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Army chief ridicules claim Thailand behind chemical attack in Japan
Reuters, Published on 04/08/2019
» An exiled critic of the country's military and monarchy said he was attacked in his home in Japan last month and believes Thai authorities were behind the incident, an accusation that was ridiculed by the kingdom's army chief.
Arabic, Muslim symbols ordered removed from Beijing restaurants
Reuters, Published on 01/08/2019
» BEIJING: Authorities in the Chinese capital have ordered halal restaurants and food stalls to remove Arabic script and symbols associated with Islam from their signs, part of an expanding national effort to "Sinicize" its Muslim population.
Australian student missing in North Korea is released
Reuters, Published on 04/07/2019
» SYDNEY: An Australian student who was missing in North Korea has been released from detention, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday.
China says its Panchen Lama visited Thailand in May
Reuters, Published on 11/06/2019
» BEIJING: A youth appointed by China as the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism but reviled as a fake by many Tibetans made his first trip outside the country last month, attending events in Thailand, Chinese state media reported.
Ariya trails at US Women's Open
Reuters, Published on 02/06/2019
» CARY, North Carolina, US: Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand is not among the contenders at the US Women’s Open, the defending champion languishing eight shots behind in a tie for 27th after a birdie at the last for 69.
Changi airport eyes retail with billion-dollar mall
Reuters, Published on 11/04/2019
» SINGAPORE: A sprawling retail complex with the world's tallest indoor waterfall is what Singapore hopes will bring more travellers and visitors to the airport to shop and dine.
Filling 'Brexodus' gap, Filipino nurses stymied by English tests
Reuters, Published on 08/04/2019
» MANILA: Bracing for life after Brexit, British hospitals badly need more nurses like Filipino Jobie Escalona, but she twice flunked a mandatory English language test that asked her to write up the merits of immigration and computer education in school.
Tired of army rule, youth a rising force in March election
Reuters, Published on 29/01/2019
» Standing atop the stairs outside his university auditorium, 20-year-old activist Prit Chiwarak led a protest of hundreds of people calling for an end to Thailand's ruling military junta.
Army: ‘No knowledge’ of dead activists stuffed with concrete
Reuters, Published on 23/01/2019
» The Thai army said on Wednesday it had no knowledge of two exiled critics of the military and royal family whose bodies police say were found "stuffed with concrete" along the Mekong River border with Laos.
Saudi woman's flight rallies opposition to guardianship
Reuters, Published on 11/01/2019
» RIYADH: An 18-year-old Saudi woman's flight from what she said was an abusive family has rallied opposition to the kingdom's male guardianship system, still a major constraint on women despite the conservative Muslim country's efforts to open up.