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Walls close in on poorest as virus shrivels economy
AFP, Published on 31/05/2020
» Shuffling around their tiny slum home which is too small to stand up in, Thanapat Noidee and his wife Papassorn share donated noodles with their sons and worry about bills, as the coronavirus pushes Thailand's poor deeper into penury.
Use of death penalty declining around the world
AFP, Published on 07/09/2018
» PARIS: The use of the death penalty is declining -- more than two-thirds of countries have abolished or ceased to use it and executions continued to decrease in 2017, Amnesty International says.
GrabTaxi raises $350m in fresh funding
AFP, Published on 20/08/2015
» SINGAPORE - Southeast Asian taxi-booking app GrabTaxi Holdings Pte Ltd said Wednesday it had raised more than $350 million in the firm's biggest ever fundraising to boost its business in the rapidly growing market.
South death sentences condemned
AFP, Published on 28/11/2014
» Human rights groups Friday condemned the Thai authorities for sentencing five alleged Muslim separatists to death, saying the punishment would do little to promote peace in the violence-racked south.
Football bridges South divide
AFP, Published on 21/05/2012
» PATTANI - A shared passion for football is uniting Buddhists and Muslims in the far south, where grassroots efforts to find elusive peace are gaining ground after years of bloodshed.