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Brutal cold tests New York's New Year's Eve party
Associated Press, Published on 01/01/2018
» NEW YORK: Dress in layers, lay off the booze and bring some hand warmers. Those are some of the tips offered for the huge crowd of revellers expected in Times Square for what could be one of the coldest New Year's Eve ball drops on record.
2 protesters killed in Iran, social apps blocked
Associated Press, Published on 01/01/2018
» TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday blocked access to Facebook's Instagram, and the popular messaging app Telegram used by activists to organise and publicise protests roiling the Islamic Republic cut off Iran from its network in response to a government request.
Public logs 90,000 complaints with govt
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/01/2018
» More than 90,000 complaints were lodged with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and the military regime last year with noise pollution from entertainment venues and teenage motorcycle racing ranking as the top public nuisances.
PromptPay 'Y2 18' glitch delays cash transfers
News, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 01/01/2018
» Users of the national e-payments system, PromptPay, were left frustrated Sunday when computer glitches related to the formatting of the calendar changing to 2018 held their cash hostage for about eight hours.
PromptPay 'Y2 18' glitch delays cash transfers
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 01/01/2018
» Users of the national e-payment system, PromptPay, were left frustrated on Sunday when computer glitches left them unable to access their cash for about eight hours.
Army regions warn against canvassing
News, Published on 02/01/2018
» Regional army commanders have warned politicians against canvassing for support during the festive period while revealing soldiers have been deployed to shadow certain targets.
A classical holiday feast for all
Life, Michael Proudfoot, Published on 02/01/2018
» Arturo Toscanini and Wilhelm Furtwängler were two of the greatest conductors of classical music of the last century. Their approaches to performance were quite different. Toscanini believed in faithful adherence to the score, reproducing scrupulously the original tempi, the composer's written markings, the time signatures and so on. Furtwängler, on the other hand, was more spontaneous, responding to the particular circumstances of a concert: the concert hall's acoustics, the orchestra, the responses of the audience, while always, at the same time, keeping the overall architecture of the piece in mind. No two Furtwängler performances of the same work were alike.
US airport immigration computers go down temporarily
Published on 02/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: Immigration desk computers at various US airports went down for about two hours on Monday, causing wait times for international travellers that were longer than normal, Customs and Border Protection said.
99 inmates at large after brutal riot at Brazil prison
Published on 03/01/2018
» SAO PAULO: Police say 99 inmates are at large following a prison riot that left nine dead and 14 injured in central Brazil.
US seeks to build military service depot
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 03/01/2018
» The United States Department of Defence wants to open a military arms maintenance centre in Thailand to supply and fix US armaments purchased by the Thai military, a Defence Ministry source says.