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Uncertainty as Covid-era US border rules expire
AFP, Published on 12/05/2023
» EL PASO, Texas: The United States bolted tough new immigration policies into place Friday, setting up an uncertain future for desperate migrants reaching its southern border as a top official expressed confidence the system will hold.
BBC boss quits over Boris Johnson loan
AFP, Published on 28/04/2023
» LONDON: The BBC's chairman on Friday announced his resignation after his involvement in a loan for then UK prime minister Boris Johnson raised questions about the broadcaster's vaunted impartiality.
Pheu Thai turns its attention to social media users
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/04/2023
» Pheu Thai candidates are being told to engage more with voters through social media platforms to maintain the party's edge ahead of the election.
Former MP jailed over B5m bribe
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/04/2023
» The Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Persons Holding Political Positions yesterday sentenced Anurak Tangpanitanon, a former Pheu Thai MP for Mukdahan, to six years in jail over a 5-million-baht bribe.
Former MP gets jail for B5m bribe
Post Reporters, Published on 25/04/2023
» A former Pheu Thai MP for Mukdahan has been sentenced to six years in jail for demanding a 5-million-baht bribe.
Philippine social media users face barrage of bogus medical posts
AFP, Published on 16/03/2023
» MANILA - Philippine vlogger Rosanel Demasudlay holds a heart-shaped "virginity soap" bar in front of the camera and assures her hundreds of YouTube followers it can be safely used to "tighten" their vaginas.
Governments vet crucial UN climate science report
AFP, Published on 13/03/2023
» PARIS: Diplomats from nearly 200 nations and top climate scientists began a week-long huddle in Switzerland on Monday to distil nearly a decade of published science into a 20-odd-page warning about the existential danger of global warming and what to do about it.
Bhumjaithai to champion cannabis bill next term
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 24/02/2023
» The Bhumjaithai Party yesterday pledged to push for the passage of a bill on cannabis and hemp after the next election as the controversial draft law appears unlikely to clear the House of Representatives before the end of its current term.
Bhumjaithai to revive cannabis bill after election
Published on 23/02/2023
» The Bhumjaithai Party has pledged to push for the passage of a bill on cannabis and hemp in the next House session after the election, after the controversial draft failed to win support this week.
Asean sticks to peace agenda in Ukraine
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 21/02/2023
» This week marks the first year of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The biggest war in Europe since World War II will continue as nobody knows when, or if ever, Russia or Ukraine will be defeated. Certainly, the US and Europe, or rather Nato are confident that more military hardware support to Kyiv is the only way to bleed Russia dry. Recent rhetoric from the West at the Munich Security Conference last week has already raised the spectre of a long war, perhaps short of a nuclear war. Obviously, that has the potential to drag other European nations into the conflict, which is already a proxy war. Belarus has allowed Russia to use its territory to wedge war against Ukraine. Even if the war ends -- it is a big if -- the dire repercussions will continue for generations.