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An urgent mission for new bourse leader
Business, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 24/05/2024
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) board resolved on May 15 to appoint Kitipong Urapeepattanapong as the 19th chairman of the bourse.
Charter rewrite faces roadblock
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 28/04/2024
» Last year, when the Pheu Thai Party was forming a coalition government, it made a promise to craft a people's charter that would involve an elected charter drafting assembly and a public referendum, but keep the charter in line with Thailand's constitutional monarchy.
Musk loses $56bn case to heavy metal drummer
Business, Published on 05/02/2024
» WILMINGTON, DELAWARE: Elon Musk suffered one of the biggest legal losses in US history last week when the Tesla CEO was stripped of his $56 billion pay package in a case brought by an unlikely opponent, a former heavy metal drummer.
South activists' feud with army hots up
Oped, Published on 19/01/2024
» The ongoing feud between young political activists from Thailand's Malay-speaking area in the southernmost provinces and the 4th Army Area has intensified as the youth leaders this past week took their case to Bangkok to draw attention from the international community to what they say is judicial harassment by the military.
Philippines summons Chinese envoy over sea confrontations
AFP, Published on 11/12/2023
» MANILA - The Philippines said it had summoned China's envoy on Monday and flagged the possibility of expelling him following the most tense confrontations between the countries' vessels in years at flashpoint reefs in the disputed South China Sea.
US high court to hear challenge to $6bn Purdue opioid settlement
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court is to hear a challenge on Monday to Purdue Pharma's $6 billion opioids settlement immunizing the family that controlled the drugmaker from future litigation.
Legal hurdle may help PT axe handout
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 18/11/2023
» The latest incarnation of the much-vaunted digital wallet scheme is very different from the original version Pheu Thai promoted during its election campaign.
Beijing-backed info?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/11/2023
» Re: "Journalists tour 'once violent' Xinjiang", (BP, Nov 2).
Dozens of US states sue Meta over harm to children
AFP, Published on 25/10/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Dozens of US states on Tuesday accused Facebook and Instagram owner Meta of profiting "from children's pain," damaging their mental health and misleading people about the safety of its platforms.
The who and why of Gaza hospital blast
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 21/10/2023
» The blame game has gone into high gear. It started with the massacre perpetrated in Israel two weeks ago by the Islamist Palestinian group Hamas, which has ruled the Gaza Strip for the past 17 years. US President Joe Biden called it "sheer evil", and a chorus of other voices said the same.