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Thais vote overwhelmingly for democracy parties, reject military
AFP, Published on 15/05/2023
» Voters have delivered a clear rejection of nearly a decade of military-aligned rule, election results showed Monday, backing two pro-democracy opposition parties.
From Manchester to Montevideo: City Football Group targets global domination
AFP, Published on 25/05/2021
» MONTEVIDEO - Manchester City have at last reached the Champions League final after a decade of Abu Dhabi investment, but the global ambitions of the club's owners stretch far beyond England's northwest.
Timeline: Thailand's turbulent political history
AFP, Published on 24/03/2019
» The country's election Sunday is the first since a 2014 coup. Here is a brief look at two turbulent decades in Thai politics.
Vote banks and cash top-ups: political loyalty up for grabs
AFP, Published on 17/03/2019
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: In his final days as a "Red Shirt" rabble-rouser Suporn "Rambo Isaan" Attawong urged farmers to take up martial arts in defence of Thai democracy as a coup loomed.
In cosmic chaos, Thai politicians turn to clairvoyants
AFP, Published on 13/02/2019
» A hand-drawn map of constellations and planetary orbits shows Thailand in the throes of a "gateway" year of change, says astrologer Pinyo Pongcharoen -- one of a legion of fortune tellers sought out by politicians in chaotic and unpredictable times.
Thais take Asean chair, haunted by past summit chaos
AFP, Published on 15/11/2018
» Protests, broken windows and dignitaries forced to flee by helicopter -- Thailand's last stint as host of Southeast Asia's biggest summit was devoured by political chaos.
Greeted, trolled and flamed: Prayut on Facebook
AFP, Published on 16/10/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha received what seemed like a year's full of social media 'welcomes' as he opened new accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram on Monday.
As elections loom, Prayut gets cosy with old political clans
AFP, Published on 07/05/2018
» The sons of a convicted murderer, a rural "don" who has spun a fortune from football and gun-loving provincial bigwigs -- as elections near, Thai junta leader Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha is cosying up to "influential figures", a group he vowed to expunge from politics with his coup four years ago.
Village using poop to power homes
AFP, Published on 05/08/2016
» PA DENG - Nestled in a deep pocket of forest that lies off Thailand's electrical grid, villagers in Pa Deng have become early adopters and evangelists for an unusual alternative energy source: cow poop.
Fans mob Yingluck as she arrives at court
AFP, Published on 05/08/2016
» Hundreds of fans swarmed around former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra as she arrived at the Supreme Court in Bangkok on Friday to give evidence at her negligence trial.