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Net the big crooks
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/01/2025
» Re: "Cop course for Chinese investigated", (BP, Jan 4).
Holiday traffic accidents claim 363 in eight days
Online Reporters, Published on 04/01/2025
» New Year holiday traffic accidents have claimed 363 lives and injured 2,090 people across Thailand in the eight days from Dec 27 to Jan 3.
First 7 dangerous days claim 321 lives
Online Reporters, Published on 03/01/2025
» Forty-three people were killed and 200 injured in road accidents across Thailand on Thursday, the seventh of the "10 dangerous days" of the New Year holidays.
Road deaths reach 272 after 6 ‘dangerous days’
Online Reporters, Published on 02/01/2025
» Fifty people were killed and 346 injured in road accidents across Thailand on Wednesday, bringing the total in the first six days of the so-called 10 dangerous days of the New Year holidays to 272.
Has Iran finally reached the end of the line?
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 02/01/2025
» Six months ago, at the end of Iran's presidential election, I finished an article by speculating that the long-lived theocratic dictatorship in Iran may be a lot closer to its end than its beginning: "If you can plausibly say "This cannot go on forever", you are also saying "Some day this will come to an end'."
Belgium becomes first EU country to ban disposable e-cigarettes
AFP, Published on 30/12/2024
» BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) - Wildly popular with young people for their dizzying array of flavours, including apple, watermelon and cola, the time is up for disposable e-cigarettes in Belgium -- the first EU country to ban them.
52 killed on Thai roads on first ‘dangerous day’
Online Reporters, Published on 28/12/2024
» Fifty-two people were killed and 318 injured in road accidents across Thailand on Friday, the first of the “10 dangerous days” of the New Year holidays. Speeding was the major cause.
New Year road safety centre launches '10 dangerous days' campaign
Online Reporters, Published on 26/12/2024
» The road safety and accident reduction centre has been launched ahead of the New Year holiday travel, with the campaign’s period increased to 10 days from seven in previous years.
Eighteen traffic police officers suspended for taking bribes
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/12/2024
» Eighteen traffic police in Udon Thani have been suspended from duty pending an investigation over traffic ticket bribes.
Thousands of US Amazon staff strike days before Christmas
AFP, Published on 20/12/2024
» NEW YORK - Thousands of Amazon workers on Thursday launched what they called the "largest strike against Amazon in US history" seeking to maximize pressure on the retail behemoth at the height of the holiday shopping season.