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'A slap': US Ukrainians stunned by Trump-Zelensky showdown
AFP, Published on 04/03/2025
» ALLENTOWN, United States - The parishioners of St Mary's Ukrainian church in Allentown, Pennsylvania were still in shock at Sunday mass following US President Donald Trump's stunning "slap" of Ukraine's president.
Somkiat to start historic season with Sepang tests
Sports, Published on 29/01/2025
» Somkiat Chantra, who signed a two-year contract with the LCR Honda team last August to become the first MotoGP rider from Thailand, is set to begin his new journey at Sepang Shakedown early next month.
US lawmakers warn about ‘climate cartel’
Published on 14/12/2024
» WASHINGTON - A US House of Representatives committee says it has found “substantial evidence of collusion and anticompetitive behaviour” by the financial industry to “impose radical ESG goals” on American companies.
New cannabis bill 'restricts freedoms'
Dave Kendall, Published on 03/02/2024
» The new cannabis bill grinding its way through parliament toughens penalties and includes jail terms for growing, selling and importing without a licence and for marketing and advertising the drug that was delisted as a narcotic in June 2022.
Video backs claim of cop shakedown
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/07/2023
» Kalasin: A police investigation has been launched into an allegation that five policemen in this northeastern province abducted a woman, falsely accused her of drug possession and extorted 50,000 baht from her in exchange for her release.
Chon Buri police chief moved pending B140m extortion probe
Published on 17/06/2023
» The Chon Buri provincial police chief is among eight senior officers who have been moved to inactive posts for allegedly colluding with civilians to extort 140 million baht from online gambling suspects.
Danish wind pioneer shifts green focus
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 28/05/2023
» The contemporary wind power industry, which has spawned hundreds of thousands of spinning rotors generating electricity without putting greenhouse gases into the air, was to a great extent born in a notoriously windy region of Denmark called Jutland.
'Cool drink' is code for cash in graft-ridden S.Africa
AFP, Published on 22/05/2023
» JOHANNESBURG - Casually leaning into the side-window of a car stopped at a routine checkpoint on a congested Johannesburg road, a South African policeman tells the driver he needs "a cool drink".
No vaping for smokers, no bail for 'extortion' police
Post Reporters, Published on 02/02/2023
» Six policemen accused of extorting a group of tourists caught with vaping devices have been denied bail while the Bangkok police chief has ordered a crackdown on illegal e-cigarettes that are widely available in the capital.
Tourists 'told to pay or go to jail'
Post Reporters, Published on 01/02/2023
» A Singaporean man who was with a Taiwanese actress who alleged earlier that her group was extorted said police told him to pay up or spend two days in jail for having vaping devices he'd bought in Bangkok.