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'New' True shares up slightly on debut
Published on 03/03/2023
» Shares of True Corporation Plc, the new entity created through the merger of the country’s second- and third-biggest telecom operators, rose slightly on their trading debut on Friday on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
Notorious route 8 bus crashes, injures 14
Gary Boyle, Published on 21/02/2023
» A route 8 bus driver was fined 5,000 baht and had his licence suspended after driving through a red light, causing a crash and injuring 14 people in Bangkok on Monday morning.
Notorious route 8 bus crashes, injures 14
Post Reporters, Published on 20/02/2023
» A route 8 bus driver was fined 5,000 baht and his licence suspended after driving through a red light, causing a crash and injuring 14 people in Bangkok on Monday morning.
Tears and anger as US police beating victim Tyre Nichols laid to rest
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» MEMPHIS - Civil rights leaders, family and friends came together in a Memphis church Wednesday to bid farewell to Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old African American whose fatal beating by police shocked the nation -- and triggered urgent calls for reform.
Police beating victim Tyre Nichols laid to rest in Memphis
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» MEMPHIS - Hundreds gathered in a Memphis church Wednesday to bid farewell to Tyre Nichols, an African American man who died after being brutally beaten by police, with civil rights leaders Al Sharpton leading the high-profile service attended by Vice President Kamala Harris.
Serial rapist sacked from London police
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» LONDON: A British police officer who admitted being a serial rapist was formally sacked on Tuesday, as the government called on forces across the country to root out the criminal and corrupt in their ranks.
Peruvians defy state of emergency, mobilize for major new protest
AFP, Published on 16/01/2023
» LIMA - Lima and other Peruvian regions were under a renewed state of emergency even as opponents of President Dina Boluarte began mobilizing toward the capital ahead of a major demonstration Monday, the latest in weeks of deadly unrest.
2 failed populist coups: Compare and contrast
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 16/01/2023
» Pundits are making much of the similarities between the attempted coup in Washington by Trump supporters two years ago and the one by Bolsonaro supporters in Brasilia on Jan 8, but they are missing the biggest one. These debacles were the most incompetent and half-hearted attempts to seize power illegally in the history of the world.
China targets Korea, Japan over Covid curbs
Published on 10/01/2023
» China has suspended issuing some visas for South Korea and Japan in Beijing’s first retaliation against Covid-related curbs on Chinese travellers.
Obey or leave: NGOs torn over Taliban ban on women staff
AFP, Published on 05/01/2023
» KABUL - Aid groups say they have been "pushed against a wall" by the Taliban prohibiting Afghan women from working for NGOs, a ban that has left a dangerous gap in life-saving support.