasn't involved.
Migrant workers policy yet another flop
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 07/07/2017
» Assessed from just about any angle, it is difficult not to see Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's recent policy announcements on migrant workers as a series of self-inflicted flops. While damage control is the government's immediate concern, Thailand's longer-term priorities require an overhaul of its manpower strategies and a broader change in the Thai mindset on migrant workers from neighbouring countries.
Governor's killer sent back to jail
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/08/2016
» A former army officer jailed for murdering the Yasothon governor in 2001, and who was out on parole, was arrested in Bangkok yesterday after breaking the terms of his parole.
Grenade explodes during Pakistan court demonstration, injures two
AFP, Published on 11/04/2016
» KARACHI - The detonator of a hand grenade exploded during a demonstration requested by a judge in a Pakistani anti-terror court on Monday, injuring two people and throwing the judge off his chair.
Khon Kaen loan shark arrested
Published on 09/12/2015
» KHON KAEN — An accused loan shark who amassed a fortune by charging daily interest rates of 20% was arrested in Muang district of this northeastern province on Wednesday.
Migrants processing Thai chicken exports 'abused, exploited'
Published on 26/11/2015
» LONDON - Migrants processing Thai chicken for its biggest export market, Europe, face widespread abuse by their employers, partly because foreign auditors have focused on food safety rather than workers' conditions, researchers said on Wednesday.
Motorcycle taxis ask CSD to probe fake cop extortionist
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 20/11/2015
» A group of Bangkok motorcycle taxi drivers asked police to investigate a man claiming to be a Crime Suppression Division who was extorting money from them.