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Smuggler killed in border clash
Chinnapat Chaimol, Published on 30/11/2018
» CHIANG RAI: Soldiers clashed with drug smugglers near the border early Friday morning, killing one of them and seizing 350,000 methamphetamine pills.
US neo-Nazi murder accused was 'scared to death' says lawyer
AFP, Published on 30/11/2018
» CHARLOTTESVILLE (UNITED STATES) - An American neo-Nazi was "scared to death" when he mowed down and killed a counter-protester at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, his lawyers said Thursday as they opened the defense in his murder trial.
Ray of hope for rule of law
News, Editorial, Published on 30/11/2018
» Much to the public's distress, the court case against construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta, who was allegedly involved in poaching on a trip to Thungyai wildlife sanctuary, began this week. A myriad of pressures surround this case given the status of Mr Premchai whose business fortune puts him high up on Thailand's who's who list.
New material offers many uses for plastic waste
Reuters, Published on 29/11/2018
» SINGAPORE: Researchers in Singapore are seeking a patent for a new sound-proof and heat-resistant material made from recycled plastic bottles they say could help reduce plastic waste dumped in oceans and clogging landfills.
Manila court jails three police officers for drugs-war murder
Reuters, Published on 29/11/2018
» MANILA: A Philippine court on Thursday sentenced three police officers to up to 49 years in jail for the murder of a 17-year-old high school student, the first such convictions in President Rodrigo Duterte's drugs war.
Saudi prince in Argentina as G20 summit tensions brew
AFP, Published on 29/11/2018
» BUENOS AIRES - World leaders began arriving in Argentina Wednesday ahead of a G20 summit dogged by increasingly strident warnings about the impact on the world economy of threatened US trade tariffs.
Reclaim the paths
News, Postbag, Published on 29/11/2018
» Re: "Fury after biker rams into girl on pavement", (BP, Nov 28).
Prince William and Kate pay tribute to Vichai's family
AFP, Published on 29/11/2018
» LEICESTER, England: Prince William and his wife Kate visited Leicester's King Power Stadium on Wednesday to pay tribute to late owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who was killed in a helicopter crash last month.
Saudi crown prince arrives in Buenos Aires for G20
AFP, Published on 28/11/2018
» BUENOS AIRES - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Buenos Aires on Wednesday to join a Group of 20 summit, media reported, as he aims to shrug off the lingering stigma of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder.
Blast kills 22 near north China chemical plant: official
AFP, Published on 28/11/2018
» BEIJING - An explosion and fire near a chemical factory left at least 22 people dead and 22 others injured on Wednesday in a northern China region that will host the 2022 Winter Olympics, authorities said.